Lorenzo Went Cat 5 600+ Miles E/NE Of The Easternmost Cat 5 Storms Ever Recorded

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Here are some remarkable facts about Lorenzo and recent Category 5 activity in the Atlantic:

It became a Category 5 over 600 miles east-northeast of the previously farthest east Category 5s on record – Isabel and Hugo.

It became the sixth Category 5 since 2016 (after Matthew, Irma, Maria, Michael, and Dorian). There have only been 26 Category 5 since 1960.

2019 becomes just the seventh year with more than one Category 5 in the Atlantic, joining 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2007, and 2017.

Its pressure of 925 millibars Saturday night was the lowest on record east of 50 degrees west longitude. The lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.

Abnormally warm waters in the Atlantic, likely boosted by climate change, aided Lorenzo in attaining such strength. “The water under Lorenzo when it was a Category 5 hurricane is about 28°C (82.4), which is about 1°C (1.8°F) warmer than average… just enough to give it that extra jolt,” wrote Brian McNoldy, Capital Weather Gang’s tropical weather expert.

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https://climatecrocks.com/2019/10/01/lorenzos-ominous-climate-message/

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1. sarcasm on: If only there was some scientific explanation for all these unprecedented weather

occurrences! sarcasm off