Re: Old hurricane moving back and forth across the Gulf of Mexico

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:01:11 -0500,
Scott <ScottLWI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in
<dg96un$i2f$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>+ > Can anyone here tell me which hurricane this was and what year? I swear
>+ > I remember seeing a satellite loop of it on TV some years ago. At first
>+ > it looked like it would hit LA, then it moved towards FL, then it
>+ > reversed course and went back to LA!

>+ Sounds like Elena from Labor Day in 1985?

Yes.

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1985/ELENA/track.gif

Formed between Cuba and Haiti, moved along the north shore of Cuba,
and came out in the Gulf making a beeline directly towards the mouth
of the Mississippi, takes the hard right turn towards Florda and stops
about 100 miles west-southwest of Cedar Key, before turning back to a
west-northwest track and making landfall in southern Mississippi.

James
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