Ivan established yet another record for the ATL basin ...

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Ivan established yet another record for the ATL basin ...

#1 Postby Stormsfury » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:57 am

IVAN IS STRENGTHENING RATHER RAPIDLY AT THIS TIME. THE EYE IS
BECOMING BETTER DEFINED ON THE VISIBLE IMAGERY AND DVORAK INTENSITY
ESTIMATES SUPPORT AT LEAST 75 KT FOR THE CURRENT INTENSITY. THIS
MAKES IVAN THE STRONGEST TROPICAL CYCLONE FOR SUCH A LOW LATITUDE
IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN RECORDS. CIRRUS OUTFLOW IS WELL ESTABLISHED
OVER ALL QUADRANTS OF THE HURRICANE. ALL PARAMETERS SEEM TO BE IN
PLACE FOR IVAN TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING...AND THERE IS A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS WILL BECOME THE SEASON'S FOURTH MAJOR
HURRICANE. THE OFFICIAL WIND SPEED FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO THE
SHIPS GUIDANCE...AND IT MAY BE CONSERVATIVE.
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#2 Postby canegrl04 » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:00 am

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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#3 Postby x-y-no » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:00 am

OK, so I'm not crazy ...

I thought intensification this far south was an extraordinary thing.
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#4 Postby Brent » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:03 am

WOW... it's at 9.9 N at 11am too. Watch out islands!!! :eek:
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#5 Postby ohiostorm » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:28 am

This is yet another huge storm. Getting close to the same size as Frances.
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#6 Postby Stormsfury » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:13 am

The previous record that was found was Flora in 1963 ... became a hurricane at 10.3ºN, 56.0ºW (80 mph) .. thanks to 3 Stream Phaser and SouthernWx for finding the track maps ...

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September 30   0 UTC   10.3N  56.0W   275 deg   17 mph  27 kph    80 mph 130 kph    -- mb   Hurricane - Category 1   
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#7 Postby simplykristi » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:19 am

Where did Flora make landfall?

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#8 Postby x-y-no » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:20 am

simplykristi wrote:Where did Flora make landfall?

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Haiti then Cuba - then turned around and went out to sea.
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#9 Postby HURAKAN » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:24 am

Hurricane Flora is the deadliest hurricane in Cuba's history, mostly because its track over the Eastern provinces of the island. Around 8000 people died and the cost was astronomical. Fidel Castro said that Flora was sent by the CIA of the United States, that's how stupid he is.

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#10 Postby ajaxw » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:27 am

Interestingly enough, such occurances are relatively common in the Western Pacific. For example, Super Typhoon Pamela that struck Guam in 1976 strengthened to a Category 4 storm before crossing 10 degrees North latitude.

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1976/index.html (See Typhoon #6)
http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1976atcr/pdf/wnp/06.pdf (in-depth report from JTWC [PDF])
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#11 Postby Stormsfury » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:39 am

The closest TC's to the equator is Typhoon Vamei in Dec 2001 ...

Developing at 1.5ºN ...
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/events/vamei.htm
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#12 Postby HurricaneBill » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:55 pm

The Atlantic record for lowest developing TC is Hurricane Isidore in 1990. The wave that would become Isidore formed at 7.2 degrees north latitude.
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