1980 Atlantic hurricane season

Took of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season June 1, 1980 to November 30, 1980. The 1980 season was what energy concerns higher than normal. The season had eleven tropical storms, which were given names. Of these eleven promoted nine to hurricane. Two hurricanes fueled until major hurricanes ( category 3 or higher ).Although the season was very active were only three tropical cyclones on land; Allen, Danielle and Hermine. The strongest was Hurricane Allen, a hurricane category five of the Cape Verde type .

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 * 1 Cyclones
 * 1.1 Tropical Depression 1
 * 1.2 Hurricane Allen
 * 1.3 Hurricane Bonnie & tropical depression, unspecified
 * 1.4 Hurricane Charley
 * 1.5 Tropical Storm Danielle
 * 1.6 Hurricane Earl
 * 1.7 Hurricane Frances
 * 1.8 Hurricane Georges
 * 1.9 Tropical Storm Hermine
 * 1:10 Hurricane Ivan
 * 1:11 Hurricane Jeanne
 * 1:12 Hurricane Karl
 * 2 Timeline season 1980
 * 3 Accumulated Cyclone Energy
 * 4 Names

Tropical Depression 1 [ edit ]
About one tropical depression is unfortunately little known.

Hurricane Allen [ edit ]
The trail Allen, typical of a Cape Verde-type hurricane . On July 30, pulled a tropical wave of the African coast westward, and on July 31 had just southwest of the archipelago of Cape Verde two circulation centers formed in the tropical storm disturbance, so the system was promoted to tropical depression 2. On August 2 PhD tropical depression two to tropical All storm and a few hours later to Hurricane Allen. Allen moved during a large part of its life a very rapid rate; with an average of 20 knots, it is 37 km / h. Allen approached the Windward Islands very quickly and reached the third category on August 4, before he winds up to 204 km / h and a minimum pressure of 951 mbar passed between St. Lucia and Barbados. Allen now turned more to the west and northwest reached on August 5, halfway between Puerto Rico andAruba , Bonaire and Curacao fifth category for the first time. Thus he was the earliest hurricane category five, until Emily in 2005 afsnoepte nearly three weeks of this record.

Later that day lay Allens center south of the southwestern peninsula of Haiti and weakened Allen anything, because its circulation on Jamaica and the mountainous region of Hispaniola pulled. Then Allen took a more westerly direction, towards the Yucatán Channel . Over the warm waters of the Caribbean flow Allen won again in strength and reached for the second time the fifth category and its peak with wind speeds up to 306 km / h and a minimum pressure of 899 mbar. Along with Camille in 1969 Allen was thus the hurricane with the highest wind speeds in the Atlantic region. This was at that time the lowest pressure ever recorded in a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic region. Allen then turned west-north westward and weakened again by interaction of its circulation in the peninsula Yucatán . On August 8, Allen reached for the third time in the fifth category over the Gulf of Mexico .This is Allen one of three hurricanes, three times reached the fifth category, along with Isabel and Ivan .

The west-northwest direction of Allen was a result of a large high pressure area, stretching from the Azores to the southeastern United States . When Allen came over the Gulf of Mexico, weakened the western ridge of the high pressure somewhat, but this was not enough to allow Allen to the north bend. However there was impact on the speed with which Allen was moving, he delayed and is now also declined in power, while the south coast of Texas drew near. On August 10, Allen landed with wind speeds of 185 km / h and a minimum pressure of 945 mbar just north of Brownsville, Texas. Allen penetrated deep into the Mexican interior before it weakened to a tropical storm and tropical depression on August 11 above Coahuila and Chihuahua . Allen finally disappeared over the eastern Sierra Madre of Chihuahua. Allen was a classic Cape Verde-type hurricane, which then established records. Allen was also a very catastrophic hurricane and claimed 261 lives and caused a loss of $ 1 billion ($ 2.6 billion when adjusted for inflation to 2005).

