09-22-2010, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by T@T
Igor was a weird storm as it didn't weaken as forecast since it hit Bermuda and still packed sustained hurricane force winds when it nailed eastern Newfoundland.
Question: has a storm like this ever taken this path and still had anything left?
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It is not that unusual for hurricanes to penetrate as far north as Newfoundland's latitude; over 40 hurricanes have done so. The last time this occurred was in 2003, when Hurricane Fabian made it to latitude 48.7°N as a hurricane. The all time record is held by Hurricane Faith of 1966, which followed the Gulf Stream and maintained hurricane status all the way north to latitude 61.1°N, just off the coast of Norway.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
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