2013 Typhoon Season and STY Haiyan reports out!

[euro6208]

1. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=116292

2. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=116138

3. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=116049

4. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=116402

5. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=116553

Can't find any final report but here are some great documentaries, 2-5, about Haiyan's impact in Guinan and the surrounding areas...

Maybe someone out there knows the official report...

Edit: I found a 2 excellent doc...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWJf1ou2FDo[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrgrJwYdy8#t=64[/youtube]

[phwxenthusiast]

What's the final report from Guinan?

PAGASA's final report from Guiuan indicated a minimum pressure of 910hPa and a max sustained (10-min) wind reading of 86kt. these readings were taken at 4am local time, just before the station stopped reporting. based on radar from Mactan and satellite images, the eye passed near/over Guiuan around 5:00 to 5:30am local time. the barometer plots (posted by Hurricane Hunter Josh Morgerman) from Guiuan were showing a steep drop right up to the last reporting point at 4am so the pressure could've very well been lower than 910hPa.

oddly enough, 86kt from Guiuan is the highest "official" sustained wind reading from Pagasa. most of the anemometers and AWS must've been destroyed well before the RMW hit the reporting areas.

another interesting tidbit: the highest gust recorded was 58m/s in the city of Capiz in the island of Panay, which is well west of Leyte and Samar. Tacloban did record a gust of 55m/s at around 6am local time, just as the eye was moving ashore.

post-storm surveys by PAGASA revealed that the storm surge height ranged anywhere from 5 to 7 meters, with the highest being in Guiuan.

there's a complete PDF file somewhere online. i'll post the link if i can find it again.

iCyclone also posted a very comprehensive report about Haiyan. they're hurricane chasers so not official but still worth the time! the data is i'm sure equally important and valuable.

[Cyclenall]

So in other words, no real good information from Guiuan. Unbelievable, you would think the site of the strongest tropical cyclone winds ever on landmass that should have taken place based on satellite appearance would have photos, stories from the survivors, at least one digital or even analogue barometer taking pressure from underground while hell was on top, etc. The WMO should have the ability to order special recon flights into historic tropical cyclones for research/record keeping no matter where the storm is.

[euro6208]

Very little information coming in from this record breaking typhoon...Any more info?

[somethingfunny]

910mb during an 86kt (10-min) wind, over an hour before the center passed over.....



I'm not any good at extrapolating pressures but it sure suggests something beyond anything recorded on Earth.

[Alyono]

probably a landfall pressure between 880 and 885mb. Probably a similar pressure, though much higher wind than Wilma had at peak

[somethingfunny]

probably a landfall pressure between 880 and 885mb. Probably a similar pressure, though much higher wind than Wilma had at peak

You think it only had about 30mb left to drop from that point in Guiuan?

[Alyono]

given the fact that an hour before it was about 20nm away and the eye was large, yes, a 30mb drop is the most it likely had

[CrazyC83]

910mb during an 86kt (10-min) wind, over an hour before the center passed over.....



I'm not any good at extrapolating pressures but it sure suggests something beyond anything recorded on Earth.

I remember doing a Schloemer equation run based on peripheral pressures, and the estimate I came up with was 892mb at Leyte landfall at about 2300 UTC November 7 (and likely about 887mb at first landfall, which was about 2 1/2 hours after what was likely the peak intensity at 1800 UTC).

[euro6208]

how did this compared to Super Typhoon Megi which had recon?

[Alyono]

probably a slightly lower pressure than Megi, but a higher wind