Barbados founded Allen $ 1.5 million damage and damaged 500 houses. There were no casualties on Barbados. Saint Lucia were 18 victims and Guadeloupe one. The worst effects Allen in Haiti, where 220 ​​people died, including 41 in the capital, Port-au-Prince . The damage in Haiti was $ 400 million (unadjusted) and 50% of the coffee crop was destroyed. A total of 835,000 people homeless, 1200 in Port-au-Prince. On Cubawere three victims, but estimates of the damage is little known, and the damage to the Cayman Islands, which were no casualties. Texas fell seven victims. In Louisiana showed 17 evacuees from an oil rig killed when their helicopter crashed. In Austin Allen caused a whirlwind, that a loss of $ 100 million inflicted; the most expensive tornado that ever was produced by a tropical cyclone. In the Texas Port Mansfield was astorm surge observed more than 3.60 m. After the season the name was deleted and replaced by Andrew Allen.

Hurricane Bonnie & tropical depression, unspecified [ edit ]
On August 13 there was a vast mass of clouds west of Cape Verde . In this system, developed two centers, the western halfway Cape Verde and the Windward Islands into tropical depression developed on 14 August. The tropical depression moved north and promoted the same day to Tropical Storm Bonnie. The second center was east of Bonnie drawn to the northwest and graduated on 15 August to tropical depression.Bonnie and the tropical depression underwent probably the Fujiwara effect, where Bonnie was dominant. On August 16, Bonnie reached hurricane status and its peak wind speeds up to 157 km / h and a minimum pressure of 975 mbar. Then Bonnie weakened, which further north and hit on August 19 lost its tropical characteristics. Bonnie is the only tropical cyclone in the Atlantic region who moved north during her lifetime.

Hurricane Charley [ edit ]
On August 20, drew a non-tropical low pressure area of the Americas southeastwards the Atlantic. Same day developed the center of the depression 240 miles east northeast of Cape Hatteras a closed circulation.This center was as a 300 km north of the weak, in east-west direction vast front that had belonged to the non-tropical depression. Thus was born a subtropical depression, who graduated on 21 August to subtropical storm. Then the subtropical storm began a loop counterclockwise clockwise north northwest and north of Bermuda . On 23 August came the subtropical storm about halfway Bermuda and Nova Scotia, and at that time had won so many tropical characteristics and strength, he was promoted to Hurricane Charley.

Charley went due east and reached its peak with winds up to 130 km / h and a minimum pressure of 989 mbar on August 23rd. Charley then weakened steadily, while accelerating eastward progressed. On August 24, Charley downgraded to tropical storm and weakened further. On August 25, Charley turned a few hundred miles west of the Azores to the northeast under the influence of a large, non-tropical storm depression.On August 26, Charley was recorded by this system. Charley went through a very busy, transatlantic shipping route and many ships had to do with Charley. Most ships reported wind speeds between 74 km / h and 92 km / h. There were over the Atlantic but no casualties or damage was caused.

Tropical Storm Danielle [ edit ]
On August 22, pulled a tropical wave westward from the African coast and from this developed on 27 August, mid-Atlantic, a tropical depression. This tropical depression but quickly degenerated into a tropical wave.On August 31 there was a low pressure area in the middle layers of the atmosphere over southern Florida, which caused that storm. On 2 September the tropical wave on the scene and began interacting with the low pressure area. The system moved further westward and started on 3 September over the northern Gulf of Mexico to develop and on September 4 was a tropical depression south of the southeastern coast ofLouisiana .

On the south side of a ridge of high pressure, the tropical depression drifted slowly west-northwesterly direction and slowly gained momentum. Thanks to an anticyclonic circulation above her she could gain strength, but because it was close to the coast, but had little time to her landing, the power increase was limited. She was promoted just before landing her to Tropical Storm Danielle on September 5 and landed with wind speeds up to 92 km / h and a minimum pressure of 1004 mbar near the Galveston Bay . Danielle weakened over land and turned westward. On September 6, Danielle downgraded to tropical depression, the next day above the valley of the Río Bravo del Norte solved near Del Rio .

Hurricane Earl [ edit ]
On 2 and 3 September drew a strong tropical wave of the Senegalese coast west-south westward. In Dakar wind speeds have already been observed for up to 56 km / h. On September 4, the system passed overCape Verde and there was a tropical depression just north of Cape Verde. A few hours later was promoted tropical depression to tropical storm Earl. Initially Earl went to the west northwest, but northwest of Earl was a trough of low pressure at high altitude, that Earl pulled toward him on a north-northwesterly direction. On September 8, Earl promoted to hurricane and culminated with wind speeds up to 120 km / h and a minimum pressure of 985 mbar. Earl then turned to the northeast and started losing power and losing its tropical characteristics. On September 10, Earl downgraded to tropical storm and a few hours later Earl had lost its tropical characteristics.

