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Patricia… Highest wind, Most rapid intensification

October 24, 2015

Hurricane Patricia has been crowned the strongest tropical system worldwide in terms of top winds, since 1970, when the satellite era began.  Hurricane Patricia is the only storm with posted sustained winds of 200mph.  Also, reconnaissance measured 200 mph winds.  Winds in excess of 200mph were measured in two separate flights 11 hours apart.

MAX OUTBOUND AND MAX FL WIND 192 KT 053 / 3 NM 06:47:10Z

MAX OUTBOUND AND MAX FL WIND 192 KT 125 / 8 NM 17:40:49Z

A quick review of what is considered the strongest storms in term of sustained wind. Pressure and basin information added for comparison.

Patricia2015,… 175knots,  200mph,   883mb dropsonde, 879mb estimate Northeast Pacific

Haiyan2013, … 170 knots,  195mph,    895mb satellite estimate                     Northwest Pacific

Allen 1980, …  165knots,  190mph,    899mb dropsonde                                      North Atlantic

Tip   1979, …   165knots,  190mph,    870mb satellite estimate                         Northwest Pacific

 

Hurricane Patricia also set the record for intensification rate in a tropical system.

Hurricane Wilma did hold the record for pressure fall rate.

 

97mb in Hurricane Wilma in 24 hours

72mb in Hurricane Gilbert, September 1988 was previous record to Wilma.

100mb in Hurricane Wilma in 30 hours has rarely been approached.

 

24 hour comparison looking at the most recent Patricia numbers from actual National Hurricane Center Advisory.

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400 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2015

…PATRICIA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN…
…LIKELY TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER TODAY…

LOCATION…14.3N 102.3W
ABOUT 255 MI…410 KM S OF LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO
ABOUT 350 MI…565 KM SSE OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…85 MPH…140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 17 MPH…28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB…28.94 INCHES

 

400 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015

…PATRICIA…
…THE STRONGEST EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE ON RECORD…
…POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC LANDFALL IN SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO LATER
TODAY…

LOCATION…17.0N 105.5W
ABOUT 160 MI…255 KM SSW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
ABOUT 235 MI…380 KM S OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…200 MPH…325 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…880 MB…25.99 INCHES

 

 

400 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2015  980 MB

400 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015     880 MB

So, … the New record for pressure fall rate in tropical systems established by Patricia is:

100mb in 24 hours, Wilma did 97mb in 2005, Gilbert did 72mb in 1988.

114mb in 30 hours, Wilma did 100mb.

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So, …Patricia… highest wind … 200mph.

Most rapid intensification, … 100mb in 24 hours,

Beat the incredible Wilma,  97mb in 2005.

Speaking of Wilma, … 10 years ago, … October 24, 2005, 1132utcoctober 24, 2005 HurricaneWilmaoverSouth_Florida

 

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