900 nm wow

[weatherwoman]

OK how far are we on the nc coast from Bermuda? where will this thing have go so we don't get any of it

[Trugunzn]

Grow even more if it gets hurricane intensity.

[Josephine96]

900 nautical miles of what?.. winds..?

[weatherwoman]

yes winds

[HURAKAN]

900 nautical miles of what?.. winds..?

Florence is now 900 nautical miles in diameter.

[HURAKAN]

By the way, what is the record for the Atlantic?

[weatherwoman]

what can this mean for the east coast

[Trugunzn]

How big was Typphoon Tip, wasnt that the largest ever? Does it have a chance?

[george_r_1961]

Cape Hatteras is about 550 miles from Bermuda I think. Im presuming the stronger winds are on the right side of the track so I do not think NC will see sustained TS winds although some gusts to about 30-35 mph are possible along with very rough surf and some beach erosion and tidal flooding.

[HURAKAN]

How big was Typphoon Tip, wasnt that the largest ever? Does it have a chance?

Wikipedia:
At its peak size, Tip sustained tropical storm-force winds at a radius of 675 miles (1,087km).

diameter: 1350 miles.

[storms in NC]

And maybe some more rain Don't want any more rain My back field is still under water. any more big rains would be in my house. I did have a foot around my house Sunday and Monday

[fci]

I don't think the wind field is particularly symetrical so the distance of TS winds to the west is considerably smaller than to the east.

[Praxus]

By the way, what is the record for the Atlantic?

Possibly hurricane Carla ?

http://www.wxresearch.org/family/pg5.html

[Trugunzn]

So florence is over 1000 miles?

[Scorpion]

I don't really understand how it could strengthen so much if it is so huge. The pressure would have to drop significantly(say below 930) to hit Cat 3 status I think.

[abajan]

...Wikipedia:
At its peak size, Tip sustained tropical storm-force winds at a radius of 675 miles (1,087km).

diameter: 1350 miles.

That's assuming it was symmetrical: 675 miles might have been the farthest point from the center where storm-force winds were occuring.

[Brent]

So florence is over 1000 miles?

Well... the ENTIRE system is 950 miles across, BUT the TS force winds are 365 miles, and that's to the east, they don't go out nearly that far to the west.

[Lowpressure]

Off the top of my head, I would vote for Floyd to have the largest wind field in the Atlantic. Will research it however.

[wxmann_91]

Off the top of my head, I would vote for Floyd to have the largest wind field in the Atlantic. Will research it however.

Betsy (1965) and Carla (1961) had the largest windfields of any Atlantic storm, IIRC.

[P.K.]

...Wikipedia:
At its peak size, Tip sustained tropical storm-force winds at a radius of 675 miles (1,087km).

diameter: 1350 miles.

That's assuming it was symmetrical: 675 miles might have been the farthest point from the center where storm-force winds were occuring.

Just checked the best track and it says the longest radius of 30kt winds (Roughly equal to 34kts in a one minute average) was to the NW were it extended out 600NM (1110km), with the shortest 30kt radius being 400NM (740km). 50kt (Ten minute average again) winds were however symmetrical at the time out to a distance of 200NM (370km).