2 Storms in GOM at the same time..

#1 Postby **Stormcenter** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:25 am

2 Storms in GOM at the same time?

I know this has occured in the GOM on a couple of occasions but I can't seem to find a satellite image of it. Does anyone have one they could post showing this rare occurence? Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!

#2 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:42 am

Personally I have never seen 2 storms in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, which doesn't mean that is impossible. But if two storms were at the same time churning in the GOM, doesn't matter the size, they are going to interact, I think! Thanks also for the question because I have never though about that.

ColdFront77 · #3 Postby **ColdFront77** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:43 am

Two tropical cyclones interacting with one another is known as the "Fujiwhara Effect."

Click -----> Fujiwhara Effect from "USA Today": Weather

MortisFL · #4 Postby **MortisFL** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:45 am

Which I believe either weakens both systems or makes one the more dominant storm?

#5 Postby **stormcloud** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:00 am

I would think that the only way two hurricanes could exist in the Gulf at the same time is if one was in, say, the northeast Gulf and the other in the extreme southwest Gulf. There just isn't enough real estate in the Gulf to support two hurricanes. One would begin to shear the other apart.

Nimbus · #6 Postby **Nimbus** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:22 am

If the trough digs further than expected the tail end of the front might cut off into a surface low in the south western gulf. If that actually happens TD2 should get sheared to pieces and remain south of the trough though.

#7 Postby **Hurricanehink** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:59 am

In the first week of September, 2002, Tropical Depression Edouard was dissipating in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, Fay was developing in the west gulf. Go here, http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/GOESBrowser/goesbrowser , select September 5, 2002, east, and there you have it. Edouard is barely noticable, but it is there along with Fay.

GalvestonDuck · #8 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:44 am

Good job! I'm glad you knew the answer to that, Hink, because I couldn't remember but I knew one of them was a SE TX storm that occurred in the past few years that I've been living down here and I was just about to go look them up.

Website · #9 Postby **Brent** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:05 am

I would think they would both have to be very weak. If one was a hurricane and the other was a TD or weak TS, the hurricane would probably "eat it alive".

#10 Postby **Steve** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:22 am

Thanks for the memories Hink. I'll never forget Eduardo's energy as it passed through New Orleans. I was downtown and we got one of those old gullywashers dropping a couple of inches in no time at all. It was great.

Steve

2 Storms in GOM at the same time..

2 Storms in GOM at the same time..

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