What is Hurricane Gordon (2006)?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Gordon | Type=hurricane | Year=2006 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hurricane Gordon 2006.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Gordon on September 14. | Formed=September 10 2006 | Dissipated=September 20 2006 | 1-min winds=105 | Pressure=955 | Damages= | Inflated= | Deaths=None | Areas=[[Azores]], [[Iberian Peninsula]], [[British Isles]] | Hurricane season=[[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Gordon''' was a strong [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 3 hurricane]] that crossed the [[Azores]] as a Category 1 hurricane, making it the first hurricane to directly impact the [[Azores]] since 1991.<ref>[REVIEW OF THE PAST HURRICANE SEASON - RSMC Miami 2006 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season Summary http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/Meetings/HC29/EN/Doc4RSMCMiami.doc{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]</ref> Gordon's remnants also affected [[Western Europe]]. It was the eighth [[tropical cyclone|tropical storm]], third hurricane and first major hurricane of the [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]]. ==Storm history== {{Storm path|Gordon 2006 track.png|left|200px}} The original development of this system can be linked to [[Hurricane Florence (2006)|Hurricane Florence]]. It began as a [[tropical wave]] right behind Florence in the first week of [[September]], which at first was absorbed into the large circulation of then-Tropical Storm Florence. As Florence began to organize and move northwest, the wave managed to break from the circulation again and slowly organize in spite of hostile conditions at first. On September 10, it had organized enough to be declared Tropical Depression Seven northeast of the [[Lesser Antilles]]. With Florence far away from the system, conditions became more favorable for development, and it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Gordon on September 11 while moving slowly westward. The conditions remained favorable as Gordon steered through a hole in the ridge near the [[Azores]], allowing it to avoid land