Long-lived Tropical Cyclone Nadine
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product with track of Tropical Cyclone Nadine (click image to play QuickTime movie)
A sequence of MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product images at 3-hour intervals from 12 UTC on 07 September 2012 to 00 UTC on 04 October 2012 (above) shows the track of long-lived Tropical Cyclone Nadine as it meandered across the Atlantic Ocean. In the final (88th) advisory issued for Nadine by the National Hurricane Center, they stated:
PENDING A POST-STORM ANALYSIS…NADINE WILL TIE GINGER OF 1971 AS THE SECOND-LONGEST-LASTING ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORM ON RECORD AT 21.25 DAYS. AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE…WHICH INCLUDES THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION STAGE…IT IS THE FIFTH-LONGEST-LASTING TROPICAL CYCLONE ON RECORD IN THE BASIN…AT 21.75 DAYS.