Hurricane Collin (2017)

Note: This is a gift storm for SnaggyFTW. Hurricane Collin was a strong hurricane that struck central Florida at maximum intensity in mid-March of 2017. The seventh named storm, fifth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Collin developed from a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa in early March of 2017. A brief period of rapid intensification took place, and Collin became a hurricane the same day it formed (March 5) - the first hurricane-strength tropical cyclone to develop between the Cape Verde islands and western Africa since Hurricane Fred. The next day, Collin passed directly over the Cape Verde archipelago as a disorganized, although strong, Category 1 hurricane - the first since Fred. After departing Cape Verde, Collin continued on a track to the WNW, where it collided with a trough of dry air and dust from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL). Imparting some weakening, the fledgling hurricane lost substantial convection and resultedly was downgraded to a tropical storm at the 00:00 UTC advisor on March 7. However, under the influence of the Azores High to its north, Collin shifted to the southwest and exited the trou