Chris Hayes
EF5
Well, Marco has formed, and it's gotta be the smalles tropical storm in history. The entire wind field, and CDO appears to be no more than 50-100 miles across. Hurricane watch up for it as well for the eastern coast of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico: Marco
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Matthew Fischer
EF1
Wow!!! they go to be kidding me with this little storm. if it forms into a hurricane i'll be impressed! Marco has what 50 miles or less to hit the coast?
Bart_Comstock
EF5
Have we had any official word yet on if this storm beats Cyclone Tracy for smallest tropical cyclone? It is funny to see that this little storm is the same size as some HP supercells in the plains. Could you chase this storm like a classic supercell if it were not making landfall in Mexico? 
Here is a FYI for those who dont know about Tracy...
devastated the city of Darwin, Australia,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia from Christmass Eve to Christmas Day, 1974. It was the most compact tropical cyclone on record, with gale-force winds extending only 48 km (30 mi) from the centre.After forming over the Arafura Sea, the storm moved upward and affected the city with Category 4 winds on the Australian cyclone intensity scale and the Saffir-Simpson Scale although there is evidence to suggest that it had reached Category 5 when it made landfall.
Here is a FYI for those who dont know about Tracy...
devastated the city of Darwin, Australia,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia from Christmass Eve to Christmas Day, 1974. It was the most compact tropical cyclone on record, with gale-force winds extending only 48 km (30 mi) from the centre.After forming over the Arafura Sea, the storm moved upward and affected the city with Category 4 winds on the Australian cyclone intensity scale and the Saffir-Simpson Scale although there is evidence to suggest that it had reached Category 5 when it made landfall.
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Bart_Comstock
EF5
Wikipedia writers are quick to name Marco as the smallest tropical cyclone ever...
"Tropical Storm Marco is the thirteenth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It is currently active over southeastern Mexico as an extremely small depression.
While at tropical storm strength Marco was an extremely small storm; tropical storm-force winds extended out only up to 10 mi (20 km) from the center of Marco.[1] This makes it the smallest tropical cyclone on record in any basin; the previous record holder was Cyclone Tracy in 1974, which featured tropical storm force winds 30 miles (50 km) from the center.[2]"
"Tropical Storm Marco is the thirteenth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It is currently active over southeastern Mexico as an extremely small depression.
While at tropical storm strength Marco was an extremely small storm; tropical storm-force winds extended out only up to 10 mi (20 km) from the center of Marco.[1] This makes it the smallest tropical cyclone on record in any basin; the previous record holder was Cyclone Tracy in 1974, which featured tropical storm force winds 30 miles (50 km) from the center.[2]"
cdcollura
EF5
Good evening,
It's pretty much official ... 10 - 15 miles was the size of Marco's gale envelope (38 MPH+ winds)!
That is insane, a large supercell's meso is larger!
Tracy was about 30 miles across, Marco shatters that "smallness" record at about 1/3 to 1/2 that size!
It's pretty much official ... 10 - 15 miles was the size of Marco's gale envelope (38 MPH+ winds)!
That is insane, a large supercell's meso is larger!
Tracy was about 30 miles across, Marco shatters that "smallness" record at about 1/3 to 1/2 that size!
Bart_Comstock
EF5
Wow that is incredible, I didn't even really think it was possible for a tropical cyclone to exsist that small on earth! Thanks for the update. It is kind of hard to imagine that I have seen a single isolated supercell that was ;larger in size than Marco, I now wish I could have been there for its landfall simply to say I was there.
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