Tropical Atlantic Hurricanes, Easterly Waves, and West African Mesoscale Convective Systems

Table 1

Summary information for the 12 selected events in 2004 and 2005 with the long-lived MCSs originating from the African continent. MCS initiation dates and MCS lifespans (hours) are also given. Systems that ended by merging or splitting are considered [33]. The MCS dissipation for Danielle could not be tracked because of a lack of data.

Hurricane initiations			MCS dissipations
Name	Date	Coordinates	Date	Coordinates	MCS initiation date	Lifespan (hour)
Charley	08/09/04	11.4°N;	08/03/04	8.11°N -	08/02/04	25.5
	12:00 UT	59.2°W	20:30 UT	13.16°W	19:00 UT
Danielle	08/13/04	12.3°N			08/12/04
	12:00 UT	21.8°W			12:00 UT
Frances	08/25/04	11.1°N;	08/21/04	5.10°N;	08/20/04	28
	00:00 UT	35.2°W	21:00 UT	12.82°W	17:00 UT
Ivan	09/02/04	9.7°N;	08/31/04	6.34°N;	08/30/04	25
	18:00 UT	27.6°W	19:00 UT	12.52°W	18:00 UT
Jeanne	09/13/04	15.9°N;	09/07/04	9°N;	09/06/04	22.5
	18:00 UT	60°W	14:30 UT	12.46°W	16:00 UT
Karl	09/16/04	11.2°N;	09/15/04	5.75°N;	09/13/2004	37.5
	06:00 UT	29.2°W	02:30 UT	19.11°W	13:00 UT
Lisa	09/19/04	13.3°N;	09/16/04	10.03°N;	09/14/04	43.5
	18:00 UT	32.4°W	11:30 UT	10.59°W	16:00 UT
Dennis	07/04/05	12°N;	06/30/05	4.44°N;	06/26/05	87.5
	18:00 UT	60.8°W	05:30 UT	26.30°W	14:00 UT
Emily	07/11/05	10.7°N;	07/07/05	5.25°N;	07/05/2005	44
	00:00 UT	42.4°W	07:00 UT	17.04°W	11:00 UT
Irene	08/04/05	12.9°N;	08/02/05	5.35°N -	07/31/05	36.5
	18:00 UT	33.5°W	04:30 UT	10.17°W	16:00 UT
Maria	09/01/05	18.8°N;	08/27/05	5.26°N;	08/26/05	31.5
	12:00 UT	45.5°W	19:30 UT	10.51°W	12:00 UT
Philippe	09/17/05	13.3°N	09/10/05	11.79°N;	09/09/05	26.5
	12:00 UT	54.5°W	13:30 UT	10.24°W	16:00 UT