Hurricane Frances [ edit ]
On 5 September drew a strong low pressure area westward from the Senegalese coast westward and promoted almost immediately to tropical depression moved westward 10. Tropical Depression 10 and 18 hours later was promoted to Tropical Storm Frances on September 6th. Frances grew rapidly in strength and his doctorate at the crossing of the 25th meridian to hurricane; a rare phenomenon so close to the African coast. Then Frances moved slowly westward and increased in strength. On September 9, it peaked with winds of 185 km / h and a minimum pressure of 960 mbar; a hurricane of the third category. Then she turned on to the northwest, because there appeared a trough of low pressure on its western flank, which also hindered its emissions, thereby temporarily waned in strength. However, the week trough to the west and then it went away more and more of Frances, greenhouse Frances was again better and took it in strength and his PhD from the first category to the second category.

Frances turned further to the west flank of an anticyclone south of the Azores and headed north westward, then north and finally nooordoostwaarts. On September 20, they downgraded to tropical storm and began to lose its tropical characteristics. She touched her identity as a tropical cyclone lost when they by a bulky, non-tropical low pressure area between Ireland and Greenland was recorded. Frances crossed several busy shipping lanes and many ships reported wind speeds of over 92 km / h (50 knots ), nevertheless Frances founded hardly damage.

Hurricane Georges [ edit ]
On August 28, pulled a tropical wave off the African coast westward and graduated on 1 September to tropical depression. The days after the tropical depression moved westward without increasing in strength. The tropical depression turned on 3 September to the northwest and passed northeast of the Leeward Islands . On September 4, the tropical depression lost its closed circulation and degenerated into a tropical storm disturbance . Now the failure of the storm convection was stretched and then to the west of the system low pressure at high altitude appeared with cold core, it came again to develop. On September 5, emerged as a subtropical depression. The subtropical depression was put by the low pressure area on a north-northeasterly direction and developed slowly. The low pressure at high altitude disappeared to the southwest and on September 7 PhD subtropical storm to tropical storm Georges.

Georges accelerated to the northeast and increased rapidly in strength. On September 8, was promoted to Hurricane Georges near 40.2 ° N, 59.0 ° W and immediately reached its peak with wind speeds up to 139 km / h and a minimum pressure of 993 mbar. Hours later, Georges passed about 160 miles south of Newfoundland and lost later that day its tropical characteristics over the cold waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Aside from the unusual course of cyclogenesis and Georges, he was particularly special because it north of the 40th parallel was promoted to hurricane. This was since 1885 occurred only two times before;Candice in 1976 and an unnamed hurricane in 1971 .

Tropical Storm Hermine [ edit ]
The tropical wave, which eventually would develop Hermine, departed on September 11 from the African coast. The system went past the fifth latitude westward and arrived on 17 September to development, when the thunderstorms organized themselves into a spiral belt east of the Windward Islands. That image, however, suggested a closed circulation, which at the surface could not be demonstrated. On September 18, the retired tropical storm disturbance on the Windward Islands, the Caribbean Sea within. On September 20, the fault became better organized and there was also a closed circulation at the surface, thus promoted to a tropical depression south of Jamaica . The tropical depression moved further westward towards the coast of Belize . On September 21, the tropical depression to Tropical Storm Hermine was promoted to 150 east of the easternmost part of Honduras .

Hermine crossed the Gulf of Honduras further westward and strike the Honduran coast. On September 22, Hermine landed at its peak north of Belize City with winds up to 110 km h and a minimum pressure of 994 mbar. Hermine crossed the peninsula of Yucatan on September 23 and reached again 110 km / h at a minimum pressure of 993 mbar. Its westward course speed had now diminished and again on September 24, she landed on the Mexican coast at 170 km southeast of Veracruz with winds up to 110 km / h at a minimum pressure of 993 mbar. Over land they took however slow in strength and relegated to tropical depression on September 25, which dissolved on 26 September. Although it is certain that Hermine caused flooding in Belize and Mexico, no figures on the damage or its victims.

