 The January storm is thought to have reached tropical storm intensity based on scatterometer wind measurements.Storms that appear similar to tropical cyclones in structure sometimes occur in the Mediterranean basin.Examples of these "Mediterranean tropical cyclones" formed in September 1947, September 1969, September 1973, August 1976, January 1982, September 1983, December 1984, December 1985, October 1994, January 1995, October 1996, September 1997, December 2005, September 2006, November 2011, November 2014, November 2017 and September 2018.