This article is about the 1978 Atlantic hurricane. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Cora.
Hurricane Cora
Cora shortly after reaching hurricane strength on August 8
Meteorological history
Formed
August 7, 1978
Dissipated
August 12, 1978
Category 1 hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds
90 mph (150 km/h)
Lowest pressure
980 mbar (hPa); 28.94 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
1 direct
Damage
Minimal
Areas affected
Windward Islands, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada
IBTrACS
Part of the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Cora was a tropical cyclone which affected the Lesser Antilles during August 1978. The first hurricane of the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season, Cora originated as a disturbance that exited the African coast on August 7, the storm moved at an unusually high forward speed for a cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in August. The storm later reached hurricane strength and formed a well-defined eye that lasted only 12 hours before the eye rapidly lost organization for unknown reasons, though the post-season report on the storm mentions the possibility that its high speed caused the eye to dissipate. The storm moved west-southwestward, weakening before making landfall on the island of Grenada. The storm lost its circulation and became a tropical wave on August 12. The remnant crossed over Central America into the Pacific Ocean, where it reintensified, becoming Hurricane Kristy.
Cora was an unusual cyclone, maintaining an unusually low latitude for the Atlantic in August at high speeds, similar to the tracks of Tropical Storm Alma in 1974 and Tropical Storm Fran in 1990. The hurricane was also upgraded into a hurricane based solely on satellite photography, the second time this occurred. Although it passed through the Windward Islands and the Lesser Antilles, only minor effects were reported. Cora was also responsible for altering weather conditions allowing for a takeoff of the historical flight of the Double Eagle II hot air balloon.
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