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Was it Hurricane Peter....

#1 Postby Anonymous » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:51 am

The question is no longer how long will Peter last, but how strong was Tropical Storm Peter at his peak intensity? Offically 70 mph and 990 MB. I do think that if Hurricane Danny was 75 mph with 1000 MB pressure (pressures were high in that area) and had a poor eye, Peter was a hurricane. It was full of good deep convective banding, and some outflow. But the core came together VERY quickly and it is still a very well defined cloud swirl, INFACT is Peter trying to make a comeback on the SE quad?:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

Either way, I do think Odette peaked at 70 mph at landfall, and that at his peak he was a 75 mph hurricane with 989 mb pressure. One thing I am sure of is NEVER SAY NEVER FOR ANY SEASON! :P
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#2 Postby cycloneye » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:58 am

Maybe for an hour or two it was a hurricane but they may make an upgrade after post anaylisis if they find data that may support a hurricane in a brief stage later on in the preliminary report as they did with Erika so time will tell.
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#3 Postby stormraiser » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:13 pm

It did seem like they were leaning toward Hurricane status, according to the discussions
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#4 Postby Josephine96 » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:05 pm

I think Peter may have shortly been a hurricane yes..
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#5 Postby Anonymous » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:14 pm

Yep. I think it is very likely.
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#6 Postby Valkhorn » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:29 pm

Odette peaked at 70 mph at landfall, and that at his peak he


I thought Odette was a girl's name...?
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#7 Postby bahamaswx » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:11 pm

I'm not even sure why he threw Odette in at the end there anyway. There isn't much of anything to support that Odette was a hurricane.
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#8 Postby Anonymous » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:19 pm

I never said Odette was a hurricane and I said he referring to Peter.
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#9 Postby Stormsfury » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:20 pm

bahamaswx wrote:I'm not even sure why he threw Odette in at the end there anyway. There isn't much of anything to support that Odette was a hurricane.


Typo.
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Re: Was it Hurricane Peter....

#10 Postby bahamaswx » Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:16 pm

~Floydbuster wrote:Either way, I do think Odette peaked at 70 mph at landfall, and that at his peak he was a 75 mph hurricane with 989 mb pressure. One thing I am sure of is NEVER SAY NEVER FOR ANY SEASON! :P


Peter never made landfall. Clearly, at the end he WAS talking about Odette.

I see no typo.
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Re: Was it Hurricane Peter....

#11 Postby Stormsfury » Wed Dec 10, 2003 9:14 pm

bahamaswx wrote:
~Floydbuster wrote:Either way, I do think Odette peaked at 70 mph at landfall, and that at his peak he was a 75 mph hurricane with 989 mb pressure. One thing I am sure of is NEVER SAY NEVER FOR ANY SEASON! :P


Peter never made landfall. Clearly, at the end he WAS talking about Odette.

I see no typo.


Hmmm, that's true ... I missed that.
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#12 Postby Josephine96 » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:10 pm

LOL.. Peter Peter Pumpkin eater :) lol
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#13 Postby AussieMark » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:41 am

In the Discussion by the NHC on December 9 at 4 PM EST the NHC said.

<B>PETER CONTINUES TO BE FAIRLY WELL-ORGANIZED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY
WITH DEEP CONVECTION AND SEVERAL CYCLONIC CURVED BANDS. IN
FACT...PETER MAY HAVE BEEN A HURRICANE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
EARLIER TODAY WHEN A BANDING-TYPE EYE WAS OBSERVED ON VISIBLE
IMAGES</B>.

So in view of this i would not be suprised in the slightest if Peter is upgraded to Hurricane strength in post analysis.
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#14 Postby Josephine96 » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:03 am

Guess we gotta wait for post analysis to find out..
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#15 Postby Anonymous » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:44 am

Just like Claudette was upgraded to 90 mph from 80 mph, and Erika from 70 to 75 mph.
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#16 Postby Josephine96 » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:57 am

Erika was upgraded to a hurricane? lol..
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#17 Postby AussieMark » Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:08 am

Yes John,

Erika was upgraded to a hurricane in post analysis.
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#18 Postby Anonymous » Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:38 am

Erika looked like a hurricane at alndfall even though she began to shrink, winds were offically 75 mph:

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/imag ... 2kmvis.jpg

And I'm sure Peter was a hurricane:

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/imag ... 2ir2km.jpg
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Re: Was it Hurricane Peter....

#19 Postby wxman57 » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:20 pm

~Floydbuster wrote:Either way, I do think Odette peaked at 70 mph at landfall, and that at his peak he was a 75 mph hurricane with 989 mb pressure. One thing I am sure of is NEVER SAY NEVER FOR ANY SEASON! :P


The Hurricane Research Division has posted observed wind field analysis maps for Odette. Here's when Odette was at peak intensity (56kts) about 18 hours before landfall:

ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2 ... ol4deg.png

But at landfall, peak winds had dropped to 42kts:
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2 ... ol4deg.png

Here's the main 2003 HRD page for looking at other storms:

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data_sub/wind2003.html

Oh, and I think that Peter may be upgraded to a hurricane, but this will have to be done on satellite analysis only. Not sure if the NHC would do that without any other data, but it's possible.
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#20 Postby wrkh99 » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:25 pm

They should have upgraded it to a cane .
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