Has Any Other Tropical Cyclone Formed From One Cumulonimbus?

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Has Any Other Tropical Cyclone Formed From One Cumulonimbus?

#1 Postby Ptarmigan » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:50 pm

I wonder if any tropical cyclone formed from one cumulonimbus besides Super Typhoon Gordon in 1989?
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#2 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:14 pm

Not exactly one CB, but Xangsane in 2006 evolved from a fairly small cluster of thunderstorms that formed during the DMAX, IIRC. It exploded from there and became a Cat 4 within 48 hr.

EDIT: actually, nvm, it took quite a lot longer than that.
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Re: Has Any Other Tropical Cyclone Formed From One Cumulonimbus?

#3 Postby wall_cloud » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:30 pm

I dont' think that would be anything that would be recorded, but I would assume that many easterly waves began as a single cloud at one point in time. On that topic, did the storm form because of one CB or was the CB the result of the developing circulation?
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