Cyclones developed in the Mediterranean Basin, showing some features similar to tropical cyclones such as wamr core, convective bands surrounding a feature like an eye...
It's very difficult to me to talk about them in English, but I would like to know what do you think about them. Do you think it is possible tropical cyclone development in the Mediterranean Basin? Maybe in the future?
I captured this video from TV news of my country: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYavo4aufUo
What do you think about "medicanes"?
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I have to admit these systems are very interesting indeed. Of course SST's aren't high enough but I'm thinking would the much colder upper temps that would be present prehaps make up for that and therefore give a system more in the way of tropical features?
I'd guess quite a few of these system do gain at least some subtropical features but they aren't pure tropical features...its an area that could easily be researched even further.
I'd guess quite a few of these system do gain at least some subtropical features but they aren't pure tropical features...its an area that could easily be researched even further.
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KWT wrote:I'd guess quite a few of these system do gain at least some subtropical features but they aren't pure tropical features...its an area that could easily be researched even further.
I agree. I have been researching a little bit about this particular kind of mediterranean lows, and I wrote a little paper in Spanish. If somebody want to read it, let me know and I will share it with you.
It would be good if European Meteorological Services put an eye on those systems, making discussions, advises or something similar...
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I suspect they would develop very much in the way that the far NE atlantic systems form in late Autumn, indeed if you look at a system like Vince and some of the med systes they do look very similar though the Med systems don't seem to generally last as long, still these systems all develop in what would appear condtions either close or too marginal but equally alot of these systems also develop when upper temps are low and given alot of the med systems develop in winter I can't help but think a similar process is occuring I'd love to see what some of the experts say about these systems, I know Bevin did do something.
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Ufff... There is a lot of data in Internet:
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/2002Conferen ... YH_6_1.pdf
http://www.cosis.net/members/journals/d ... ?a_id=2292
ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS ... l_2007.pdf
And, in Spanish:
http://www.meteored.com/ram/numero35/ciclon-vince.asp
http://www.meteored.com/ram/numero36/ciclon-vince.asp
In those, I am one of the authors.
http://www.meteored.com/ram/?p=84
And, in our website/forum:
http://www.cazatormentas.net/foro/index ... ic=11069.0
Anyway, I think the biggest experts on tropical cyclones are from USA (lot of years monitoring them and developing technology for researching them)... This is the reason I'm asking here
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/2002Conferen ... YH_6_1.pdf
http://www.cosis.net/members/journals/d ... ?a_id=2292
ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS ... l_2007.pdf
And, in Spanish:
http://www.meteored.com/ram/numero35/ciclon-vince.asp
http://www.meteored.com/ram/numero36/ciclon-vince.asp
In those, I am one of the authors.
http://www.meteored.com/ram/?p=84
And, in our website/forum:
http://www.cazatormentas.net/foro/index ... ic=11069.0
Anyway, I think the biggest experts on tropical cyclones are from USA (lot of years monitoring them and developing technology for researching them)... This is the reason I'm asking here

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Love this topic. This thread isn't complete without examples. That's what I'm here for.
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1996/282/Img-1996-10-08-12-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1995/016/Img-1995-01-16-09-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/2005/349/Img-2005-12-15-09-MET-7-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1983/272/Img-1983-09-29-15-MET-2-VS.jpg
There are many more.
The first and last ones look the best, I'd be willing to call those 100% full tropical.

ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1996/282/Img-1996-10-08-12-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1995/016/Img-1995-01-16-09-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/2005/349/Img-2005-12-15-09-MET-7-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1983/272/Img-1983-09-29-15-MET-2-VS.jpg
There are many more.
The first and last ones look the best, I'd be willing to call those 100% full tropical.
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Cyclone1 wrote:Love this topic. This thread isn't complete without examples. That's what I'm here for.![]()
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1996/282/Img-1996-10-08-12-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1995/016/Img-1995-01-16-09-MET-5-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/2005/349/Img-2005-12-15-09-MET-7-VS.jpg
ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/isccp/b1/.D2790P/images/1983/272/Img-1983-09-29-15-MET-2-VS.jpg
There are many more.
The first and last ones look the best, I'd be willing to call those 100% full tropical.
The first looks oddly similar to a North Atlantic Hurricane. The Halloween Storm of 1991, which as the ULL weakened, it produced the Unnamed Hurricane of 1991 inside of it. 980 millibar pressure and 65 knot sustained winds.
Image:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/satellite/ ... kvisbu.gif
Write up on this interesting event:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/s ... med91.html
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Thanks for your replies
I didn't know it, but Mediterranean Cyclones are being researched by an European Proyect called MEDEX. This proyect group several european Weather Institutions. I haven't got much data about that, but it seems very interesting.
http://medex.inm.uib.es/

I didn't know it, but Mediterranean Cyclones are being researched by an European Proyect called MEDEX. This proyect group several european Weather Institutions. I haven't got much data about that, but it seems very interesting.
http://medex.inm.uib.es/
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