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Subject: A2) What is a "Cape Verde" hurricanes?
Contributed by Chris Landsea
Cape Verde-type hurricanes are those Atlantic basin
tropical cyclones that develop into tropical storms fairly
close (<1000 km [600 mi] or so) of the Cape Verde Islands and then
become hurricanes before reaching the Caribbean. (That would be
my definition, there may be others.) Typically, this may occur
in August and September, but in rare years (like 1995) there may be
some in late July and/or early October. The numbers range from none
up to around five per year - with an average of around 2.
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