Longest Lived Cat 5 in the ATL

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Longest Lived Cat 5 in the ATL

#1 Postby Stormsfury » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:24 pm

Was Hurricane Dog in 1950.

The storm lasted 60 hours as a CAT 5 storm from 9/5 00z until 9/7 12z (when it weakened to 130 kts-150 mph). At its peak, Dog was at 160 kts for 18 hours (or 185 mph) ...

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.dat

In 1950, 13 TC's developed, 11 hurricanes, and 8 majors ... two of the 3 hurricanes just missed major status at 95 kts (110 mph) ... Also of note: the first SIX storms achieved major hurricane status and the seventh was a near miss (95kts - 110 mph)
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#2 Postby ameriwx2003 » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:26 pm

Hurricane Dog had some bite to it didn't it:):)
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#3 Postby bayouwxman » Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:29 am

Yep...Dog the longest continuous Cat. 5, while Allen had the most total hours (66):

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/educational/cat5hur.html

P.S. Probably a good time to remind those who are unfamilar that the list of hurricane names was initially just the phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, etc.)
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#4 Postby capecodder » Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:50 am

Ah, the beauty of a good wx board. Someone always has the answer to a question. I've been wondering that since Isabel made it to Cat 5.Thanks.
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#5 Postby isobar » Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:45 am

Interesting how 2 yrs in a row, 1960 & 1961, there were 2 cat 5's in each year. Pretty phenomenal!
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#6 Postby AussieMark » Sat Sep 13, 2003 8:07 am

During the "quiet" period we had years that produced category 5's in sucessive years

1979-1980
1988-1989

and actually between 1977 - 1980 - 3 of the 4 years produced a category 5.

but after Hugo it was 4 years till Andrew
after Andrew it was 6 years till Mitch
after Mitch it was 5 years till Isabel.

Seeing how warm the tropical Atlantic as a whole is could this the first year since the 1960's to produce multiple Category 5's in a year.
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#7 Postby Superstorm2004 » Sat Sep 13, 2003 5:04 pm

It is about to become ISABELL.
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#8 Postby abajan » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:07 pm

ameriwx2003 wrote:Hurricane Dog had some bite to it didn't it:):)


There was actually one called "Dog"?!!

ROFLMAO
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#9 Postby stormcrow » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:24 pm

Yeah and they also had a storm called Love that year!
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#10 Postby AussieMark » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:46 pm

between 1950 - 1953 they used the phonetic alphabet to name storm.

1954 - 1978 they used womens names

1979 - Present they used alternating mens-womens name.
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And the newest way to name...

#11 Postby Steve Cosby » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:50 pm

This may start a political firestorm but the funny one is this Texas congressman - oops, congresswoman - no, let's try congresscritter: Sheila Jackson-Lee. She's mad that African-American names are not included in the lists. What's the saying? Can't please all of the people all of the time?

http://www.hillnews.com/open_secrets/072303.htm

(scroll down to second article)
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Re: And the newest way to name...

#12 Postby Stormsfury » Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:57 pm

Steve Cosby wrote:This may start a political firestorm but the funny one is this Texas congressman - oops, congresswoman - no, let's try congresscritter: Sheila Jackson-Lee. She's mad that African-American names are not included in the lists. What's the saying? Can't please all of the people all of the time?

http://www.hillnews.com/open_secrets/072303.htm

(scroll down to second article)


I remember that being brought up before ... caused quite a firestorm so to speak... However, aren't a lot of people, regardless of color or race, represented by hurricane names? ... Ms. Jackson-Lee needs to worry about other more important things, otherwise, she'll likely find herself without a political career soon.

SF
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#13 Postby OtherHD » Sat Sep 13, 2003 10:56 pm

Wow, Hurricane Dog was a mean lady wasn't she?

What?? Why all the piercing stares?...

\mean lady\, n. [OE. biche, bicche, AS. bicce; cf. Icel. bikkja, G. betze, peize.] 1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
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#14 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sat Sep 13, 2003 11:04 pm

LOL! That's how I refer to Allison.
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Re: And the newest way to name...

#15 Postby Steve Cosby » Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:23 am

Stormsfury wrote:Ms. Jackson-Lee needs to worry about other more important things, otherwise, she'll likely find herself without a political career soon.

SF


Isn't that the truth?
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