User:Hurricanehink/Mediterranean tropical cyclone

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This page has become dormant due to other areas of interest. It is inactive but retained for historical interest. There is still interest in this area, but this will not be updated due to the unlikelihood of a Mediterranean tropical cyclone being tracked and/or named

A Mediterranean tropical cyclone is a rare tropical cyclone that exists in the Mediterranean Sea.

Note: The following is original research and based on interpreting satellite images.

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[edit] Storms

The following are possible tropical cyclones that existed in the Mediterranean Sea.

[edit] September Hurricane of 1983

On September 26, 1983, a large area of convection moved southward through Europe to stall near Italy over the Mediterranean Sea. It moved westward, and quickly organized to resemble a tropical storm by the 27th. Later that day, it made landfall on Tunisia, and weakened over land. After turning to the north-northwest, the storm slowly re-strengthened. While off the coast of southeast France, it turned to the northeast, and resembled a hurricane by early on the 30th, as seen in the image on the right. After an eastward turn, it crossed over Corsica, and rapidly weakened while west of Italy, and dissipated over Italy that night.

[edit] September Hurricane of 1985

An area of disturbed weather developed over the central Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Tunisia on September 16. It moved northwestward over land, and remained disorganized until late on the 17th when deep convection developed over the system. It continued to organize, and resembled a tropical storm by early on the 18th. Later that day, an eye feature developed while the storm was to the southwest of Sardinia, but rapidly weakened for unknown reasons. On the 19th, the circulation dissipated, but a large band of convection persisted to the east of the former storm until the 20th.

[edit] January Hurricane of 1995

A frontal wave developed near the Adriatic Sea on January 13, 1995. It organized, developing a well-defined circulation by the 14th between Sicily and Greece. It separated from the cold front it was originally attached to by the 15th, and generated convection around its center, one characteristic of a tropical cyclone. The storm moved to the southwest, and rapidly organized throughout the 15th to resemble a hurricane by midday. On the 16th, the possible hurricane had developed a central dense overcast and an upper level cyclone, and maintained its eye for 30 hours. It quickly weakened on the 17th, and made landfall on northern Libya midday later that day as a disorganized system. The storm rapidly weakened over land, and dissipated on January 18. Because it formed in the middle of winter over 61º F water temperatures with no data of the core of the storm, its classification is debated. At the very least, it was a well-organized polar low.

[edit] September Hurricane of 1995

A line of convection persisted to the southeast of Italy starting on September 25, after a previous storm moved through the area. It combined an other area of low pressure the next day, and developed a circulation on the 27th. The system resembled a tropical storm by early on the 28th, and as it moved northeastward convection wrapped around the center. Deep convection intitially remained minimal, though it quickly organized later on the 28th, resembling a hurricane just off the southeast Italian coast with an eye feature within a CDO by mid-day. Shortly after peaking, upper level shear increased, and it quickly weakened. The storm continued to the northeast, and made landfall on the southwestern coast of Greece late on the 28th.

[edit] October Hurricane of 1996

An area of convection developed over eastern Spain on October 5. It moved eastward, and developed a circulation the next day between Balearic Islands and Corsica. Convection remained minimal, and it resembled a subtropical cyclone prior to making landfall on Corsica on the 8th. While crossing the island, its circulation tightnened up, and later that day it strengthened to a hurricane. It weakened to a tropical storm the next day, but restrengthened to a hurricane before making landfall on northern Sicily. It quickly weakened while crossing the island, and remained a tropical storm as it accellerated eastward on the 10th. It passed between Greece and Cyprus later on the 10th, and weakened to a tropical depression as it continued east-southward. The circulation remained weak, made landfall on Israel late on the 12th before dissipating.

[edit] Western Mediterranean Frontal Storms

Occasionally when a cold front enters the western Mediterranean, a frontal low will develop and resemble a tropical storm. The storm on the right, for example, originated out of a cold front on August 3, 1998 just off the coast of southern France. It moved eastward and became disorganized. The low passed near Corsica on the 4th, and after stalling for a day to the west of Italy the storm dissipated on the 6th. Other similar storms include;

[edit] Other storms

[edit] Fake Images

Is this a Spain cane? Nah, it's just a glitch in the tracking system, making what is actually Hurricane Bonnie appear to be hitting Spain.







Another rare one? Nope. This is another 1992 track error one, with Hurricane Charley instead of a Mediterranean hurricane. Cool to see, nonetheless.





Same glitch, but this time with Hurricane Frances.

[edit] Disclaimer

The preceding was original research and should be not cited as fact. Thanks Cyclone1 and Danielle from Italy for their help. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. →Cyclone1→ 19:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)