Hurricane David 1979

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Hurricane David 1979

#1 Postby Gustywind » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:45 pm

Can you someone could help me concerning the exact barometric pressure of Hurricane David 1979 when he slammed Dominica?
If someone have any infos about that, i will be more than glad :) as i've never found... :(

Thanks you so much for your help!

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#2 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:05 pm

It was between synoptic times, but it appears on the map landfall was around 1600Z August 29. Extrapolating the trend suggests a pressure around 934mb at landfall there.
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#3 Postby Gustywind » Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:04 am

CrazyC83 wrote:It was between synoptic times, but it appears on the map landfall was around 1600Z August 29. Extrapolating the trend suggests a pressure around 934mb at landfall there.

Thanks to you :) :). Any link about the map Landfall you"re speaking about? :D Tkanks CrazyC83.
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#4 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:11 pm

Gustywind wrote:
CrazyC83 wrote:It was between synoptic times, but it appears on the map landfall was around 1600Z August 29. Extrapolating the trend suggests a pressure around 934mb at landfall there.

Thanks to you :) :). Any link about the map Landfall you"re speaking about? :D Tkanks CrazyC83.


It's posted in the archives from 1958-1994 in the NHC site.
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#5 Postby Gustywind » Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:18 pm

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CrazyC83 wrote:It was between synoptic times, but it appears on the map landfall was around 1600Z August 29. Extrapolating the trend suggests a pressure around 934mb at landfall there.

Thanks to you :) :). Any link about the map Landfall you"re speaking about? :D Tkanks CrazyC83.


It's posted in the archives from 1958-1994 in the NHC site.

Thanks :). Could you provide me the link please? :D
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Re: Hurricane David 1979

#6 Postby ouragans » Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:59 pm

I have those archives. When was landfall in Dominica?

Found it. As fas as I can remember, landfall occured occured at daytime, so the MSLP was between 938 and 933mb.
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#7 Postby Gustywind » Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:10 pm

ouragans wrote:I have those archives. When was landfall in Dominica?

Found it. As fas as I can remember, landfall occured occured at daytime, so the MSLP was between 938 and 933mb.

Thanks Ouragans :)!!! But, i want ... the exact barometric pressure, not the estimation :P.
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