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JoshuaK
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Best breeding grounds for Cat 5?
      Wed Jul 23 2008 02:50 PM

There are two areas in recent years and in years more distant past which have seen a number of category 5 storms develop within these areas. Although a lot of factors need to come into play for a storm to intensify into category 5 status, these two areas seem to have a lot more category 5 storms form in them than other areas of the Atlantic Basin.

First area is the central Gulf of Mexico region. Recently this region has seen Katrina and Rita intensify into Category 5 status, and in times past has seen Camille intensify into a strong Cat 5.

The second area is what I call the Belize Square, an area of the Western Caribbean with the Yucatan, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Honduras, and Belize defining the borders of. In recent and past times this area has seen such Cat 5 storms as Wilma, Mitch, Gilbert, and Anita among others.

The question I'm asking, is whether or not there are any known definining factors (current, noticeable lack of shear at certain times of the year, etc.) that seems to make these areas more conductive for Category 5 storms?

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* Best breeding grounds for Cat 5? JoshuaK Wed Jul 23 2008 02:50 PM
. * * Re: Best breeding grounds for Cat 5? saluki   Thu Jul 24 2008 03:43 PM
. * * Re: Best breeding grounds for Cat 5? LDH892   Thu Jul 24 2008 12:18 AM

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