10 second search query resulted in:Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:30 pmThen I guess you’ll have to count me among that group. My excuse is that I don’t recall ever seeing a chart or radar image compilation of a hurricane moving anywhere other than east to west.
But as always, just because I haven’t seen something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Here’s a list of hurricanes or tropical storms from 1968 to the present that showed some west-to-east movement in the Gulf of Mexico:
1. **Hurricane Edith (1971)**: After crossing the Yucatán Peninsula, Edith made a northward turn, then curved eastward before making landfall in Louisiana, exhibiting an unusual path in the Gulf.
2. **Tropical Storm Abby (1968)**: While this storm’s key movements were in the late 1960s, its erratic path through the Gulf included west-to-east motion, making it a notable inclusion just before 1970.
3. **Tropical Storm Agnes (1972)**: After crossing into the Gulf, Agnes initially moved westward but later shifted to a more northeastward course, heading east and making landfall in Florida.
4. **Hurricane Eloise (1975)**: Eloise exhibited complex path changes, with some eastward movement after entering the Gulf, though it ultimately made landfall along the Florida Panhandle.
5. **Hurricane Frederic (1979)**: Frederic formed in the Atlantic, crossed over Cuba, and moved across the Gulf of Mexico. It initially headed west but then curved northeastward toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, exhibiting some eastward motion before landfall in Alabama.
6. **Tropical Storm Alberto (1982)**: Alberto formed in the western Gulf of Mexico and initially moved westward, then took an unusual eastward turn, heading toward the Florida Panhandle.
7. **Hurricane Juan (1985)**: Juan was an odd storm that performed loops in the northern Gulf of Mexico, moving westward before sharply shifting eastward and affecting Louisiana.
8. **Hurricane Opal (1995)**: After moving westward across the Gulf, Opal made a sharp turn to the northeast, exhibiting some eastward movement before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle.
9. **Hurricane Ivan (2004)**: After making landfall in Alabama, Ivan’s remnants looped back around into the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic, showing a rare case of a storm re-entering the Gulf and briefly moving eastward before dissipating.
10. **Hurricane Hermine (2016)**: Hermine exhibited an unusual track, forming in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and moving westward before curving sharply northeastward, making landfall in Florida.
11. **Hurricane Harvey (2017)**: Harvey made landfall in Texas and then meandered back toward the Gulf before eventually moving eastward, causing heavy rains across Louisiana. While its primary impacts were from its westward landfall, it had notable eastward drift afterward.
This list covers storms from 1970 to the present that had at least some west-to-east movement in the Gulf of Mexico, though such occurrences remain rare compared to the typical westward paths followed by most storms in the region.
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Here are additional examples of hurricanes or tropical storms that exhibited west-to-east or unusual movement patterns in the Gulf of Mexico:
1. **Hurricane Alma (1966)**: Alma formed in the Caribbean and initially moved westward but took a sharp northeast turn across the western tip of Cuba, briefly moving eastward in the Gulf of Mexico before curving northward toward Florida. Though not a classic west-to-east storm, it showed an unusual shift.
2. **Hurricane Florence (1953)**: Florence formed in the western Gulf of Mexico, initially moved toward the west-northwest, but took an unusual turn to the northeast. It eventually made landfall on the Florida Panhandle after shifting its trajectory.
3. **Hurricane Edith (1971)**: After forming in the western Caribbean and crossing into the Gulf of Mexico, Edith made a dramatic northwest turn toward Louisiana before curving back eastward toward Florida. This path, though not a pure west-to-east movement, did include an eastward shift over the Gulf.
4. **Tropical Storm Abby (1968)**: Abby followed an unusual track in the Gulf of Mexico. After moving west-northwest across the Yucatán Peninsula, it looped around and took an eastward direction across the Gulf, eventually making landfall in Florida. Its erratic path included both westward and eastward movements.
5. **Hurricane Hermine (2016)**: Hermine formed in the Gulf of Mexico and exhibited an unusual north-northeastward trajectory across the eastern Gulf, curving sharply from westward motion to an eastward landfall on Florida’s Big Bend region.
6. **Tropical Storm Jose (1999)**: Jose formed in the western Gulf and initially moved northwestward, but it soon made an abrupt shift toward the northeast, heading eastward toward the Florida coast before dissipating.
7. **Hurricane Karl (2010)**: Karl moved in a general westward direction for most of its life cycle, but after hitting Mexico’s east coast, it weakened and remnants moved back into the Gulf, briefly taking on a more eastward trajectory before dissipating.
These hurricanes or storms illustrate the complexity of hurricane paths, which can be influenced by various atmospheric pressures, troughs, and ridges that steer them in unusual directions, occasionally leading to west-to-east movement. However, such cases remain relatively rare compared to the more typical east-to-west motion seen in Gulf hurricanes.
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Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico typically move from east to west, but on rare occasions, they reverse course and move from west to east. Such events are unusual, and most hurricanes follow prevailing wind patterns like the trade winds or are steered by high-pressure systems in the Atlantic.
Here are a few examples of hurricanes that have exhibited a west-to-east movement:
1. **Hurricane Lili (2002)**: Lili formed in the western Caribbean, moved across the Yucatán Peninsula, and briefly shifted northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico before curving back toward Louisiana.
2. **Hurricane Ivan (2004)**: Ivan is particularly interesting. After making landfall in Alabama, it weakened into a tropical depression and looped around, eventually re-entering the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic, which is an unusual track. While this wasn't a pure west-to-east Gulf crossing, it did involve a loop and re-entry.
3. **Tropical Storm Alberto (1982)**: Alberto formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and initially moved westward before taking an unusual eastward track toward Florida.
4. **Hurricane Eloise (1975)**: Eloise originated in the Atlantic and entered the Gulf after crossing the Caribbean. While it did eventually move westward, it showed complex directional shifts, including some eastward movement.
These events are rare because hurricanes tend to follow the path of least resistance, often dictated by large-scale atmospheric conditions like the Bermuda High or troughs of low pressure that steer them westward across the Gulf.
