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Old September 12th 04, 07:41 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Ludlow Dave Ludlow is offline
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Default IVAN more to come

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:10:54 +0100, "Brendan DJ Murphy"
wrote:

At 8:30pm (BST) winds have increased back up to 165mph making it a cat-5
again!

....and now, Hurricane Ivan Intermediate Advisory Number 39a
Statement as of 2:00 am EDT on September 12, 2004:

"An Air Force Reserve unit hurricane hunter aircraft measured a
minimum central pressure of 910 mb...26.87 inches. This is the
sixth lowest central pressure on record for a hurricane in the
Atlantic Basin."

Wow!

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Dave