2016 Medicane Season

The 2016 Medicane Season ads the first of its kind in history. The Mediterranean Meteorological Center is the RSMC for this region.

NOTE: THIS IS A FREE-EDITING SEASON.

Medicane Adam
On January 20, the MMC started monitoring a large extratropical cyclone over Greece for developement into a subtropical or tropical cyclone. On 25 January, the MMC recognized the system as a subtropical cyclone and named it Adam. 4 hours later, a special advisory indicated that Adam was fully tropical and had Category 1-force winds. The next day, Adam further intensified into a category 2 hurricane, with a well-defined eye, as it remained stationary. Later that day, the storm intensified into a category 3. The next day, Adam underwent record explosive intensification into a Category 6. Soon after, the storm weakened to a Category 5 due to dry air. Increasing wind shear resulted in weakening into a Category 4. At the moment, Dvorak values are as follows:

AFB and JTWC: T6.0/125 KT

CIMSS: T5.8/115 KT

HAB: T5.0/90 KT