A "Hurricane" Over The Great Lakes?
Well, sort of.... This is a satellite photo of what was known as "Hurricane Huron." Although not technically a hurricane, it was the first system of its kind to ever be observed over the Great Lakes.
In September 1996, an intense storm slowed to a grind over Lake Huron, stalling there for several days. This allowed the storm to interact with the just-warm-enough 70-degree waters of the Lake. Because of this, the storm began to develop tropical characteristics, including an "eye" and spiral bands of tropical rainfall, dumping more than 4" in spots!
Jonathan Myers
When they get to re look over that year, currently in early 1900's, does anyone think that it will become Unnamed Subtropical Hurricane
ReplyDeleteWow thats really weird, never knew that happened maybe because I was only 7 lol. If anyone knew what else happend let me know cuz thats kinda intersting. Squenell08@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAlthough it had striking tropical characteristics, there's no such classification. A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that has some characteristics of a tropical cyclone and some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
ReplyDeleteScott Hetsko
To add to what Scott said, over larger oceanic bodies of water, subtropical storms are named. For example, Andrea, the first named Atlantic storm of 2007 was in fact the same "type" of system. Though, forming over the fresh-water Great Lakes, this system is a bit different and would go unnamed.
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