TS to Cat 4 in one day

[Scott_inVA]

What a hurricane season.

Scott

[Stephanie]

Amazing! However with that eye, there's no way they could've kept it at a minimal hurricane.

How's your website Scott?

[canegrl04]

I wonder if this is a record for fastest growth.Maybe Ivan will set a record for fastest growth from TS to cat 5

[lilbump3000]

This year has been all about making records.

[bahamaswx]

I believe the record for the most rapidly intensifying TC goes to Supertyphoon Forrest (sp?). I'll look it up again.

[wlfpack81]

Wow..amazing

[lilbump3000]

Were talking about records in the atlantic basin, not the pacific basin.

[bahamaswx]

Typhoon Forrest in September 1983 in the Northwest Pacific Ocean deepened by 100 mb (976 to 876 mb) in just under 24 hr (Roger Edson, personal communication). Estimated surface sustained winds increased a maximum of 15 m/s (30 kt, 35 mph) in 6 hr and 44 m/s (85 kt, 98 mph) in one day (from 33 to 77 m/s [65 to 150 kt, 75 to 173 mph]).

In the Atlantic Hurricane Gilbert went from 960 mb to 888 mb in a 24 hour period for a 3 mb/hr pressure drop. The winds went from 57 to 82 m/s (110 kt to 160 kt, 127 mph to 184 mph) in that 24 hour period. And Hurricane Beulah in 1967 underwent a 6.33 mb/hr drop over a six hour period.

[Scott_inVA]

Amazing! However with that eye, there's no way they could've kept it at a minimal hurricane.

How's your website Scott?

I don't spook easy but even w/Frances coming up, this sure has my attention.

I do remember Gilbert was a true BOMB.

Mid-Atlantic WX.com survived Frances better than did I
91,000 page views since Wednesday has eaten 7.6 Gig of bandwidth this month (gulp). In pretty good shape now and getting ready for Ivan The Terrible.

Thanks

Scott

[abajan]

I'll have to check NHC's archives sometime but I think the one that came after Gilbert (Helene) went from a tropical wave at 6:00 AM to a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph by 10:00 PM that evening.