Hurricane Lisa (2016-Category 5 Version)

Hurricane Lisa was an extremely rare category 5 hurricane that became the easternmost category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic basin on record.

Meteorological History
In mid-September, the National Hurricane Center began monitoring a tropical wave for possible development in the far eastern Atlantic. The system acquired sufficient organization to be classified as a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC on September 19. The depression began to quickly strengthen, attaining tropical storm status six hours later as curved bands began to develop.

In contrast to predictions, with moderate wind shear, a fairly dry environment, and only marginally favorable water temperatures, Lisa underwent explosive intensification as it developed a well-defined pinhole eye. Lisa explosively intensified from a category 1 hurricane to a category 5 hurricane in 18 hours - despite SSTs of only about. The intensification was described by the NHC as "unprecedented" at such an unusual location.

Lisa began to quickly weaken after its unprecedented peak intensity due to increasing shear and cooler water temperatures. The cyclone slowly decayed before degenerating into a remnant low by 06:00 UTC on September 25.