Most surprising storm of year (SO FAR)...

[Anonymous]

Well? I say Hurricane Charley. That storm had effects on me. Everyday I think about it. A guy named Charlie called me, and I wrote down info on paper and wrote the name "CHARLEY". I am forever punished by Charley in my mind. Plus, it got up to catgeory 4 surprisingly.

[HURAKAN]

I think the unpredictable intensification phase that Hurricane Charley went through was the most surprising element this year. But also the death toll in Haiti because of Jeanne was surprising.

[Wnghs2007]

To me it was Hurricane Jeanne. It was not supposed to really affect the Atlanta Metropolitan area but it did and brought over 5" of rain at the airport. Lots of rain.

[Brent]

Charley-Sudden intensification just prior to landfall
Frances-Sudden weakening over the Bahamas
Ivan-Not really any surprises here... maybe the fact it was a Cat 5 3 times
Jeanne-High Haitian death toll and the Florida hit, it initially looked like a fish or Carolina hit as a much weaker storm.

[Matthew5]

The most Surprizing storm of the "Atlantic" with out quastion is the south Atantic hurricane.

1# Charely, did not suprize me at all. Because the night before it was showing signs that it would do so. Once back over the gulf.

2# Ivan has the banding like Camille as it was moving into the Caribbean. In had a skull shape with in its covnection/cdo. So that was a warning.

3# Jeanne, I knew if it went over Hati people where going to die.

4# Frances, It got into a unfavable enviroment shear wise. But it maybe the most surprizing storms if you look at histroy.

5# Gaston, That was no surprize.

6# Earl, I thought it would make it but it just died. That could be the bigger suprize...

But all together I have to give it to the south Atlantic hurricane.

[Stormsfury]

Charley-Sudden intensification just prior to landfall
Frances-Sudden weakening over the Bahamas
Ivan-Not really any surprises here... maybe the fact it was a Cat 5 3 times
Jeanne-High Haitian death toll and the Florida hit, it initially looked like a fish or Carolina hit as a much weaker storm.

None of the storms listed on the poll are the most surprising to me ... I expected Jeanne to do what it did over a week out based on SYNOPTICS ... and basically wrote countless discussions regarding this ...

Charley surprised me a little reaching CAT 4, but not surprising that I knew that it would impact as a major ...

Ivan's quick jump from a tropical storm to strong hurricane in its inception was a bit surprising ...

Frances' sudden weakening was surprising that a lot of factors were still in place for the cyclone to at the least maintain its strength while it was a major ... still a little perplexed by it ...

But two major surprises IMHO, actually three ... the South Atlantic Hurricane, the possible south Atlantic tropical storm 6 weeks earlier (in January) and Gaston ...

Yes, Gaston ... and the devastating effects to Richmond, VA due to flooding ... and I never saw it coming ... Gaston maintained itself quite well over land ...

SF

[Wnghs2007]

Charley-Sudden intensification just prior to landfall
Frances-Sudden weakening over the Bahamas
Ivan-Not really any surprises here... maybe the fact it was a Cat 5 3 times
Jeanne-High Haitian death toll and the Florida hit, it initially looked like a fish or Carolina hit as a much weaker storm.

None of the storms listed on the poll are the most surprising to me ... I expected Jeanne to do what it did over a week out based on SYNOPTICS ... and basically wrote countless discussions regarding this ...

Charley surprised me a little reaching CAT 4, but not surprising that I knew that it would impact as a major ...

Ivan's quick jump from a tropical storm to strong hurricane in its inception was a bit surprising ...

Frances' sudden weakening was surprising that a lot of factors were still in place for the cyclone to at the least maintain its strength while it was a major ... still a little perplexed by it ...

But two major surprises IMHO, actually three ... the South Atlantic Hurricane, the possible south Atlantic tropical storm 6 weeks earlier (in January) and Gaston ...

Yes, Gaston ... and the devastating effects to Richmond, VA due to flooding ... and I never saw it coming ... Gaston maintained itself quite well over land ...

SF

Good Points SF

[HURAKAN]

Well? I say Hurricane Charley. That storm had effects on me. Everyday I think about it. A guy named Charlie called me, and I wrote down info on paper and wrote the name "CHARLEY". I am forever punished by Charley in my mind. Plus, it got up to catgeory 4 surprisingly.

I think you should amend or edit this post and also include the South Atlantic Hurricane "Catarina". I would vote for her. Good point said by SF.

