Megacane Bob (2051 - Giftcane)

Meteorological History


What would be the devastating Megacane Bob started off as an unusually early well-defined tropical wave that came off the west coast of Africa on June 8, 2051. The tropical wave started to organize significantly east of Cape Verde, already having 45 mph winds it was directly upgraded to a tropical storm and was named Bob on June 14, 2051. Bob would become a minimal hurricane just 18 hours after formation, then it really started to explosively intensify, it further became a Category 5 hurricane just 6 hours later due to 99 &deg;F sea surface temperatures. However, it was far from its peak, in 12 hours it became a very intense Category 9 hurricane then a Category 10 hurricane and finally a legendary hypercane in about a day. Bob continued to explosively intensify as it tracked over warmer and warmer sea surface temperatures that eventually reached 132 &deg;F. Bob eventually reached category five megacane status with winds of 19,000 mph and a minimum pressure of 0 millibars. The very intense tropical cyclone absorbed a few frontal systems that tried to weaken it. Eventually the frontal systems weakened Bob down to a category two hypercane with winds of 1450 mph as it made landfall in Nova Scotia. The system explosively weakened back to a category ten hurricane after landfall but it would then slow down in its weakening. Slowly but surely it weakened back to a category seven then a category five hurricane as it neared Greenland. Finally, on July 9, 2051, the system became extratropical close to Greenland still at category five strength. The very intense extratropical cyclone made landfall in Greenland with winds of 165 mph and a minimum pressure of 911 millibars before being absorbed into a polar vortex that same day.

Retirement
In April 2052, the system was retired for good after being put back in the naming list only the previous year. This marked almost 60 years since Bob had last been used in 1991.