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Hurricane Marie's remnant low. Note the lack of convection and fronts connected to the low.
Contents
1Classification
o 1.1Classes
o 1.2Other post-tropical cyclones
2Formation
3Impacts
4Origin
5Synonym
6See also
7References
Classification[edit]
Classes[edit]
Two classes of post-tropical cyclones exist:
Eugene (2011)[10]
Michael (2012)[11]
Nadine (2012)[12]
Sandy (2012)
Humberto (2013)[13]
Joaquin (2015)[14]
Hermine (2016)
Matthew (2016)[15]
Irma (2017)
Florence (2018)
Michael (2018)
Jerry (2019)[16]
However, there has been an occasion that the United States National Hurricane
Center went against that definition and designated Calvin (2011) as a 35-knot remnant
low.[17]
Also, if a tropical cyclone degenerates into a tropical wave or trough, then it does not
qualify as a post-tropical cyclone. It would be referred as the "remnants of (tropical
cyclone name)".
Météo-France classifies systems in the South-West Indian Ocean undergoing
an extratropical transition or losing tropical characteristics as “post-tropical
depressions”, since the 2012–13 cyclone season. They would be re-classified as
extratropical depressions after completing the process. [18]
Formation[edit]
A post-tropical cyclone is formed when the typical characteristics of a tropical
cyclone are replaced with those of extratropical cyclones, otherwise known
as extratropical transition.[19] After the initial formation, a post-tropical cyclone has the
potential to gain strength and intensity by forming an extratropical storm. [19] If a post-
tropical cyclone does become an extratropical storm, it will eventually decay through the
process of occlusion.[20]
Impacts[edit]
The re-intensification of a post-tropical cyclone can cause dangerous conditions in
North Atlantic shipping routes with high seas and winds comparable to those
of hurricanes.[19]
Origin[edit]
The terminology was initiated by Canadian Hurricane Centre in 1998 during Tropical
Storm Bonnie.[21] In 2008, the National Hurricane Center used this term for Tropical
Storm Laura to address the limitation of the two classes (extratropical/remnant low)
mentioned above.[22] The term was later adopted by the National Weather Service on
May 15, 2010.[9]
Synonym[edit]
The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia refers to a former tropical cyclone as an "ex-
tropical cyclone".[23] An example is ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.