[Wnghs2007]

Well? I say Hurricane Charley. That storm had effects on me. Everyday I think about it. A guy named Charlie called me, and I wrote down info on paper and wrote the name "CHARLEY". I am forever punished by Charley in my mind. Plus, it got up to catgeory 4 surprisingly.

I think you should amend or edit this post and also include the South Atlantic Hurricane "Catarina". I would vote for her. Good point said by SF.

I agree that was out of the ordinary and it was in the Atlantic Ocean. Not the North but it was in the Atlantic.

[yoda]

Charley-Sudden intensification just prior to landfall
Frances-Sudden weakening over the Bahamas
Ivan-Not really any surprises here... maybe the fact it was a Cat 5 3 times
Jeanne-High Haitian death toll and the Florida hit, it initially looked like a fish or Carolina hit as a much weaker storm.

None of the storms listed on the poll are the most surprising to me ... I expected Jeanne to do what it did over a week out based on SYNOPTICS ... and basically wrote countless discussions regarding this ...

Charley surprised me a little reaching CAT 4, but not surprising that I knew that it would impact as a major ...

Ivan's quick jump from a tropical storm to strong hurricane in its inception was a bit surprising ...

Frances' sudden weakening was surprising that a lot of factors were still in place for the cyclone to at the least maintain its strength while it was a major ... still a little perplexed by it ...

But two major surprises IMHO, actually three ... the South Atlantic Hurricane, the possible south Atlantic tropical storm 6 weeks earlier (in January) and Gaston ...

Yes, Gaston ... and the devastating effects to Richmond, VA due to flooding ... and I never saw it coming ... Gaston maintained itself quite well over land ...

SF

Good post, and I agree with all of it.

[Wnghs2007]

Also what about Earl. I thought it would devlelop into a ivan but it fizzled

[yoda]

Also what about Earl. I thought it would devlelop into a ivan but it fizzled

Earl? Come on KC!

[Wnghs2007]

Also what about Earl. I thought it would devlelop into a ivan but it fizzled

Earl? Come on KC!

What I thought it was really a wierd storm

[yoda]

Also what about Earl. I thought it would devlelop into a ivan but it fizzled

Earl? Come on KC!

What I thought it was really a wierd storm

It didn't have a chance... not when it was outrunning its LLC... and moving at 25 MPH!!!

[Wnghs2007]

Also what about Earl. I thought it would devlelop into a ivan but it fizzled

Earl? Come on KC!

What I thought it was really a wierd storm

It didn't have a chance... not when it was outrunning its LLC... and moving at 25 MPH!!!

Alright you did you ...you...you...you embarrassed me

[Anonymous]

I called for Hurricane Earl 150 mph north of Yucatan... could have happened.

[Hurricanehink]

Hmm, they all had their moments.
January SA storm- First SA storm since 92
Catarina- Nuf said
Alex- Cat. 3 at 40º N!
Bonnie- Eyewall at only 50 M.P.H. and never becoming a hurricane
Charley- Explosive development after Cuban landfall.
Danielle- Soooo far east and very well defined as if moved off.
Earl- Basically came out of nowhere (TWO at 11 PM said no development, T.D. at 5 PM next day)
Frances- Weakening over the Gulf Stream
Gaston- Strengthening over land, maintaining its formature over land, also going from nothing, to invest at 12 noon, to TD at 5.
Hermine- Ehh, maybe not
Ivan- What isn't surprising? Lowest major latitude wise, Venezula had hurricane force winds, lowest Cat. 5 latitude wise, Cat. 5 3 times
Ivan 2- They called it Ivan when it wasn't!
Jeanne- Should have died over Haiti but came back quite nicely, hitting very close to Frances's landfall.
Karl- Intensity roller coaster, Cat. 1 to 4, to 3, to 4, to 2, to 3, and dying, not to mention maintaining extratropical low until over Russia!
Lisa- Becoming a hurricane at 38 North, becoming a tropical storm, and becoming a hurricane again at 40!
Matthew- Formed in a very unfavorable environment.
Nicole- Brought heavy winds to Bermuda, being the 11th storm to affect some sort of land.

[Matthew5]

Derek, what is your thinking on the South Atlantic hurricane.

[Betrock]

Charley. "Last Minute" turn.

Betrock
Bradenton

[x-y-no]

I went with Jeanne because of the stall and the loop-de-loop.