Odd Storm Tracks, Past And Present... Post Them Here!

[caribepr]

No offense, but this thread should be deleted. Most of these storms weren't that odd. Are you going to include every storm that had one loop or a sudden change in direction? Only really bizzare ones should be here.

I think it's a very cool thread! Brought back a lot of memories and I saw many, many tracks I've never seen before. And another reminder that Mother Nature has endless variety up her long sleeves.

[Hurricanehink]

I guess it's fine, then. It's just that a lot of the hurricanes weren't notable. I was thinking along the lines of this:

Or this:

Or maybe this:

Or

[caribepr]

And those are way cool as well! (humming the tune "Over there, Over there....")

[WindRunner]

How about something that formed in the BOC and still couldn't make landfall?

[jburns]

Olga from 2001 really has an odd track, along with many others posted! Keep it up...

I think this one is the winner right now.

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

118 ADVISORIES! Plus... that track. Ugh... lots of mass suicides.

Ginger is the cane we seeded in project Stormfury when it was "safely" moving away from the US. oops

[Jim Cantore]

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[jimvb]

My favorite is Hurakan's - Arlene of 1987. According to the tracking map he presented, that cane started off the Carolinas and must have affected them somewhat. It then went south to the Bahamas, and then it went gawump, gawump, gawaaaaaaumppp, jumping across the Atlantic and striking Portugal and Spain.

I wonder if this is the only hurricane to affect both North America and Europe. Are there others?

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

This just goes to show how fickle and unpredictable steering currents
and weather patterns can be....

[Hurricanehink]

To bring back an old topic for the off season (well, we're close enough).


And my favorite... Typhoon Wayne, the longest WPAC typhoon ever

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

Hahaha, wow...what kind of weather patterns did that to Typhoon Wayne?

[Hurricanehink]

Hahaha, wow...what kind of weather patterns did that to Typhoon Wayne?

Funny you should ask that, as I just wrote a peice for Wikipedia on Typhoon Wayne.

The longest lasting Western Pacific system on record began its long life on August 16 in the South China Sea, having formed from the monsoon trough. It drifted to the southwest, then looped back to the northwest, becoming a tropical storm on the 18th. Wayne, which remained embedded in the monsoon trough throughout its lifetime, turned to the northeast in response to a relocation of the trough, and became a typhoon on the 19th. The typhoon came close but remained offshore of southeastern China, and after reaching winds of 95 mph winds it hit western Taiwan on the 22nd. The building subtropical ridge forced Wayne south and southwestward through the Luzon straight, where after weakening to a tropical storm it restrengthened briefly to a typhoon on the 24th.

Vertical shear caused Wayne to weaken to a depression on the 25th, and began to become entrained in the circulation of Vera to its north. Tropical Depression Wayne sped up to the northeast, but when Vera moved far enough away, Wayne drifted northeastward through the South China Sea, becoming a tropical storm again on the 27th. Ridging to its north forced Wayne southward, where it again became a typhoon on the 30th. It passed close to northern Luzon on the 2nd as a 85 mph typhoon, but turned to the west. 2 days later while moving quickly westward through the South China Sea, Wayne reached a peak of 100 mph winds, but weakened due to land interaction. It hit northern Hainan on the 5th as an 80 mph typhoon, entered the Gulf of Tonkin, and finally made its final landfall on northern Vietnam later on the 5th as a 70 mph tropical storm. The next day, Wayne dissipated over Vietnam, after 85 advisories and being the longest lasting Western Pacific system in history.

As a result of its consistent variance in track and drifting track, Wayne brought torrential rains through its path to the Philippines, Taiwan, southeastern China, Hainan Island, and Vietnam. Because of this, 71+ fatalities (with dozens of casualties in Vietnam), tens of thousands left homeless, and millions in damage can be attributed to Typhoon Wayne.

[Weatherfreak14]

Hahaha, wow...what kind of weather patterns did that to Typhoon Wayne?

Whew maybe it couldn't make up its mind.

[MiamiensisWx]

*BUMP*

[wxwatcher91]

wow not only am I amazed and seriously boggled by these tracks, Im amazed at how long some of these storms lasted... I suppose its because 2005 didnt have any long ones. the longest storm this season was Irene with 56 advisories over 14 days. out of 26 Tropical Systems, 15 lasted for 5 days or less. 12 of the 15 were named storms, 3 of the 15 were hurricanes, and one was a major hurricane (Beta).

[msbee]

It is amazing to look at those tracks.
I remember Klaus in 1984. It came at the islands from the West. And it was in November.
No one in St. Maarten worried about it because we said it was already west of us. That was before we realized that storms could come from any direction.
So no one prepared and we got slammed by Klaus even though it was only a tropical storm when it passed us.
None of the boats in our harbour realized it was coming , so they did not go into safe morrings. The harbour beach was lined after the storm with 50 or more boats that got destroyed as a result. It was a mess.

[tbstorm]

This one Miami hit in February .. only one in February in Atlantic basin

[Weatherfreak14]

Wow never knew that.

[Brent]

This one Miami hit in February .. only one in February in Atlantic basin

WOW... never knew about that one.

Typhoon Wayne is really strange.

[WindRunner]

130 positions listed for this one in the SIO.

[WindRunner]

And a subtropical Cat 3: