Top hurricane sat photos of all time...

[supercane4867]

It's incredible to see such a large typhoon with a classic pinhole eye...Registered 8.0 on the dvorak scale for nine consecutive hours...

Not a pinhole eye lol

[supercane4867]

Gay along with Angela and Zeb are known as the top three typhoons of 1990s

It's a hard decision to tell which one was the strongest

[euro6208]

It's incredible to see such a large typhoon with a classic pinhole eye...Registered 8.0 on the dvorak scale for nine consecutive hours...

Not a pinhole eye lol

That was before the peak intensity...

[euro6208]

October 1997...

Super Typhoon Ivan and Joan at peak intensity of 160 knots side by side!

[supercane4867]

That was before the peak intensity...

I'm sure that is very close to the peak

If not then this one must be

GMS492112100


30 10.50 158.50 11/20/12Z 150 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
31 10.80 157.20 11/20/18Z 155 - SUPER TYPHOON-5
32 11.20 155.80 11/21/00Z 160 - SUPER TYPHOON-5

Still won't call it an pinhole

[Hurricane_Luis]

Gay along with Angela and Zeb are known as the top three typhoons of 1990s

It's a hard decision to tell which one was the strongest

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/storm_archive/1995/storms/angela/ANGELA.GIF

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/storm_archive/1998/storms/zeb/ZEB2.GIF

3 1990s Typhoon Peaks.
Super Typhoon Angela – 910 hPa (mbar), 215 km/h (130 mph)
Super Typhoon Zeb - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)
Super Typhoon Gay - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)

The Pacific usually has the best looking cyclones. And Angela was the strongest of the 3.

[supercane4867]

3 1990s Typhoon Peaks.
Super Typhoon Angela – 910 hPa (mbar), 215 km/h (130 mph)
Super Typhoon Zeb - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)
Super Typhoon Gay - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)

The Pacific usually has the best looking cyclones. And Angela was the strongest of the 3.

The JTWC disagrees

Angela - 155kt
Zeb - 155kt
Gay - 160kt

I rarely put JMA's estimate into consideration in terms of intensity, they are way outlandish sometimes
However I do agree Angela is a good competitor with Gay

[euro6208]

3 1990s Typhoon Peaks.
Super Typhoon Angela – 910 hPa (mbar), 215 km/h (130 mph)
Super Typhoon Zeb - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)
Super Typhoon Gay - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)

The Pacific usually has the best looking cyclones. And Angela was the strongest of the 3.

The JTWC disagrees

Angela - 155kt
Zeb - 155kt
Gay - 160kt

I rarely put JMA's estimate into consideration in terms of intensity, they are way outlandish sometimes
However I do agree Angela is a good competitor with Gay

why even use JMA estimates aka 10 min winds...They are low biased and their dvorak scale makes our typhoons and seasons look weaker...

[Hurricane_Luis]

Here is a few more from Wikipedia.

Typhoon Flo


Typhoon Mike


Typhoon Ruth


Typhoon Owen


Typhoon Elsie


Typhoon Winnie

[Hurricane_Luis]

3 1990s Typhoon Peaks.
Super Typhoon Angela – 910 hPa (mbar), 215 km/h (130 mph)
Super Typhoon Zeb - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)
Super Typhoon Gay - 900 hPa (mbar), 205 km/h (125 mph)

The Pacific usually has the best looking cyclones. And Angela was the strongest of the 3.

The JTWC disagrees

Angela - 155kt
Zeb - 155kt
Gay - 160kt

I rarely put JMA's estimate into consideration in terms of intensity, they are way outlandish sometimes
However I do agree Angela is a good competitor with Gay

why even use JMA estimates aka 10 min winds...They are low biased and their dvorak scale makes our typhoons and seasons look weaker...

They should do it Australian style. Measure a cyclones intensity by its highest wind gusts.

[supercane4867]

They should do it Australian style. Measure a cyclones intensity by its highest wind gusts.

Wind gusts are difficult to determine and varies among storms thus should not be used as an accurate measurement
This may somehow makes a season looks "stronger" like CAT5s everywhere

[supercane4867]

Hurricanes don't have to be especially strong to look good

Michael from last year was just as amazing IMO



Other two of my favorites
Isaac(2000) and Michelle

[supercane4867]

Think about annular

[euro6208]

Historic Super Typhoon Angela...One of many typhoons considered stronger than Super Typhoon Tip...
ODT numbers were between 8.3 to 8.7
Dvorak T-numbers of 8.0 which persisted for at least nine hours without a spiral band.
Remarkable...

[euro6208]

Super Typhoon Cimaron...2006

Visual Data-T number was T8.0.
26 C eye being maintained for nearly 10 hours while remaining embedded in a CMG (and at times CDG) ring without some breakdown.
Also, the JTWC satellite bulletins at 29/0230 and 29/0830 UTC noted that the AODT numbers were 7.6 and 7.8, respectively.



Super Typhoon Zeb making landfall. (155 knots)

[mrbagyo]

Super Typhoon Zeb making landfall. (155 knots)

my avatar.. haha

triplet of 1987. freda, gerald and holly

[xtyphooncyclonex]

2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan - arguably the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and the strongest at landfall ith winds of 195 mph (315 km/h)



Super Typhoon Genevieve was the strongest storm to cross the IDL according to the JMA

[euro6208]

I really like this kind of topic. Why isn't it popular nowadays? I'm pretty sure there are other ones like this lost in this forum...

[supercane4867]

I really like this kind of topic. Why isn't it popular nowadays? I'm pretty sure there are other ones like this lost in this forum...

It seems that most of people's interest here is on realtime systems with only a few discussions about historical and strong storms in the past

[somethingfunny]

There haven't been many major cyclones since this thread got started, most of the good ones are already posted.