Hurricane Travis

Hurricane Travis was a short lived tropical cyclone which produced mild coastal damage to Bahamas on January 15, 2012 before moving north towards America.

Storm history
Travis was first recognised as a disorganised band of disturbed weather associated with a tropical wave just south of Bahamas on January 14. Travis started forming into a tropical depression as the two weather systems mixed and circulated around eachother. The next day, the NHC believed that the storm could intensify at a much faster rate because of a ice sheet collapse due to the 2012 Ross Ice Shelf Volcano Eruption. Because of volcanic lava vaporizing in icy water and evaporating, Travis was able to intensify into a tropical storm.

At about 0600 UTC on January 15, now Category 1 Hurricane Travis was divided into two bits. The first bit was situated inside an air current just east of the Bahamas, while the second bit was moved more southwest and dissipated. At 0900 UTC, the storm exited the current and entered the Atlantic Monsoon. This caused a much quicker intensification than suspected. The storm became a Category 2 on 1000 UTC as it neared Bahamas. Two hours later, the outer rainbands began lashing the coastal city of Nassau which was still recovering from Tropical Storm John (2012) with gusts up to 20 mp.