New HURDAT2 is officially out

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New HURDAT2 is officially out

#1 Postby Hurricane Jed » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:49 pm

The new HURDAT2 format is out with 2012 added. The old format is now officially retired. Here is the link http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml#hurdat
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#2 Postby Ptarmigan » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:14 pm

Hurricane Jed wrote:The new HURDAT2 format is out with 2012 added. The old format is now officially retired. Here is the link http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml#hurdat


Cool. Thanks for the link. 8-)
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#3 Postby Hurricane Jed » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:26 pm

No problem, its a fun thing to play with in Excel. And learned a lot of things. Like Carol in 1954 was only a Category 2 hurricane
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#4 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:08 am

Hurricane Jed wrote:No problem, its a fun thing to play with in Excel. And learned a lot of things. Like Carol in 1954 was only a Category 2 hurricane


It's being reanalyzed as a Cat 3 though.
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#5 Postby Hurricane Jed » Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:06 am

1. They are not that far yet. 2. We don't know for sure.
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