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Major Hurricane Irma


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The lowest non-tornadic atmospheric pressure ever measured was 870 hPa (0.858 atm; 25.69 inHg), set on 12 October 1979, during Typhoon Tip in the western Pacific Ocean.

Hurricane Wilma is the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, after reaching an intensity of 882 mbar (hPa; 26.05 inHg) in October 2005

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And the sick part (again, completely understanding the pressure biases noted with the GFS) is that the HMON's range is only out to 126....the GFS has it's lowest pressures with Irma at T+186 - T+200....so I would assume that the hurricane models will depict even lower pressures in future runs....all eye candy of course....

And I'm sure there will be some serious tweeking of the GFS down the road to dampen these pressure biases....

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19 minutes ago, Morris said:

Looks like I will have to post this many times.

The up-welling alone would shred this storm apart at that intensity. Hurricanes of this magnitude generally cannot maintain that strength for long. It's like freezing rain, it is a self depreciating event and tears the same environment it needs to exist apart.  

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18z GEFS made quite an improvement on coming in general agreement, narrowing it down to the SE. No OTS tracks.  Not to say it won't make additional moves (and it will).  A bit alarming to see so many members bring a sub-965mb hurricane into CAE, CLT, and RDU. Even got a couple into ATL!

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Just now, BuffaloWeather said:

Allen in 1980 got to 899 MB, Rita in 2005 got to 895 MB, and Gilbert in 1988 to 888 MB. 

Those were all in the Gulf/Caribbean. The poster specifically asked for sub-900 mb storms in the Atlantic Ocean.

The rarity of sub-900 mb storms in the North Atlantic is an indication that these aggressive model forecasts are unlikely to occur, never mind that some of these forecasts stretch the bounds of what's physically possible in this part of the world.

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