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Hello TODers,
Yep, my best hopes to those confronted by any hurricane.
Quick Question [I don't know the answer]: has a major CAT3,4,5 hurricane ever spontaneously self-generated in the GoM all by itself from just the GoM area's heat and vapor-moisture? Or does it minimally require an incoming wave train from the Caribbean, or across Florida like hurricane Andrew in 92?
I am not counting those hurricanes that hit Cuba or Mexico, bounced off/over the mountains, or crossed the Yucatan, then reformed into a restrengthened hurricane again in the GoM. I am thinking more along the lines of a quiet GoM just forming a waterspout that just keeps getting bigger and bigger until it becomes a major hurricane. Thxs for any replies.
Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Hurricane Bret in 1999 started as a tropical depression in the BOC (just west of Cantarell, in fact). Opal in 95 started off as a TD over the Yucatan.
And while we're comparing Felix to Mitch, let's not forget Mitch ended up over the Atlantic, after crossing the GOM and Florida. That was weird, but things like that happen.
Yes, major hurricanes can originate entirely within the Gulf of Mexico. One example: Hurricane Anita was a category 5 in 1977 that did this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Anita