Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Tue Oct 18 2005 10:29 PM
Re: Vortex message

Quote:

963 mb is absurdly low for a cat 1 hurricane, but this is probably approaching cat 2 as we speak.




Yeah, under normal Atlantic conditions 963 is borderline Cat 3 - but as Clark mentioned, the western Carribean has lower-than-average pressure right now, so the pressure gradient isn't as high as 963mb would normally indicate.

--RC



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