3 CAT 4 hurricanes in Pacific Ocean
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That's interesting, I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck ------.
I still have a nameboard from a sizable fishing boat that was smashed to firewood just near the hotel. My one souvenir of Portugal's first penal colony, a salt mine.
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That's interesting, I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck ------.
I still have a nameboard from a sizable fishing boat that was smashed to firewood just near the hotel. My one souvenir of Portugal's first penal colony, a salt mine.
Tootle pip!!
Your tropical revolving thing might have been either Frances in 1980 or Fran in 1984.
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There's an entire set of hurricanes called Cape Verde hurricanes, because they start at or near Cape Verde islands. Although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde-type_hurricane
On average there are two Cape Verde type hurricanes each season.
In August & September 1979 there were two back-to-back major Cape Verde hurricanes: Hurricane David (Category 5) and Hurricane Frederic (Category 4). Both caused extensive damage.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde-type_hurricane
On average there are two Cape Verde type hurricanes each season.
In August & September 1979 there were two back-to-back major Cape Verde hurricanes: Hurricane David (Category 5) and Hurricane Frederic (Category 4). Both caused extensive damage.
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Beardy : I'm with Manama on this. Flown over many in the Asia area. Admit to have struggled with Met Theory in the days when the UK ATPL was VERY hard, but I thought these were 'surface' phenomina. I took that to mean I could whiz over the top. If engine failures etc worry you, when avoiding these rotters by some twenty to thirty miles and you get your feared failure...................er, where are you gonna go.............?
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If you look at the articles for those two hurricanes, you can see that their tracks were actually pretty far from Cape Verde. Hurricane David levelled Dominica and dropped 10-20 inches of rain on eastern Puerto Rico, Frederic dropped another 10 inches on Puerto Rico and sank a boat off St Maarten, but neither one caused any recorded damage to Cape Verde.
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No one is talking about damage. If you read again what was written above: "although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde".
LeadSled's original description: "I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days".
If you look at Frederic, for example, you can see that it started as a Tropical Depression within 200nm south of Cape Verde, close enough to cancel flights.
Also there are probably a dozen Cape Verde type cyclones in the 1970s. E.g., what became the 1979 Hurricane Gloria for example started as another Tropical Depression literally right on top of Cape Verde.
If LeadSled remembers some dates, we can look up the cyclone in the NOAA database.
No one is talking about damage. If you read again what was written above: "although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde".
LeadSled's original description: "I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days".
If you look at Frederic, for example, you can see that it started as a Tropical Depression within 200nm south of Cape Verde, close enough to cancel flights.
Also there are probably a dozen Cape Verde type cyclones in the 1970s. E.g., what became the 1979 Hurricane Gloria for example started as another Tropical Depression literally right on top of Cape Verde.
If LeadSled remembers some dates, we can look up the cyclone in the NOAA database.
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I have heard tales of brave crews overflying monsters like these and looking down into the eye, with little thought of engine failure drift down altitudes nor of depressurisation descents.
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Re Cape Verde hurricanes: A quick Trove search shows the place got wiped out in 1851. Interestingly, the same year as the largest recorded bush fire in Australia's history.
29 May 1851 - THE CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS.
Of interest back in 1927...
"...Weeks before a severe hurricane reaches the United States it is often felt at Cape
Verde,... "
16 Jul 1927 - Wireless Pictures. Surprising Help in Storm Pred...
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Re Cape Verde hurricanes: A quick Trove search shows the place got wiped out in 1851. Interestingly, the same year as the largest recorded bush fire in Australia's history.
29 May 1851 - THE CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS.
Of interest back in 1927...
"...Weeks before a severe hurricane reaches the United States it is often felt at Cape
Verde,... "
16 Jul 1927 - Wireless Pictures. Surprising Help in Storm Pred...
.
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The Hurricane Hunters regularly fly into these monsters to gather information.
Details here: Hurricane Hunters Association
On you tube there are some amazing videos of the Hercules C-130 breaking the eye walls. Balls of steel.
https://youtu.be/JWpYtO-2Ts4
Details here: Hurricane Hunters Association
On you tube there are some amazing videos of the Hercules C-130 breaking the eye walls. Balls of steel.
https://youtu.be/JWpYtO-2Ts4
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Interesting article on hurricanes and extreme weather events here (ars technica)...
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@hamster3null
No one is talking about damage. If you read again what was written above: "although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde".
LeadSled's original description: "I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days".
If you look at Frederic, for example, you can see that it started as a Tropical Depression within 200nm south of Cape Verde, close enough to cancel flights.
No one is talking about damage. If you read again what was written above: "although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde".
LeadSled's original description: "I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days".
If you look at Frederic, for example, you can see that it started as a Tropical Depression within 200nm south of Cape Verde, close enough to cancel flights.
As for the damage, he mentions a fishing boat being smashed to firewood...
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Every storm is different, but yes depending on the storm a Tropical Depression 250 miles away can cancel flights or close airports.
Cape Verde is especially vulnerable because of the naturally strong & persistent winds there, even when there are no tropical cyclones nearby.
Remember too that a Tropical Depression is already organized. Even before a Tropical Depression begins, there may already be a tropical disturbance causing thunderstorms in an area hundreds of miles across. Even at this unorganized stage the thunderstorms may cause heavy flooding, spawn tornadoes, etc.
So just because a tropical disturbance doesn't look "close" on the map, it doesn't mean one can be complacent.
Once the disturbance organizes into a tropical cyclone, the affected area could be massive. Sandy was 1,800 km across. Tip generated gale-force winds for over 2,200 km!
Back to Cape Verde, they've already had to permanently close a couple of their island airports due to strong winds. E.g. on Brava they built a new airport in 1992 but had to abandon it just 12 years later in 2004 due to persistent strong winds. They also had to close an airport on Fogo due to the winds there.
The winds there are great for generating electricity and for wind-surfing; but not so ideal for flying.
Cape Verde is especially vulnerable because of the naturally strong & persistent winds there, even when there are no tropical cyclones nearby.
Remember too that a Tropical Depression is already organized. Even before a Tropical Depression begins, there may already be a tropical disturbance causing thunderstorms in an area hundreds of miles across. Even at this unorganized stage the thunderstorms may cause heavy flooding, spawn tornadoes, etc.
So just because a tropical disturbance doesn't look "close" on the map, it doesn't mean one can be complacent.
Once the disturbance organizes into a tropical cyclone, the affected area could be massive. Sandy was 1,800 km across. Tip generated gale-force winds for over 2,200 km!
Back to Cape Verde, they've already had to permanently close a couple of their island airports due to strong winds. E.g. on Brava they built a new airport in 1992 but had to abandon it just 12 years later in 2004 due to persistent strong winds. They also had to close an airport on Fogo due to the winds there.
The winds there are great for generating electricity and for wind-surfing; but not so ideal for flying.
via peekay4:
...we can look up the cyclone in the NOAA database.
...we can look up the cyclone in the NOAA database.
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The NOAA HRC is responsible for tracking tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins, regardless if they made / will make US landfall or not.
So the full database will have all tropical cyclones forming in the Atlantic, north of the equator, including those which did not develop into full named hurricanes.
So the full database will have all tropical cyclones forming in the Atlantic, north of the equator, including those which did not develop into full named hurricanes.
