Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone
A Medicane is a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone. It is a storm in the Mediterranean Sea. These storms are similar to tropical storms and subtropical storms.[1]
Weather scientists say there are about one or two medicanes each year. Most of them happen in September and October, when the water in the Mediterranean sea is warm. Sometimes they happen at other times. Scientists say global climate change could make medicanes stronger.[2]
Mediterranean Tropical-like Cyclone Media
Visible satellite imagery of a "medicane" above the Balearic Islands on 7 October 1996
A Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone south of Italy, on 27 October 2005
Satellite image of a tropical-like cyclone on 15 December 2005
A weak and disorganized Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone on 28 January 2009
ESSA-8 visible satellite imagery of the September 1969 cyclone
Satellite imagery capturing the storm at its peak intensity at 26 January 1982
Celeno at 14:00 UTC on 16 January, shortly after tropical cyclogenesis
The second major Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone of 1996, while west of Italy on 7 October
The last major Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone of 1996, near Italy
References
- ↑ Simon Bevan (September 17, 2020). All eyes on the Atlantic, but look out for the Mediterranean.. Stratum Five. https://www.stratumfive.com/climate/all-eyes-on-the-atlantic-but-look-out-for-the-mediterranean/. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Brandon Miller; Jennifer Gray (September 18, 2020). 'Medicane,' a rare, hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean, makes landfall in Greece. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/weather/medicane-ianos-mediterranean-hurricane-greece/index.html. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
