Tropical Storm Nadine: Back to Life
By Quincy Vagell on September 23, 2012, 5:00pm
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Despite being classified as a Post-Tropical Cyclone on Saturday, Nadine has been re-classified as a Tropical Storm today.
Nadine first developed all the way back on September 11th and after days of meandering across the Atlantic, it has found itself way east near the Azores.
Tropical Storm Nadine is in a relatively unusual area. In fact, only two storms have passed within 100 nautical miles of Nadine's current position. Both systems were moving east of north, whereas Nadine is moving westward. (Delta, 2005 and Florence, 1964)
Forecast:
Nadine is expected to slowly move westward and could regain Hurricane status as it moves into gradually warmer waters. The storm does not look to threaten any significant landmasses for several days. Eventually, forecast models pull the system towards the north, where it would likely begin to transition back to a non-tropical cyclone. Interestingly enough, the 12z ECMWF model keeps Nadine alive for several more days.
A few other tidbits:
-Nadine briefly became a Subtropical Storm, before it was classified as a Post-Tropical Cyclone.
-Even though Nadine has been around for 12 days, it would need to last another 11 days to even reach the top 9 list for tropical longevity. (that also arises another question: would it count on the list, even though it was not purely tropical during that entire time?)
Below image shows Nadine's location and historical storms near that point:
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