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Weather Discussion => Hazardous Weather => Hurricane Central => Topic started by: Localonthe8s on August 16, 2012, 11:21:24 AM

Title: Can a hurricane 'cross' from one ocean to another?
Post by: Localonthe8s on August 16, 2012, 11:21:24 AM

I've always stumbled on this. Has there ever been an Atlantic hurricane that crossed southern central America into the Pacific and retained hurricane or TS status  in the Pac? Vice versa? Or impossible? Like Ernesto crossed panama but dissipated in the Pacific

Title: Re: Can a hurricane 'cross' from one ocean to another?
Post by: twcclassics on August 16, 2012, 03:20:38 PM

Yes. I'm sure there are others, but the first one that came to mind for me was Bret in 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Bret_%281993%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Bret_%281993%29)

Title: Re: Can a hurricane 'cross' from one ocean to another?
Post by: Localonthe8s on August 16, 2012, 05:06:44 PM

Thanks. I see they have a name crossover hurricane. You learn something new everyday!!