Hurricane Ivan [ edit ]
The cyclogenesis Ivan was not commonplace. In late September drove a non-tropical low pressure area with cold core and without convection southwest of Portugal slowly south westward. Between the Azores and the Canary Islands turned the system between 2 and 4 October loop counterclockwise clockwise under the influence of a high pressure area to its north flank, while the system increasingly convection began to unfold and there developed a closed circulation. On October 4, the low pressure area was promoted to tropical depression near 36.5 ° N, 23.5 ° W. Never formed a tropical cyclone as northeastern above the eastern Atlantic. Only Vince would 25 years later even further to develop the northeast. Also formed the tropical depression located above water of only 23.5 ° C. The tropical depression moved south westward and was promoted to Tropical Storm Ivan. Ivan graduated on October 6 through hurricane and culminated with wind speeds up to 167 km / h and a minimum pressure of 970 mbar. This intensity Ivan maintained until October 10th. Meanwhile Ivan turned a small circle with the clockwise along on 6 and 7 October and continued further north westward. On October 9, Ivan turned in to weaken the north and northeast began after 10 October.On October 11, Ivan merged with a non-tropical low pressure area over the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Jeanne [ edit ]
ON the 26th of October a tropical wave westward and crossed the Atlantic and then crossed the Caribbean Sea, without having to develop. On November 7, the system came over the southwestern Caribbean Sea to development. There was a tropical low pressure area, the coast of Nicaragua withdrew north westward. On November 8 was a tropical depression over the western Caribbean Sea and the next day was promoted tropical depression to tropical storm Jeanne and headed to the Yucatán Channel inside. Jeanne moved on to the Gulf of Mexico, but a constructive back of high pressure to its north flank barred further northerly course and Jeanne arc toward the west. Then Jeanne graduated on 11 November and hurricane and reached its peak on November 12, with wind speeds up to 157 km / h and a minimum pressure of 986 mbar; a hurricane of the second category.

Then Jeanne weakened and relegated on 12 November to tropical storm. When the back of high pressure disappeared to the east, Jeanne rate slowed speed. Jeanne wandered over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, until an oncoming cold front over Texas Jeanne drove back to the east. On 14 November the cold front reached the Gulf of Mexico, and relatively dry air was trapped in Jeanne's circulation. On November 15, they downgraded to tropical depression and on November 16 she was seized by the cold front. Her promotion to hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico in the month of November was unusual. They surprised some ships in the Yucatán Channel, but focused more little damage. Came to its periphery in a spiral band a little vicious interference which top Key West more than 590 mm ​​of rain in one day left on 11 November.

Hurricane Karl [ edit ]
On 21 November there was the coast of the southeastern United States, a non-tropical low pressure system that moved towards the east northeast. The system swelled to about 1,100 km in diameter on 24 November. At that time, the system was lying to the south of Newfoundland and possessed the system only a Occluded front, but no convection of significance. On November 25 there was a tire with deep convection, which was 185 km wide and a subtropical storm was born. The convection wrapped itself around the center and the subtropical storm won not only strength but also tropical characteristics and graduated on 25 November to Hurricane Karl at 1100 km west southwest of the Azores. On November 25, Karl turned a small circle at the hands of the clock, with the note circulation of the large low pressure area, where he was born. Then he headed under the influence of a trough of low pressure west of him to the East and later to the northeast and east northeast. On November 26, Karl culminated with wind speeds up to 139 km / h and a minimum pressure of 985 mbar. Karl then took something in strength, but was still a hurricane when he lost its tropical characteristics on November 27, after he crashed into a cold front.

Accumulated Cyclone Energy [ Edit ]
Accumulated Cyclone Energy, or ACE is a criterion to quantify the activity of tropical cyclones. For every warning or discussion of a tropical cyclone with tropical storm intensity or higher the wind speed in knots used to calculate this value. All values ​​of all of the negotiations over the lifetime of a tropical cyclone are added together, so that a total value for that tropical cyclone can be determined.If once again all the values ​​of all cyclones are added at the end of the season, one has a measure of the total activity of the season. In the table are the values ​​by tropical cyclone ranked from high to low.

Names [ edit ]
After 1978, after the lists have changed, so that boys' names could be used, this list was used for the first time. All names were so new, except Frances. Frances was previously used in the seasons 1961 , 1968 and1976 . The list was used again for the season 1986, with the exception of only. This name was deleted and replaced by Andrew.