Re: Hurricane Felix

On Sep 3, 9:51 am, crazyhorse <crazy_horse_12...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2 Sep, 22:01, BlueLightning <prince_step...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well the Windward Islands got lucky in my opinion

24 hours ago Felix was still a tropical storm

Now, it's a Monster Cat 4 Hurricane

Stadium Effect observed in the Eye, from the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

Reminds me of Hurricane Wilma (2005) - very rapid pressure drop

A decent movie loop is at

http://cache1.intelliweather.net/imagery/HurrWarn/sat_atlantic_640x48...

Acording to Hurricanes:A Primer on Formation, Structure, Intensity
Change and Frequency http://marshall.org/article.php?id=409

"The Saffir-Simpson intensity scale ranks a hurricane in one of five
categories based upon its maximum sustained wind speed. Although
Category 1 and 2 hurricanes make landfall regularly in the United
States, higher intensity hurricanes (Categories 3 through 5) make
landfall less frequently than Category 1 or 2 hurricanes.

Only three hurricanes have made landfall as Category 5 intensity
(Labor Day Hurricane of 1935; Camille in 1969; Andrew in 1992). As
intense as Rita and Katrina were in 2005, they thankfully weakened
well below Category 5 prior to landfall."

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