Top hurricane sat photos of all time...

[artist]

do I get a prize?

A free ride in my new chase vehicle into the great S. Florida hurricane of Sept. 9, 2011:

[Steve H.]

Well, I guess the cyclone that scared the crap out of me most was Hurricane Mitch. I believe one of his advisories had maximum sustained winds of 200 mph with gusts to 235.

[fwbbreeze]

One of my favs!! SIAP

[beoumont]

Well, I guess the cyclone that scared the crap out of me most was Hurricane Mitch. I believe one of his advisories had maximum sustained winds of 200 mph with gusts to 235.

From the NHC Preliminary Report on Mitch:

<<<< The 905 mb minimum central pressure and estimated maximum sustained wind speed of 155 knots over the western Caribbean make Mitch the strongest October hurricane (records began in 1886). Mitch moved across the Yucatan Peninsula and southern Florida as a tropical storm.>>>>>

155 knots converts to 178 mph.

[HurricaneBill]

Mitch at his peak:

[Typhoon Hunter]

Just came across this beauty, wish I'd been on Ishigakijima for this one (Shanshan 2006 - 919hPa 110kt sustain ten mins):

[supercane4867]

Category 5 Cyclone Olaf in the South Pacific





Very warm eye measured at 21℃ surrounded by insanely cold cloud tops





Closeup view

[galaxy401]

Anyone remember Rick?

[supercane4867]

Anyone remember Rick?

Definitely one of the most awesome tropical cyclone of all time


AVHRR colorized imagery of Hurricane Rick before peak intensity

[euro6208]

Category 5 Cyclone Olaf in the South Pacific

incredible!

[hurricaneCW]

How I miss seeing a true monster storm, will we get one soon?

[Hurricane_Luis]

Super Typhoon Nanmadol

[supercane4867]

Juliette of 2001 was a monster category 4 hurricane that has Cat.5 appearance



I think she may had already passed peak intensity at the time when recon arrived, perhaps stronger on this image

[TheStormExpert]

The Pacific is where all the best looking hurricanes or tropical cyclones are. The most recently good looking hurricane in the Atlantic in my opinion was Hurricane Wilma with it's pinhole eye.

[supercane4867]

The Pacific is where all the best looking hurricanes or tropical cyclones are. The most recently good looking hurricane in the Atlantic in my opinion was Hurricane Wilma with it's pinhole eye.

So there were no good looking hurricane in the Atlantic since 2005 ?

[TheStormExpert]

The Pacific is where all the best looking hurricanes or tropical cyclones are. The most recently good looking hurricane in the Atlantic in my opinion was Hurricane Wilma with it's pinhole eye.

So there were no good looking hurricane in the Atlantic since 2005 ?

A few like Sandy from last year, but no where as good looking as Hurricane Wilma at it's peak. Of course it was the strongest recorded TC in the Atlantic Basin ever to date.

[Steve H.]

Mitch at his peak was the best looking cyclone I've seen in the Atlantic basin, Sustained winds of 180 with gusts to 210 at one point.

[supercane4867]

Hurricane Kenna before landfall




Spectacular view of RITA

[supercane4867]

Cyclone Fanele and Hurricane Omar

[euro6208]

Loved this picture of Super Typhoon Gay in 1992...

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...