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| 1978 | 24 January | "The Cleveland Superbomb" | North America | Extreme baroclinic cyclogenesis confined over land. Ideal illustration of intensification, maturity, and decay of a purely cold-core system. | NCAR: Image Anim | NCAR: Image Anim |
| 1979 | 30 August - 12 September |
Hurricane David | North Atlantic | Well-resolved case of extratropical transition of a major hurricane ultimately back into a mid latitude oceanic warm-core (although frontal) system. | ECMWF: Image Anim | ECMWF: Image Anim |
| 1979 | 7-17 September | Hurricane Frederic | North Atlantic | Classic extratropical transition of a hurricane that remains cold-core after transition. | ECMWF: Image Anim | ECMWF: Image Anim |
| 1979 | 8-16 September | Hurricane Gloria | North Atlantic | . | ECMWF: Image Anim | ECMWF: Image Anim |
| 1979 | 17-24 September | Hurricane Henri | North Atlantic | . | ECMWF: Image Anim | ECMWF: Image Anim |
| 1979 | 4-22 October | Super Typhoon Tip | West Pacific | Most intense tropical cyclone in recorded history that eventually undergoes extratropical transition. | NCAR: Image Anim | NCAR: Image Anim |
