What is the Lowest pressure ever recorded in the the eye of a hurricane, and
where can i find a barogram of a passing storm?
Simon Crawley Down Weather station

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SSpiers writes:
What is the Lowest pressure ever recorded in the the eye of a hurricane, and
where can i find a barogram of a passing storm?

Wasn't this discussed here not too long ago? You might try googling for
the thread.
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On 08 Oct 2004 20:30:39 GMT, (SSpiers) wrote:

What is the Lowest pressure ever recorded in the the eye of a hurricane, and
where can i find a barogram of a passing storm?
Simon Crawley Down Weather station


West Pacific, Super typhoon Tip, October 1979, 870 mbar.

Mazzel & broge / kind regards, Evert Wesker
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://come.to/wesker (redirect URL, no adv's), or
http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/

SSpiers wrote:
What is the Lowest pressure ever recorded in the the eye of a hurricane, and

http://pages.intnet.mu/thomas/records.htm

What is the Lowest pressure ever recorded in the the eye of a hurricane, and
where can i find a barogram of a passing storm?

The 870 mb of Typhoon Tip was, as far as I know, obtained by dropsonde and
occurred over the ocean. I'm not certain what the lowest pressure actually
recorded on a barometer/barograph is. It may well be the 888 mb of Hurricane
Gilbert (1988) in Jamaica.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Richard" wrote snip http://pages.intnet.mu/thomas/records.htm

Interestingly, looking at that site, Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean,
seems to hold all the records for maximum rainfall arising from Tropical
Cyclones. From 45" in a 12-hr period (1966) to 223.5" over 10-days (1980)
and with 97.1" over 48-hrs in 1958.

8' of rain in 2-days, or 18.5' in 10-days? I can't imagine the drainage
systems (either natural or man-made) that would be required to deal with
those totals. I doubt if we'd have *anything* left standing, over here.

Looking at the website: http://www.onyxtravel.co.uk/Reunion.htm they say
that Reunion has "mountains which often disappear into the clouds and some
*amazing* waterfalls".

Hmmm....


- Tom.

On 09 Oct 2004 00:02:00 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

The 870 mb of Typhoon Tip was, as far as I know, obtained by dropsonde and
occurred over the ocean. I'm not certain what the lowest pressure actually
recorded on a barometer/barograph is. It may well be the 888 mb of Hurricane
Gilbert (1988) in Jamaica.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Yes, this was a dropsonde measurement. I think the same applies for
the 888 mbar of Gilbert (that was not in Jamaica, but over the
Caribbean Sea).

The lowest actual reading on land by a barometer is probably the Labor
Day Storm (September 1935, Florida Keys). That was 892 mbar.

Mazzel & broge / kind regards, Evert Wesker
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://come.to/wesker (redirect URL, no adv's), or
http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/

Thanks thats amazing!
So what is that an Admiral Fitzroys markings say at this pressure? Severe Storm
? Tropical Storm ? Violent atmospheric low?
Thanks again
Simon Spiers