Re: [OT] Hurricane Wilma


"Keith Dancey" <kgd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article 3rmb82Fkap1vU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Dixon
> <rdngemail@^spam^yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>
>
>>I'm sure most will pick up on this as the day goes along but Hurricane
>>Wilma's central pressure has dropped like the proverbial stone in the
>>last few hours, I'm sure it must be near record-breaking intensification
>>rates.
>>
>>21Z/19th - 970mb - Cat 1
>>00Z/20th - 954mb - Cat 2
>>03Z/20th - 945mb - Cat 2
>>05Z/20th - 901mb - Cat 4
>>06Z/20th - 901mb - Cat 4
>>07Z/20th - 892mb - Cat 5
>>
>>According to the NHC 07Z update, it matches the 1935 Labor Day hurricane
>>pressure. If my mind serves me correctly, only Gilbert ever got lower in
>>its history at 888mb.
>
> Aren't they just FORECAST figures?
>
> It is still the 19th October, where I am.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> keith
>

These are actual recorded pressures.
Its now dropped to 884MB!, lowest ever recorded in the Atlantic basin!

AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE REPORTED 884 MB...THE LOWEST
MINIMUM PRESSURE EVER MEASURED IN A HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC
BASIN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...280 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WILMA IS A CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



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