Weird cyclones - Impressive cyclones

[arkestra]

I don't have a very long history in hurricane tracking, but I'd like to drop here the list of the weird cyclones I prefer:

to me, as of July 11, 2008:
Catarina (2004): obviously the cyclone nobody expected.
Epsilon (2005): the cold cat1 annular hurricane
Vamei (2001): the closest to the equator
John (1994): long lasting, strange track
Ivan & Joan (1997): the twin super-typhoons

(I would say the criteria is that they defy common laws...)

[hial2]

I don't have a very long history in hurricane tracking, but I'd like to drop here the list of the strange cyclones I prefer:

1. Catarina (2004)
2. Epsilon (2005)
3. Vamei (2001)
4. John (1994)
5. Ivan & Joan (1997)

what's the criteria for strange?

[KWT]

I think Vince has to be in there simply because it was a hurricane and formed stupidly far NE and was the only TC to hit Iberia ever.

[arkestra]

I would say the criteria is that they defy common laws...

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Bertha(2008)
Kyle (2002)
Alberto (2000)
Ivan (2004)-because of that loop!
Katrina (2005)-because it got so freaking huge in the gulf; also we thought that little depression died, but it came back in bit us in the a$$!

Andrew (1992) getting sheared to hell and then bombing as it moves southwestard into Florida.

Wilma (2005) for bombing with our pants down! Meaning we never expected what the recon found. Also the super small eye of 2 nmi's.

[poof121]

Wasn't there a storm that moved east in the caribbean? I think that one would qualify.

[RevDodd]

I'd like to include Hurricange Ginger in 1971, for (1) lasting a full month and (2) heading nearly to Africa, then remembering that she forgot her toothbrush and headed back to North Carolina.

[Chacor]

Wasn't there a storm that moved east in the caribbean? I think that one would qualify.

Lenny 1999 you're thinking of.

There was a thread similar to this some time last year. Let me see if I can find it.

[KWT]

Ah yep Lenny I think that one counts on many levels, one of only a few eastward tracing Caribbean systems ever and also theb fact it was the stronger November hurricane ever just a touch shy of category-5!

[Cryomaniac]

Catarina
Vince
Epsilon
Zeta
'91 Halloween Nor'easter (aka "The Perfect Storm")

[brunota2003]

Definitely Bertha...that inner eyewall is making (or trying to, anyways) a comeback!

[Cyclenall]

The list would be very long, but Hurricane Bertha (2008) just got added to it.

[Patrick99]

Bertha(2008)
Kyle (2002)
Alberto (2000)
Ivan (2004)-because of that loop!
Katrina (2005)-because it got so freaking huge in the gulf; also we thought that little depression died, but it came back in bit us in the a$$!

Andrew (1992) getting sheared to hell and then bombing as it moves southwestard into Florida.

Wilma (2005) for bombing with our pants down! Meaning we never expected what the recon found. Also the super small eye of 2 nmi's.

Wilma ran the gamut. Yeah, she had that super small eye, but then later in her evolution, she had an enormous eye.

[yzerfan]

Epsilon was responsible for a lot of my favorite NHC discussions.

[Patrick99]

I could also vote for Franklin. "The storm, not the forecaster"....hehe

[Hurricaneman]

One storm that fits the bill is Vince, it made landfall on the iberian peninsula right on the Portugal Spain Border

[HurricaneBill]

The 1935 Yankee Hurricane. It formed near Bermuda and then traveled south and then into Florida.

[Ad Novoxium]

Hate to add typhoons, but this:

is in a league of its own. It's Wayne.

Other bizarre cyclone tracks:
Norbert of 84 (EPac):


This...thing (Typhoon Nat of 1991):


Rewa of 1994:


Katrina/Victor/Cindy of 1997:


Finally, Steve of 2000:


Also,
Klaus of 1984: Transitioned from tropical to subtropical.
Hurricane One of 1908: Category 2...in MARCH?!?
Faith of 1966: Tropical into the GIUK gap. Tropical storm force wind gusts reported in Murmansk, Russia.
Groundhog Day Tropical Storm of 1952...for obvious reasons.
Ivan of 1980: The original Hurricane Vince.


Pacific:
Ekeka of 1992 (CPac): Category 3...in FEBRUARY?!? Also, Equator-tickler.
Super Typhoon Gordon of 1989: Category 5 storm. Initial disturbance? One cumulonimbus cloud.
Hurricane Twelve of 1975 (EPac): Furthest north a hurricane formed.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Hate to add typhoons, but this:

is in a league of its own. It's Wayne.

Other bizarre cyclone tracks:
Norbert of 84 (EPac):


This...thing (Typhoon Nat of 1991):


Rewa of 1994:


Katrina/Victor/Cindy of 1997:


Finally, Steve of 2000:


Also,
Klaus of 1984: Transitioned from tropical to subtropical.
Hurricane One of 1908: Category 2...in MARCH?!?
Faith of 1966: Tropical into the GIUK gap. Tropical storm force wind gusts reported in Murmansk, Russia.
Groundhog Day Tropical Storm of 1952...for obvious reasons.
Ivan of 1980: The original Hurricane Vince.


Pacific:
Ekeka of 1992 (CPac): Category 3...in FEBRUARY?!? Also, Equator-tickler.
Super Typhoon Gordon of 1989: Category 5 storm. Initial disturbance? One cumulonimbus cloud.
Hurricane Twelve of 1975 (EPac): Furthest north a hurricane formed.

How the heck did NORBERT that become a cat4 so far north in the Eastern Pacific? Normally systems are low clouds by that far north. Or at least having a hard time.

[Ad Novoxium]

How the heck did NORBERT that become a cat4 so far north in the Eastern Pacific? Normally systems are low clouds by that far north. Or at least having a hard time.

It apparently had an easy time, because it reached Category 4 strength FOUR times up there. Plus, Norbert was unusual for another reason:
http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520- ... 7-1238.pdf