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#1 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:59 pm

I just had a thought go through my mind and it might go under one of those worst case scenario's but, here goes anyway.

In September during the peak of Hurricane season in the Atlantic. Would it be possible to have two Hurricanes striking the United States coast line at the same time. Now let me clarify that. One system would be heading northeast towards the Carolina coast and the other system would be hitting the gulf coast. Is this something that is possible?

#2 Postby **george_r_1961** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:00 pm

Ohhhh yes it is.

Jim Cantore · #3 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:01 pm

It sure is, and it wouldn't be pretty

#4 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:03 pm

Absolutely it is possible for two hurricanes to strike at the same moment. In fact, there could be three storms - one in the Northeast, one in the western Gulf Coast and one in Florida - moving into different areas at once. (After that, the Fujiwhara effect begins to take shape) It would be FEMA's worst nightmare though...

Jim Cantore · #5 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:06 pm

Miami, NYC, and Houston :eek:

Josephine96 · #6 Postby **Josephine96** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:14 pm

I remember 04.. Bonnie {a moderate TS} and Cat 4 Charley both hit sides of the west coast of Fla about 24-36 hrs apart.

I know that's different lol.. but thought I'd throw that out there

Jim Cantore · #7 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:16 pm

I wonder if two storms can hit Florida at the same time, Miami and Pensacola.

wxmann_91 · #8 Postby **wxmann_91** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:16 pm

It's pretty rare. You have to have a trough funneling one cane into New England and the ridge behind it steers one into Texas. That's pretty hard to do and will require small wavelengths. Plus shear from that trough will probably prevent either from attaining major status. Three is impossible. Hurricanes can really do a number on the atmosphere. The subsidence and shear from one cane will not support another one near it. New England and Texas is the only plausible scenario.

However, I do recall reading it has happened before.

#9 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:19 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:It's pretty rare. You have to have a trough funneling one cane into New England and the ridge behind it steers one into Texas. That's pretty hard to do and will require small wavelengths. Plus shear from that trough will probably prevent either from attaining major status. Three is impossible. Hurricanes can really do a number on the atmosphere. The subsidence and shear from one cane will not support another one near it. New England and Texas is the only plausible scenario.

However, I do recall reading it has happened before.

That's what i was wondering...

Josephine96 · #10 Postby **Josephine96** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:20 pm

<<<mentioned the Bonnie, Charley scenario from 2004

wxmann_91 · #11 Postby **wxmann_91** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:24 pm

Josephine96 wrote:<<<mentioned the Bonnie, Charley scenario from 2004

That's also pretty rare but it can happen. The trough steered both right into FL 24 hr apart. Since Bonnie was weak, and their tracks paralleled each other, it wasn't too much of a problem.

#12 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:32 am

Here's an incident that happened in 1992 which is even rarer. On the night of August 23-24, 1992 Former EPAC Hurricane Lester moved into SE AZ as a fairly substantial Tropical Storm (wind gusts in the 60-80 mph range) some 4 hours before Hurricane Andrew moved into SE FL the weather maps that night looked really interesting (BTW Lester was the first named storm of 1992 to hit the lower 48 since it beat Andrew in). In a Poster session at the recent AMS conference in Monterey, it was brought up that same trough that picked up Lester also was the one that picked up Andrew and sent that storm into LA.

Steve

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