Your favorite track of all time

[baygirl_1]

Like others, Elena's track was the one that immediately came to mind. We had just started back to school and I remember having to move everything from outside to inside TWICE. We moved it on Friday, I believe (or Thursday-- it's been 20 years!) and then put it back on Saturday. Then, had to move it again on Sunday evening. That storm was a pain!

[HurricaneRobert]

The weirdest track ever is Lenny. And Gonu.

[Berwick Bay]

Robert, your choice of Lenny is excellent. Its definitely the strangest Carribean track that I can remember. I know that fact that it was late season (Nov) explains the easterly component. But heck, this storm moved basically due east, or backwards through the Carrib for hundreds of miles. Anyway I like your choice. Lenny's course began near Honduras and ended off to the east of the Lesser Antilles (as a major hurricane) for much of that distance, I might add. Here's a not so good graphic containing the storm's course.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1999.asp

[wzrgirl1]

Jeanne was an interesting one for me:



http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif

[Andrew92]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Ginger in '71 yet. That has to be one of my favorites.

http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane ... /track.gif

[OuterBanker]

Donna, and yes I do remember it.

[Cyclenall]

It's a tough call, but the main three are:

Hurricane Faith (1966) (Graphic already posted)
Hurricane Donna (1960) (Graphic already posted)
Hurricane Kyle (2002) (Graphic already posted)

All of them in the Atlantic.

[LaPlaceFF]

No track is my favorite!!!

[Cyclenall]

This isn't my favorite track of all time but this is very strange:



I doubt this track is even real. Notice how south the track is (tropical cyclones never get anywhere close to that far south without dissipating or becoming extratropical first). Usually those cyclones can't even go south of 35S without being blasted apart by the extremely hostile conditions. Not to mention the water temps. are far below what's needed to support anything.

My best guess is it was already extratropical but they don't record that like they do in the Atlantic today do they?

[vmax135]

As if the Great "Labor Day" Hurricane wasn't enough for one season, South Florida got battered again, two months later, when the "Yankee Hurricane" made landfall (from the NE) directly over Miami on November 4, 1935 with 75-80mph winds and a central pressure of 973mb. The portion of the track over extreme southern Florida was very similar to Katrina's.



-=Michael=-
http://www.tropmet.com

[HurricaneRobert]

Steve wanted to see the whole Australian coast. He didn't make it that far, but still, that many landfalls is impressive:

[P.K.]

This isn't my favorite track of all time but this is very strange:

My best guess is it was already extratropical but they don't record that like they do in the Atlantic today do they?

The BT file back that far doesn't include as much detail as it does now sadly.

197214 SMARCELLE 197304290000 0880872 1001 WW 2709
197214 SMARCELLE 197304290300 0880869 1000 WW 2609
197214 SMARCELLE 197304290600 0880865 0999 WW 2707
197214 SMARCELLE 197304290900 0880862 0997 WW 2609
197214 SMARCELLE 197304291200 0880858 0996 WW 2709
197214 SMARCELLE 197304291500 0880854 0995 WW 2607
197214 SMARCELLE 197304291800 0880850 0994 WW 2709
197214 SMARCELLE 197304292100 0880846 0993 WW 2709
197214 SMARCELLE 197304300000 0880842 0992 WW 2709
197214 SMARCELLE 197304300300 0880838 0992 WW 2713
197214 SMARCELLE 197304300600 0880835 0991 WW 2717
197214 SMARCELLE 197304300900 0880831 0989 WW 2720
197214 SMARCELLE 197304301200 0880828 0988 WW 2820
197214 SMARCELLE 197304301500 0880824 0987 WW 2720
197214 SMARCELLE 197304301800 0880821 0986 WW 2820
197214 SMARCELLE 197304302100 0880817 0985 WW 2720
197214 SMARCELLE 197305010000 0880814 0983 WW 2720
197214 SMARCELLE 197305010300 0890811 0982 WW 2720
197214 SMARCELLE 197305010600 0890808 0981 WW 2517
197214 SMARCELLE 197305010900 0890805 0980 WW 2413
197214 SMARCELLE 197305011200 0910802 0979 WW 2413
197214 SMARCELLE 197305011500 0930799 0978 WW 2413
197214 SMARCELLE 197305011800 0950796 0977 WW 2313
197214 SMARCELLE 197305012100 0970793 0975 WW 2313
197214 SMARCELLE 197305020000 1000790 0974 WW 2009
197214 SMARCELLE 197305020300 1020790 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305020600 1040791 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305020900 1060791 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305021200 1080791 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305021500 1100792 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305021800 1120792 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305022100 1140793 0973 WW 1707
197214 SMARCELLE 197305030000 1170793 0973 WW 1715
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197214 SMARCELLE 197305030600 1300796 0974 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305030900 1370798 0975 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305031200 1430799 0976 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305031500 1500801 0978 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305031800 1560802 0979 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305032100 1630804 0980 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305040000 1700806 0981 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305040300 1780808 0982 WW 1726
197214 SMARCELLE 197305040600 1850811 0983 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305040900 1930813 0984 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305041200 2000815 0986 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305041500 2080818 0987 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305041800 2150820 0989 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305042100 2230822 0990 WW 1728
197214 SMARCELLE 197305050000 2300824 0991 WW 1628
197214 SMARCELLE 197305050300 2370827 0992 WW 1628
197214 SMARCELLE 197305050600 2440830 0993 WW 1628
197214 SMARCELLE 197305050900 2510834 0994 WW 1528
197214 SMARCELLE 197305051200 2580838 0996 WW 1528
197214 SMARCELLE 197305051500 2640842 0997 WW 1528
197214 SMARCELLE 197305051800 2710846 0998 WW 1528
197214 SMARCELLE 197305052100 2770850 0999 WW 1528
197214 SMARCELLE 197305060000 2840854 1000 WW 1428
197214 SMARCELLE 197305060300 2960870 1001 WW 1437
197214 SMARCELLE 197305060600 3080884 1001 WW 1452
197214 SMARCELLE 197305060900 3140900 1001 WW 1467
197214 SMARCELLE 197305061200 3200918 1001 WW 1367
197214 SMARCELLE 197305061500 3240936 1001 WW 1267
197214 SMARCELLE 197305061800 3270956 1001 WW 1167
197214 SMARCELLE 197305062100 3300979 1000 WW 0967
197214 SMARCELLE 197305070000 3231004 1000 WW 0867
197214 SMARCELLE 197305070300 3251025 1000 WW 0867
197214 SMARCELLE 197305070600 3271046 0996 WW 0867
197214 SMARCELLE 197305070900 3291067 0990 WW 0867
197214 SMARCELLE 197305071200 3311088 0988 WW 310 263260330 0867
197214 SMARCELLE 197305071500 3331108 0984 WW 0967
197214 SMARCELLE 197305071800 3351128 0980 WW 040 214185090 0956
197214 SMARCELLE 197305072100 3371148 0976 WW 310 334040040 0956
197214 SMARCELLE 197305080000 3381174 0984 WL 260 181270250 1037
197214 SMARCELLE 197305080300 3431184 0987 LL 310 364110100 1237
197214 SMARCELLE 197305080600 3471194 0987 LW 300 364040360 1437
197214 SMARCELLE 197305080900 3571210 0984 WW 1461
197214 SMARCELLE 197305081200 3741228 0981 WW 270 181260320 1587
197214 SMARCELLE 197305081500 3981241 0978 WW 1593
197214 SMARCELLE 197305081800 4221255 0976 WW 1693
197214 SMARCELLE 197305082100 4461269 0974 WW 1693
197214 SMARCELLE 197305090000 4691283 0972 7WW 1693

