Hurricane Oglethorpe (2070)

Hurricane Oglethorpe was one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. State of New Jersey in October 2070. Forming from a tropical wave near the Leeward Islands, Oglethorpe strengthened to a peak intensity as a category 4 hurricane near the Bahamas before curving back towards a landfall in New Jersey.

Meteorological History
On October 9, a tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa. As usual in October, development conditions, wind shear and dry air in the tropical Atlantic was too strong to allow the wave to develop before reaching the Lesser Antilles. The wave remained disorganized throughout its time in the eastern Atlantic. However, convection began to wrap around the center on October 13, and by late that evening. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance aircraft investigating the wave on the afternoon October 14 found a well-defined closed circulation, resulting in the initiation of advisories on Tropical Depression Seventeen at 21:00 UTC on October 14. Initially, some moderate wind shear limited development of the depression, but after a NOAA Hurricane Hunters reconnaissance flight early on October 15 found some reliable 35-knot surface winds, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Oglethorpe.