Monday, October 28th 2019, 12:15 pm - Pablo is now being remembered as the second northernmost hurricane to form in the Atlantic
Pablo, a small hurricane that formed in the far northeast Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, is now making headlines as it enters into record-setting territory.
The storm won't be remembered for its impact or intensity, but rather for its unusual location so far north in the Atlantic. Pablo briefly strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane at 11 a.m. on Sunday at a location of 42.8 degrees north latitude.
NHC has upgraded #Pablo to a hurricane this morning, as it is intensifying with a ring of cooling cloud tops surrounding a relatively warm eye. pic.twitter.com/tRHzYINpwQ
NHC has upgraded Tomer Burg on Twitter: "NHC has upgraded #Pablo to a hurricane this morning, as it is intensifying with a ring of cooling cloud tops surrounding a relatively warm eye. pic.twitter.com/tRHzYINpwQ / Twitter" to a hurricane this morning, as it is intensifying with a ring of cooling cloud tops surrounding a relatively warm eye. Tomer Burg on Twitter: "NHC has upgraded #Pablo to a hurricane this morning, as it is intensifying with a ring of cooling cloud tops surrounding a relatively warm eye. pic.twitter.com/tRHzYINpwQ / Twitter"
— Tomer Burg (@burgwx) Tomer Burg on Twitter: "NHC has upgraded #Pablo to a hurricane this morning, as it is intensifying with a ring of cooling cloud tops surrounding a relatively warm eye. pic.twitter.com/tRHzYINpwQ / Twitter"
It's also just the second storm to reach hurricane intensity this far north since modern record-keeping began in 1950. The first was an unnamed storm in 1971, which formed 46 degrees north latitude, off the coast of Newfoundland.
The only North Atlantic storm in modern records to first reach hurricane intensity north of Pablo? An unnamed hurricane in 1971, doing so at 46.0N latitude. pic.twitter.com/N1zpYon0ei
The only North Atlantic storm in modern records to first reach hurricane intensity north of Pablo? An unnamed hurricane in 1971, doing so at 46.0N latitude. Tomer Burg on Twitter: "The only North Atlantic storm in modern records to first reach hurricane intensity north of Pablo? An unnamed hurricane in 1971, doing so at 46.0N latitude. pic.twitter.com/N1zpYon0ei / Twitter"
— Tomer Burg (@burgwx) Tomer Burg on Twitter: "The only North Atlantic storm in modern records to first reach hurricane intensity north of Pablo? An unnamed hurricane in 1971, doing so at 46.0N latitude. pic.twitter.com/N1zpYon0ei / Twitter"
OTHER INTERESTING POINTS OF PABLO
- The storm formed over cooler waters of approximately 15-20°C. Tropical systems typically form over sea surface temperatures near 26°C, but that development factor was offset by a favourable atmospheric environment
- Pablo developed as a tropical cyclone within an extratropical cyclone southeast of the Azores in the mid-Atlantic
- Pablo strengthened into a hurricane Sunday, October 27, but only remained at that strength for less than 12 hours.
Pablo's history-making streak has ended, with the latest advisory from the U.S. National Hurricane Center declaring it a post-tropical storm with no threat to land on Monday.
The Atlantic hurricane season ends on November 30.
