ATL: ANA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[NXStumpy_Robothing]

Well, Ana proved that near 70 SSTs and enough instability in the atmosphere is good enough for a system to become tropical in nature.

To be fair, we've known that since Alex in January 2016

Pretty sure the storm was over something like 20-22C waters when it reached hurricane status with 85 mph winds.

[galaxy401]

I understand it probably fulfilled the requirements for an upgrade but this still just feels like a waste of a name to me. Least it became Tropical I guess.

Just curious, but why does it matter?

It doesn't really matter but it just feels like the name has come and gone since Ana only lasted 2 days or so with very little in ACE. It's not a big deal though.

[NDG]

Well, Ana proved that near 70 SSTs and enough instability in the atmosphere is good enough for a system to become tropical in nature.

To be fair, we've known that since Alex in January 2016

Pretty sure the storm was over something like 20-22C waters when it reached hurricane status with 85 mph winds.

Yes, they were in the lower 70s when Alex became a hurricane, colder UL temps than found in the deep tropics makes it possible is what I have read before.
Perhaps they need to have an exeption for the mid latitudes that at least lower 70s SSTs is what is needed for tropical systems to develop.