A Category-4 hurricane (surprise) ( again)

[rachmaninoff]

As of very recently. 150mph sustained winds, pressure down to 901mb (!), the fifth lowest on record (already surpassing Katrina's 902 mb).

http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524.html"
http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524_sat.html"

edit: I found an http://www.weatherunderground.com/global/Region/g3/2xIRSatellite.html" satellite photo!

 

[rachmaninoff]

Is anyone else astonished at this? A 50mb pressure drop in 5 hours!

 

[rachmaninoff]

It's now surpassed Hurricane Gilbert as the lowest pressure ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane:

884 mb

Gilbert's previous record was 888mb. In the pacific, Tip reached 870mb in 1979.

The winds are now at 175mph, gusts to 215.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/show.html" is a few minutes behind times, but at least he's awake (bonus points for him).

 

[rachmaninoff]

what, are you all asleep

 

[dduardo]

Hey, I got a thread on this already:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=95418

 

[rachmaninoff]

Oops, didn't see that. Maybe Evo can merge them? And the new thread can be called, "the hurricane super-thread" or maybe "the super-hurricane thread". Or perhaps this is an appropriate time to create, "The Superhurricane Super-thread" (with apologies to the HEP folks).

 

[cronxeh]

Man I wonder how much the land would cost there after a few more of those

Dont judge me!