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#1 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:39 am

What were the most beatiful hurricanes last year?
I say Gordon and Helene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hurr ... t_2006.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hurr ... n_2006.jpg

I don't feel like making a poll because there were very few hurricanes lat year.
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#2 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:41 am

I agree, there was not much of a choice last year. Hope we got a little better this year. I say personally Helene.
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#3 Postby Chacor » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:15 am

I liked Gordon. Helene was also nice.

The two storms from STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis:
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(Gordon at 70 kt - Helene at 90 kt)
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#4 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:57 am

If I have to select the most outstanding hurricane of the 2006 season Gordon will win handsdown and for many reasons:

1. Everyone though Florence has ingested the disturbance to begin with.
2. Once formed, Gordon intensified continuously.
3. It reached Major status and remained there much longer than Helene.
4. The only major hurricane to at least in one point in its life threaten land.
5. Very well-defined eye structure.
6. Gordon gave life to the season after 6 "wimpy" storms.

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#5 Postby AnnularCane » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:41 am

Yes, I would have to agree with Gordon and Helene. They were beautiful, and two of my favorites. I always loved looking at satellite pictures of the two of them together. :wink:

Florence was lovely too, once she got going. And I'm sure I will be mocked for this, but I also thought Chris was beautiful.
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#6 Postby Cyclenall » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:46 pm

The most beautiful hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season was Hurricane Gordon. Hurricane Helen was the next best looking.
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#7 Postby ncupsscweather » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:20 pm

I am going to have to go with Gordon.
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#8 Postby AussieMark » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:04 am

since we are voting on 2006 storms I vote Monica ;)

I know she was in our basin and not Atlantic :lol:
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#9 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:14 am

AussieMark wrote:since we are voting on 2006 storms I vote Monica ;)

I know she was in our basin and not Atlantic :lol:


In 2006 worldwide Monica is my favorite.

During my brief 7 years tracking cyclones worldwide I have to say that first comes Katrina as my favorite, then Wilma, and in third place Monica.
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#10 Postby AnnularCane » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:35 am

Well, if we're doing other basins too, I will have to go with Daniel as the most beautiful for the EPAC. I swear, Isabel must have cloned herself. :lol:
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#11 Postby Chacor » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:36 pm

Saomai was also very, very intense, and almost annular. Looked very nice.

And of course, who can forget Ioke?

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