Frances 1000 miles wide!

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Frances 1000 miles wide!

#1 Postby mf_dolphin » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:39 pm

They just had this on the local news here in Tampa. 1000 miles wide isn't a record but thats a huge number!. :eek:
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#2 Postby Canelaw99 » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:41 pm

Scary! There's pretty much not an inch of FL she didn't touch - greedy little 'cane LOL
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#3 Postby B-Bear » Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:43 pm

Ivan looks to be a monster sized hurricane too.
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#4 Postby schmita » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:40 pm

Interesting Bear,
Steve Lyons said Ivan was a "small" hurricane !!!!
Does anyone know how wide Ivan is?
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#5 Postby B-Bear » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:45 pm

No way! Ivan is getting BIG!
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#6 Postby B-Bear » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:47 pm

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#7 Postby wlfpack81 » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:49 pm

Well looking at that sat image N-S wise Ivan is about 600 nmiles long, E-W wise it's about 600 nmiles long. So 600nmi x 600 nmi roughly.

For the record 1 deg equals 69mi or 60nm
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#8 Postby B-Bear » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:50 pm

Yeah, and only 1 day old. So I'd say he will be getting quite large.
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