Usercane Floyd

Usercane Floyd is an active usercane currently located northwest of Bermuda. It's the second most intense usercane from the 2015 season, just behind Usercane Bob.

Meteorological history
On September 14, a tropical wave merged with an extratropical cyclone in an unusual Fujiwhara effect north of Cape Verde, as they steadily coalesced into Subtropical Depression Nineteen later that evening. Nineteen was eventually upgraded into Subtropical Storm Floyd six hours later as the depression was producing sustained tropical storm-force winds – over 40 mph (65 km/h) – as reported by several other weather centers. The system was located in a very favorable environment for further development, with low vertical wind shear and very warm sea surface temperatures, allowing Floyd to quickly acquire tropical characteristics, and soon became a Category 1 usercane rapidly, like most storms.

Roughly one week later, Floyd intensified into a Category 2 usercane based on Dvorak guidance. Within a few days, Floyd subsequently weakened to a Category 1 usercane on September 29. However, in mid-October, with a symmetric ring of deep convection surrounding a distinct eye, Floyd intensified into a Category 3 usercane. Floyd eventually took on annular characteristics and would remain a Category 3 usercane for nearly three months, except for a brief period in mid-December when Floyd reached Category 4 status. In mid-January, Floyd regained category 4 status. On February 26, Floyd briefly gained category 5 status, before weakening into a 155 mph category 4 hurricane later on. On June 13, 2016, after spending several months maintaining near-Category 5 intensity, Floyd became a 160 mph Category 5 usercane, and went to attain a new peak intensity of 1-minute sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) and a miminum central pressure of 910 mbar (hPa).