Hurricane Michael was a short-lived hurricane in the western Atlantic Ocean in the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the thirteenth named storm and eighth hurricane of 2000.
The storm developed out of a non-tropical system that gained subtropical characteristics on October 15 and became fully tropical late on October 16. It quickly strengthened into a hurricane, peaking as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale as it wa...
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Hurricane Michael was a short-lived hurricane in the western Atlantic Ocean in the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the thirteenth named storm and eighth hurricane of 2000.
The storm developed out of a non-tropical system that gained subtropical characteristics on October 15 and became fully tropical late on October 16. It quickly strengthened into a hurricane, peaking as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale as it was becoming extratropical late on October 19. It made landfall in Newfoundland while in the transition phase as a Category 1 hurricane, but little damage was done as it hit a sparsely populated area.
The system originated out of a non-tropical cold-core upper level low that drifted southward into the subtropics. The low interacted with a cold front that redeveloped into a stationary front over the Bahamas on October 10. As the cold low drifted southward, a surface low developed on October 12. The surface low remained mostly stationary until...
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