#286 Postby hurricanes1234 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:02 pm
Mightn't even have a TC at this rate. Same issues again and again from the early season up to now, dry air, strong shear, scarce instability, lack of disturbances, and the list goes on and on and on. I do not wish landfalls on anyone, but at the same time, it's interesting to see a strong, open-water storm harming no one. This year, everything has been against the formation of these, that is why with the exception of Henriette, we have seen zero storms stronger than 85 mph hurricanes. Gil was a nice open water hurricane, which is the less harmful type, however, it abruptly and inexplicably fell apart over warm ocean temperatures and low wind shear. The NHC even noted that they couldn't explain why it weakened, because the shear was slight, and waters were 27.5°C. Many of the other storms were minimal, except for Kiko, which made it almost to a hurricane (70 mph). But again, it failed to strengthen further than 70 mph, even when it still had the chance to, and most importantly, when it was forecasted to. Manuel was a nice hurricane to look at, but what wasn't nice at all was the amount of people killed by the storm, and the others severely injured/affected. The early season had more hurricanes, but they all affected people, with the exception of Dalila, which again, got sheared apart after reaching 75 mph. This leaves only Henriette behind, which in my opinion, was the only noteworthy storm this year in terms of strength. However, it still didn't make it to major hurricane status (even though I think in the post-tropical re-analysis it would). However, it was far more interesting than the other storms. Of course, I feel for the victims of all storms this year, and do NOT get me wrong in that I enjoy landfalling storms or storms affecting anyone in ANY WAY.
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