What is a Medicane? Cyprus Europe Event Information Malta Sea Weather November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Click here to watch the video Click here to subscribe to my Blog What is a medicane? A medicane is a terminology just for weather. A medicane is a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone. This is also the term used for Mediterranean hurricanes, hence the name Medi(terreanean) (hurri)cane. A one can easily understand this happends in teh Mediterranean Sea and impacts countries and islands such as Malta, Italy, Sicily, Algiers, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey and others. Unlike other storms, the main hazard posed by a Medicane is the amount of torrential rain and floods, and not the the destructive winds. The frequency is not so common but neither particularly rare. These type of storms were first identified in the 1980s with the help of the satellite coverage. This helped to show the forming of the cyclonic eye in the centre of the storm. Are medicanes frequent or rare? Studies show that between 1947 and 2014 there were at least 67 tropical like cyclones. With regards to tropical like storm there were around 100 between 1947 and 2011. How does a medicane form? This type of phenomena looks like a a storm-like cyclone. This happens when a non-tropical storm feeds off the warm sea of the Mediterranean. Once this happens, then the storm can begin to become stronger. It was also develop the characteristics of a tropical storm. The difference from other extreme storms is that the lifetime of a Medicane is very short and can only survive a couple of days.These are more common in the following months (according to previous occurrences): SeptemberOctoberDecember Notable medicanes These are the most notable medicanes of the last 60 years, and also the last medicanes:22–27 September 1969Leucosia 24–27 January 1982Celeno 14–17 January 199511–13 September 19964–6 October 19966–11 October 1996Querida 25–27 September 2006Rolf 6–9 November 2011Qendresa 7–9 November 201428–31 October 2016Numa 16–19 November 2017Zorbas 27 Sep – 1 October 201811 November 2019 Click here to subscribe to my Blog Click here to watch the video Do you like this type of phenomena?leave your comments further down. Share this now:RedditTumblrPinterestWhatsAppTwitterFacebookLinkedInLike this:Like Loading...
