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| 2002 |
2-8 February |
Tropical Cyclone Chris |
South Indian |
Classic TC in Australia that makes landfall and dissipates without extratropical transition.
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10-18 July |
Tropical Storm Arthur |
North Atlantic |
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4-10 August |
Tropical Storm Bertha |
North Atlantic |
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3-13 July |
Super Typhoon Chataan |
Western Pacific |
Case of extratropical transition of a strong tropical cyclone in the western Pacific. First
half of TC lifecycle missing (27 June - 2 July).
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4-10 August |
Tropical Storm Cristobal |
North Atlantic |
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29 August- |
5 September Tropical Storm Dolly |
North Atlantic |
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18-27 July |
Hurricane Douglas |
Eastern Pacific |
Typical case of TC development & decay over cool water.
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1-6 September |
Tropical Storm Edouard |
North Atlantic |
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21-31 July |
Hurricane Elida |
Eastern Pacific |
Case of rapid tropical cyclone development (rapid intensifier), which ended with (rare for the EPAC) weak
extratropical transition.
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19-30 August |
Hurricane Fausto |
Eastern Pacific |
Typical tropical cyclone development & then decay over cold water.
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4-8 September |
Tropical Storm Fay |
North Atlantic |
Short-lived tropical storm that makes landfall in TX and decays.
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14-28 July |
Super Typhoon Fengshen |
Western Pacific |
Textbook case of deep warm core development associated with a category 5 tropical cyclone. Current TC record
magnitude of -VTL & -VTU in four years of analyses (using NGP analyses here).
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26 August- |
2 September Tropical Storm Genevieve |
Eastern Pacific |
Typical tropical cyclone development & then decay over cold water.
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8-15 September |
Hurricane Gustav |
North Atlantic |
Subtropical to tropical to extratropical cyclone.
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7-24 July |
Super Typhoon Halong |
Western Pacific |
Case of extratropical transition of a strong tropical cyclone in the western Pacific.
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11-18 September |
Tropical Storm Hanna |
North Atlantic |
Weak tropical storm that barely survives over land and then undergoes extratropical transition before being absorbed by a frontal system offshore.
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28 August- |
9 September Hurricane Hernan |
Eastern Pacific |
Typical tropical cyclone development & then decay over cold water.
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26 September- |
4 October Super Typhoon Higos |
Western Pacific |
Case of extratropical transition of a strong tropical cyclone in the western Pacific.
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16 September- |
3 October Hurricane Isidore |
North Atlantic |
Strong tropical cyclone that weakens greatly before undergoing extratropical transition over the Eastern U.S., and then evolves into a strong warm-seclusion extratropical cyclone south of Greenland, before converting back to weak cold-core and occluding.
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16-20 September |
Tropical Storm Josephine |
North Atlantic |
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20 September- |
17 October Hurricane Kyle |
North Atlantic |
Subtropical to tropical storm transition with a long history. Ultimately undergoes extatropical transition.
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21 September- |
4 October Hurricane Lili |
North Atlantic |
Strong tropical cyclone that weakens greatly before making landfall, dissipating, and being absorbed by an extratropical cyclone.
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9-25 August |
Super Typhoon Phanfone |
Western Pacific |
Case of extratropical transition of a strong tropical cyclone in the western Pacific.
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