A little hurricane trivia

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A little hurricane trivia

#1 Postby HurricaneBill » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:03 am

OK, this question is for you hurricane historians.

What hurricane took an unusual due west track through the Gulf of Mexico?

In other words, it formed in the Atlantic, entered the Gulf, and moved pretty much in a straight line path westward until it made landfall.
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#2 Postby wxmann_91 » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:07 am

The closest I could find were Inez (1966) and Caroline (1975).

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1966/INEZ/track.gif

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1975/CAROLINE/track.gif
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#3 Postby RattleMan » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:04 am

Hi all, I usually lurk but this time I feel like posting. Some of you might know me from the IRC channel.

Anyway...

Is it Hurricane #8 from 1886?

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif
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#4 Postby FunkMasterB » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:10 am

Is it Hurricane #8 from 1886?

Wow, what an interesting track! Could you imagine this board tracking that hurricane, especially if the NHC predicted the northern turn well in advance?

For days and days it would be:

When is it going to turn north?
OMG! It's not turning north!
What's wrong with the NHC??? Are they crazy????
Did I just see a north wobble?
That's not a wobble, it's still going due west. This is a Mexico storm.
OK, it's still going north. That's not a wobble, that's a trend.
Run for your lives!!!
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#5 Postby flair » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:23 am

FunkMasterB wrote:
Is it Hurricane #8 from 1886?

Wow, what an interesting track! Could you imagine this board tracking that hurricane, especially if the NHC predicted the northern turn well in advance?

For days and days it would be:

When is it going to turn north?
OMG! It's not turning north!
What's wrong with the NHC??? Are they crazy????
Did I just see a north wobble?
That's not a wobble, it's still going due west. This is a Mexico storm.
OK, it's still going north. That's not a wobble, that's a trend.
Run for your lives!!!
Not to mention all of the AccuWeather threads that would pop up. "J.B. says it's gonna turn north and plow into Houston, then New Orleans, then Tampa, then race up the east coast, then loop back around to the Gulf." "AccuWeather just posted that the NHC forecast was worthless." "AccuWeather just said it would hit somewhere between Brownsville and Nova Scotia."
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#6 Postby HurricaneBill » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:26 am

This is a very tough one.

Here's a tip: You won't find it on Weather.Unisys.

Unfortunately, not much about it is on the internet.
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#7 Postby FunkMasterB » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:28 am

Hurricane...Mulva???
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#8 Postby ck30322 » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:07 am

Antje's hurricane of 1842?
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#9 Postby HurricaneBill » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:55 pm

ck30322 wrote:Antje's hurricane of 1842?


You got it! :D
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#10 Postby Recurve » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:41 pm

FunkMasterB wrote:Hurricane...Mulva???


CRACKED me up. That is my new all-purpose hurricane trivia answer.
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#11 Postby fasterdisaster » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:04 pm

Another one! Another one!
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