User:Presidentofyes12/Medicane Articles/Medicane Leucosia
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Satellite imagery capturing the storm at its peak intensity at January 26th, 1982. | |
| Formed | January 24, 1982 |
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| Dissipated | January 27, 1982 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 75 mph (120 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 992 mbar (hPa); 29.29 inHg |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Damage | None |
| Areas affected | Malta, Greece, Italy |
| Part of the 1981-82 Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone season | |
Medicane Leucosia was a powerful Mediterranean tropical cyclone that looped twice over the Mediterranean. Forming in the eastern Mediterranean, it began to quickly intensify, reaching medistorm force on January 25th, and Medicane force on January 26th. It looped once in the Mediterranean, and after weakening, looped again, and dissipated.
Meteorological history edit
A cyclone in the Mediterranean Sea was detected on January 24th. It began to move north, and began to quickly intensified, and by January 26th, 2 days after its formation, its pressure had fallen 20 millibars. It moved to the west on January 27th, and the storm executed a full loop as a strong tropical-storm force Medicane. The storm was reduced in size, and got a more hurricane-like appearance, with a distinct eye having developed, and a well-defined warm core in the center of the storm; the center of the storm was 6-8 degrees warmer than the surrounding air in Celsius. The 1 kilometer wind span showed winds of 65 mph near the storms center; however, due to models in the 1980s not being able to correctly estimate the pressure and intensity of a medicane, it is said that the storm was as intense as a Category 1 hurricane.
The day after, the storm began to weaken, and executed another loop as a weaker tropical-storm force Medicane. After passing between Greece and Crete, it dissipated on January 28 over the island of Rhodes. [1]
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