LARanger wrote:That said, since 2020 has it out for my state, always threatening my neck of the woods, I am quite content to never see a pinhole 5 victory-lapping my house, this year or any other.
Not a pinhole 5, but maybe it's 1985 Juan inspiring your thinking.
(Since I'm probably not the only person who tried to recall which late October hurricane did loops to Louisiana.)
From Wikipedia
Juan was the last of three hurricanes to move over Louisiana during the season, after Danny in August and Elena in early September. ...
Under the effects of a larger upper-level low, Juan slowed on October 28 while approaching the Louisiana coastline.[2] At 1200 UTC that day, the hurricane attained peak winds of 85 mph (140 km/h).[3] After executing a loop just offshore southern Louisiana, Juan turned back to the east, making landfall at peak intensity near Morgan City at 1100 UTC on October 29.[2][4] Subsequently, Juan turned sharply to the northwest, executing another loop over southern Louisiana near Lafayette. Late on October 29, the hurricane weakened to tropical storm status, emerging into Vermilion Bay early the next day with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Juan turned to the east, moving along the southern Louisiana coast and re-organizing slightly.[2]
On October 31, the storm moved across the Mississippi Delta near Burrwood, Louisiana, and accelerated to the northeast,[3][2] influenced by an approaching upper-level trough.[5] At 1200 UTC that day, Juan attained a secondary peak of 70 mph (110 km/h). In the subsequent six hours, the storm weakened slightly, making its final landfall just west of Pensacola, Florida with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) late on October 31.