Edit - The RSMC La Reunion BT has it as a remnant low once it reached 27.1S 85.7E.

[Cyclone1]

As if the Great "Labor Day" Hurricane wasn't enough for one season, South Florida got battered again, two months later, when the "Yankee Hurricane" made landfall (from the NE) directly over Miami on November 4, 1935 with 75-80mph winds and a central pressure of 973mb. The portion of the track over extreme southern Florida was very similar to Katrina's.

(removed image from quote, scroll up to see it)

-=Michael=-
http://www.tropmet.com

Whoa! Now that is a weird track!

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

My favorite track is Barry 2007 because it brought me much
needed rain.

[zoeyann]

Juan in 1985 was my favorite. Totally crazy it went back into the gulf and then came back, and right at halloween time too. It also really marks the beginning of my interest in storms. Meanwhile it's prolly one of my hubby's least favorite tracks as it put 3 foot of water in his house. It was a weakling but stayed to the west, and total proof that it does not take a Cat 5 to do some damage.



http://maps.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/viewer.html

[vmax135]

And, of course, there's always 1984's Hurricane Lili... reaching a peak of 80mph and 980mb on December 21st before turning southwest and weakening as it accelerated towards the northern Caribbean. The weakening depression dissipated just off the north coast of the Dominican Republic on the morning of Christmas Eve.



-=Michael=-
http://www.tropmet.com

[windstorm99]

Micheal here is another long track capeverde system which reeked havoc on lake Okeechobee.

In 1928 after killing nearly 1000 people in puerto rico the storm made landfall in florida with winds at 125mph . Forty miles west of the coast, rain filled Lake Okeechobee to the brim and the dikes basically crumbled. Almost 2,000 people perished.

[ftolmsteen]

Hurricane Jeanne of 2004

[fci]

Loop-de-loop Betsy 1965. My first experience with a hurricane....

Betsy's advisories make for fascinating reading too.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_w ... sy/public/" target="_blank" target="_blank

Everyone thought that it would hit NC and then it stopped and made a sudden bee-line to the Northern Bahamas followed by Nassau and then eventually Florida around Key Largo. The amazing thing was that South Florida was under a Hurricane Warning for about 3 days (warning came out around 11:00 PM Sunday and landfall I think was Wednesday AM)
Can you imagine the media circus if that were to happen in today's world?
How about maybe 50 extensions of the Hurricane Betsy thread on S2K (at least 50 threads of 25 pages!!)
The Weather Channel would end up renting a room on South Beach waiting for arrival, Anderson Cooper would be breathless. FEMA would actually have time to react (oops....shouldn't have said that.....)
It would be incredible in today's electronic age if this were to re-occur.

[HurricaneRobert]

Jeanne and Betsy are nothing compared to Ivan. Hurricanes are supposed to travel along the Eastern Seaboard as they die out. Ivan was almost there and then turned around and went back to the scene of the crime.