May 16th, 1992: TS?

[HalloweenGale]

The images I have seen on the GIBBS browser, make me believe that it was possibly a hurricane. It made landfall at Nova Scotia's Sable Island.

[Aric Dunn]

huh

[HalloweenGale]

there was a possible TS back in 1992, near Bermuda, on May 16.

[Chacor]

Wikipedia

NASA indicated the existence of another possible tropical storm on May 16. It neared Bermuda and at its peak, had a well developed eye. Despite its organization, it was not recognized by the NHC and went unrecorded. [3] There was an additional suspicious cyclone that rapidly formed in mid-September offshore the Mid-Atlantic, forming an eye as it moved a few hundred miles offshore New England, before striking Sable Island, Nova Scotia.[4]

[Aric Dunn]

thats a little strange... to have three systems with an EYE but the NHC not say anything.. maybe they were on vacation ... lol

[Aric Dunn]

its called a sub hurricane.... see link http://www.camex4.com/photo0016.html

[HurricaneRobert]

That photo may be from someplace else. I tried looking it up from the shuttle mission that could've captured it and couldn't find it.

[Chacor]

It would have been from STS-49 (Endeavour). However, the picture is linked from the NASA Marshall Space Center site so I would not doubt its originality nor credibility.

[Derek Ortt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Atlantic_hurricane_season

If this Wiki article is accurate, they missed three storms.

Seems like the method of classification was the same as the TNT method of broadcasting the world cup. "We're back from our vacation, a hurricane occurred during our break" could have been said by NHC like TNT often said "Welcome back from the commercials, a goal was scored during the break". Important events were missed in the 1992 season for sure, including a possible cane landfall in Virginia (the sat showed it may have been subtropical at landfall)