Hypercane_Kyle wrote:There's a very good reason why two hurricanes have never been recorded in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. If 13L gets a lot stronger than anticipated, 14L will remain weaker due to the former's outflow. This is what the HWRF is showing. Conversely, the opposite could occur, where 14L ramps up more than expected and becomes a hurricane in the Gulf, weakening 13L as it enters the Gulf. Very strange situation for sure.
I didn't want to answer this in the model thread, but see below from Dr. Phil Klotzbach:
Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said there has never been two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. There is precedent, however, for two tropical storms to occupy the Gulf simultaneously. According to Klotzbach, the 1933 storms dubbed Treasure Coast and Cuba-Brownsville, and the 1959 storms Beulah and an unnamed system were in Gulf of Mexico together.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200820/new-florida-is-in-path-of-potential-hurricane-td-14-forms-in-central-caribbean#:~:text=Colorado%20State%20University%20hurricane%20researcher,Mexico%20at%20the%20same%20time.&text=According%20to%20Klotzbach%2C%20the%201933,in%20Gulf%20of%20Mexico%20together.
So, while not hurricanes, tropical systems have rarely co-existed together in the Gulf. And our information only goes back as far as storms were recorded. So it will be interesting to see if we get yet another record in 2020.
