Sandy first became a tropical storm a few hours after forming on October 22, 2012. After becoming a hurricane on October 24, Sand briefly weakened back to a tropical storm on October 27 before restrengthening.
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Sandy formed on October 22 as Tropical Depression Eighteen and became Tropical Storm Sandy a few hours later. The storm did not hit land until October 24, when it struck Jamaica as a category 1 hurricane.
At landfall in the U.S. Sandy was not truly a hurricane any more as the storm had lost its tropical characteristics. For much of the time that it was active Sandy combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone, becoming a sort of extremely large and powerful hybrid cyclone.
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Hurricane Sandy is an usually large and intense storm that has combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991.
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Sandy was a hurricane for most of its time, peaking as a category 2 hurricane before striking Cuba. At landfall in the U.S. Sandy was still at hurricane intensity but had transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone.
Sandy formed on October 22 as Tropical Depression Eighteen and became Tropical Storm Sandy a few hours later. The storm did not hit land until October 24, when it struck Jamaica as a category 1 hurricane.
Lee became a tropical storm on September 2, 2011.
At landfall in the U.S. Sandy was not truly a hurricane any more as the storm had lost its tropical characteristics. For much of the time that it was active Sandy combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone, becoming a sort of extremely large and powerful hybrid cyclone.
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A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm when sustained winds reach 39 mph or greater.
Hurricane names are chosen from a pre-selected list for each year. Names are in alphabetical order. Each new tropical storm that forms gets the next name on the list. The storm we know as Sandy was the eighteenth tropical storm of 2012, so it got the eighteenth name on the list.
The names of tropical storms are also included here, as they need not become hurricanes to be named.Atlantic:Tropical Storm AlbertoTropical Storm DebbyHurricane ChrisTropical Storm DebbyHurricane ErnestoTropical Storm FlorenceHurricane GordonTropical Storm HeleneHurricane IsaacTropical Storm JoyceHurricane KirkHurricane LeslieHurricane MichealHurricane NadineTropical Storm OscarTropical Storm PattyHurricane RafaelHurricane SandyTropical Storm TonyEastern PacificTropical Storm AlettaHurricane BudHurricane CarlottaHurricane DanielHurricane EmiliaHurricane FabioHurricane GilmaTropical Storm HectorHurricane IleanaTropical Storm JohnTropical Storm KristyHurricane LaneHurricane MiriamTropical Storm NormanTropical Storm OliviaHurricane PaulTropical Storm RosaWestern Pacific (here hurricanes are called typhoons)Tropical Storm PakharTropical Storm SanvuTyphoon MawarTyphoon GucholSevere Tropical Storm KalimTropical Storm DoksuriSevere Tropical Storm KhanunTyphoon VicenteTyphoon SaolaTyphoon DamreyTyphoon HaikuiSevere Tropical Storm KirogiTyphoon Kai-takTyphoon TembinTyphoon BolavenTyphoon SanbaTyphoon JelawatSevere Tropical Storm EwiniarSevere Tropical Storm MaliksiSevere Tropical Storm GaemiTyphoon PrapiroonSevere Tropical Storm MariaTyphoon Son-TinhIndian Ocean (where hurricanes are called cyclonic storms or tropical cyclones)Cyclonic Storm MurjanCyclonic Storm NilamTropical Cyclone BenildeModerate Tropical Storm ChandaSevere Tropical Storm EthelIntense Tropical Cyclone FunsoIntense Tropical Cyclone GiovannaModerate Tropical Storm HilwaSevere Tropical Storm IrinaSevere Tropical Storm Koji-JoniSevere Tropical Storm KuenaIntense Tropical Cyclone AnaisAustralia region (where hurricanes are called cyclones)Cyclone HeidiCyclone IggyCyclone JasmineCyclone LuaSouth Pacific (where hurricanes are called tropical cyclones)Tropical Cyclone CyrilTropical Cyclone Daphne
Hurricane Sandy is an usually large and intense storm that has combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991.
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and powerful storm and its great destructive potential was recognized days before its final landfall. Sandy merged with a non-tropical storm system in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991 and it technically was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall in New Jersey.
By reading about Hurricane Sandy you become informed about a very unusual and devastating storm.