William Combes
Does anyone have access to any LAND based obs of SUSTAINED hurricane force winds. This I would like to see.
Hurricane Humberto
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B Ozanne
EF5
That would be pretty rare in a category one hurricane. Its often rare in cat 2 and 3 hurricanes.
If you are trying to make a quiet stand about this storm actually being a hurricane this topic has been well discussed. Its important to know that hurricanes are ocean storms, like a "gale", and their power on land can be quite different than over water.
Justin E. Reed
EF3
Just some news from SW Louisiana. Just your glorified wind storm basically, limbs down, power lines down, lighter objects and weak signs blown around and out, and a dead trees from Rita being snapped and.or uprooted. The biggest bright side is needed rain for the SE, which is a God send at this point.
David Douglas
EF1
The ariport at KBPT recored a max wind of 54 mph.
rdale
EF5
Max SUSTAINED wind of 54 - gusts were measured there at 84mph.
David Douglas
EF1
You are correct on the maximum recorded gust. However, don't forget hurricanes are classified by their maximum sustained winds. As we all know, you can have some very high velocity gusts, even in little squalls. I'm sure we've all been in gusts higher than 84 mph out on the plains.
-dd
-dd
What an awesome storm to watch develop and we had the luxury of watching the entire spin up on radar. That's a real treat. Like Mike said, nice compact storm that deepend rapidly.
I could not stop watching this system yesterday as I was amazed at how quickly it was organizing. I think most doubted it would be a hurricane before landfall only because it was expected to be on land quicker...but it would not be denied and skirted the coast line just enough to make a name for itself. What a great treat from meteorological stand point.
I could not stop watching this system yesterday as I was amazed at how quickly it was organizing. I think most doubted it would be a hurricane before landfall only because it was expected to be on land quicker...but it would not be denied and skirted the coast line just enough to make a name for itself. What a great treat from meteorological stand point.
Justin E. Reed
EF3
A buoy data station at Sabine Pass recorded a max sustained wind of 65mph, gusting to 75mph at 0400am.
Station SRST2 - Sabine, TX
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=srst2
Station SRST2 - Sabine, TX
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=srst2
David Douglas
EF1
I would say that max sustained wind of 65mph from the bouy data is pretty good. If I had to make the call I would call it a hurricane at that point. Any idea how close to the center that was?
Justin E. Reed
EF3
I'd say anywhere from 5-15 miles from the center, if not directly overhead, but those obs are only once an hour, so it might have missed the worst speeds between obs.
Brian Emfinger
EF4
Just to make sure no one misses it:
FROM THE 11AM EDT FORECAST DISCUSSION: BASED ON OPERATIONAL ESTIMATES...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENED FROM A 30 KT
DEPRESSION AT 15Z YESTERDAY TO A 75 KT HURRICANE AT 09Z THIS
MORNING...AN INCREASE OF 45 KT IN 18 HOURS. TO PUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT IN PERSPECTIVE...NO TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE HISTORICAL
RECORD HAS EVER REACHED THIS INTENSITY AT A FASTER RATE NEAR
LANDFALL. IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW...SOMEDAY...WHY THIS HAPPENED.
also one death has been reported in Bridge City, Tx from a carport collapsing
FROM THE 11AM EDT FORECAST DISCUSSION: BASED ON OPERATIONAL ESTIMATES...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENED FROM A 30 KT
DEPRESSION AT 15Z YESTERDAY TO A 75 KT HURRICANE AT 09Z THIS
MORNING...AN INCREASE OF 45 KT IN 18 HOURS. TO PUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT IN PERSPECTIVE...NO TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE HISTORICAL
RECORD HAS EVER REACHED THIS INTENSITY AT A FASTER RATE NEAR
LANDFALL. IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW...SOMEDAY...WHY THIS HAPPENED.
also one death has been reported in Bridge City, Tx from a carport collapsing
David Douglas
EF1
What is the sample period for a sustained wind speed ob?
Chad Cowan
EF5
I would attribute it to all of the 'hot air' coming out of the state of Texas with the ongoing football season
The Forecast Disc says "near landfall"... is that to say that this amount of strengthening in this time frame has occured before, but not near land?
Simon Brewer
EF3
The rapid strengthening of Humberto was probably attributed to the combination of very high and increasing SST's near the coast, the stationary front near the coast line, and possibly enhanced divergence aloft due to the right entrance region of a jet streak over NE TX (right entrance region of jet streak would have affected Humberto closer to the final strengthening period at landfall).
If it were not for classes and work I would have drove down there in a heart beat; and that was when I thought Humberto was going to make landfall as a strong tropical storm.
Did anyone chase Humberto?
If it were not for classes and work I would have drove down there in a heart beat; and that was when I thought Humberto was going to make landfall as a strong tropical storm.
Did anyone chase Humberto?
Brian Emfinger
EF4
Wonder why the NHC cant figure out why it strengthened but you can? lol
EDIT: TO avoid confusion as sometimes occurs - this was a rip on the NHC not on you.
