Great Lakes Tropical Cyclone???

[mempho]

I never even knew about this:

Here's a sat image:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/t/j/tjm128/

[mempho]

Here's another article from NWS Detroit about it....apparently a buoy measured a pressure of 993mb in the "eye" and sustained winds were in the tropical storm force range. Scroll down to "huroncane"

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/stories/dtxcane.php

[rockyman]

Here are links to old threads on the board discussing Hurricane Huron:

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... ight=huron
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... ight=huron

[JonathanBelles]

was it a true hurricane?

[Extremeweatherguy]

no it was not a true hurricane

[Audrey2Katrina]

Those are impressive images on the previous threads; but I agree with Extreme, while undoubtedly a low vortex cyclonic system (is that even a term? , it wasn't a hurricane by definition (though hurricane strength winds can even be found in blizzards), as this was not, at least from what I see, anything "tropical" in nature.

A2K

[george_r_1961]

Those are impressive images on the previous threads; but I agree with Extreme, while undoubtedly a low vortex cyclonic system (is that even a term? , it wasn't a hurricane by definition (though hurricane strength winds can even be found in blizzards), as this was not, at least from what I see, anything "tropical" in nature.

A2K

Good point..it did not originate in the tropics but it may have been warm core nonetheless. They get systems like this in the Mediterranean every once in a blue moon.

[DoctorHurricane2003]

You are right, it did have warm core characteristics

[Hurricaneman]

Those seem to be rare events

[mempho]

As defined by the TPC, what constitutes a true hurricane? How does one differentiate between polar low and tropical system when a system forms in temperate latitudes. Are both not warm core systems?

[Steve]

I remember it was called a "land cane" back then. JB did a nice piece on it 3 or 4 years ago on one of his videos.

Steve