1979 Super Typhoon Tip

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lamsalfl
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1979 Super Typhoon Tip

#1 Postby lamsalfl » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:03 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip

1,380 miles wide
870 mb

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Is that even possible in the Atlantic, or only in the Westpac where conditions seem to favor more category 5's over there?
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Re: 1979 Super Typhoon Tip

#2 Postby RL3AO » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:18 am

lamsalfl wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip

1,380 miles wide
870 mb

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Is that even possible in the Atlantic, or only in the Westpac where conditions seem to favor more category 5's over there?


Almost impossible...size and strength.
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Re: 1979 Super Typhoon Tip

#3 Postby ftolmsteen » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:32 am

I love the comparison of Tip and Tracey. Tracey is the size of a couple of counties in your state, while Tip could take up the entire western half of the US. Both were cat 5's, Tracey making landfall on Christmas day. Weird.
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