Talk:Cape Verde hurricane

To do

Better structure; more of a narrative thread uniting the article. Jdorje 20:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Cape Verde season

I was given the impression that there is a distinct "Cape Verde season" in which CV cyclones are favored over storms that are formed near the Bahamas or the Gulf of Mexico, and it seems to "cut off" about mid-September. Is that the case? If so, it might be worthwhile to note the hurricanes that occurred the earliest and the latest within the Cape Verde season (for example Lili and Karl both were named on September 15th or later). 66.217.44.205 03:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I've been studying hurricanes for four years now and I've never heard of a "Cape Verde Season." They aren't as common in June and July as storms that form in the Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean, but that still doesn't suggest a "season." Toroca (talk) 18:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Other Types?

Stressing this type as separate inplies that there are other types, but no mention is made of other types, not even references. CFLeon 21:00, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. This type is only stressed because Cape Verde type storms tend to be among the strongest that form in any given season, because they have the longest period of time free from interaction with land. The ones that form off the coast of the US, or in the Gulf of Mexico, or in the Caribbean don't usually get referred to as a specific type of storm; Cape Verde type storms consistently do. Toroca (talk) 18:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

How about

Hi. Are storms which originate as tropical waves forming near Cape Verde count as Cape Verde-type hurricanes like Felix (2007) or Dolly (2008), and what about storms that travel north like Vince or Epsilon of 2005, and why does this article associate only to hurricanes and not to tropical storms or depressions? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 18:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, typically if a storm does not form from a westward-moving tropical wave, it's not a Cape Verde type. Vince and Epsilon don't count for that. Also, tropical storms and depressions aren't mentioned because, honestly, no one cares about those this far from land. You don't see forecasters mentioning "Cape Verde type" in reference to a tropical storm except when making statements like "Tropical Storm So-and-So has the potential to develop into a powerful Cape Verde type hurricane." A Cape Verde type Tropical Storm is almost an oxymoron, because such a storm would be no more powerful than any other tropical storm. Cape Verde type hurricanes, on the other hand, tend to be among the strongest seen each season. Not always, mind you; years like 2005 would be notable exceptions since none of the three strongest storms that year was a Cape Verde hurricane. (Emily, however, the fourth strongest, was). So far this year, the strongest storm has been Hurricane Bertha, which reached Category Three. That storm was so far the only Cape Verde type hurricane this year, though it looks like the newly-designated Invest 97L may be the next one. Toroca (talk) 18:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)