[Crowcreek]

"Is that drop in pressure, from the 944 to the 902mb, is that what's referred to as explosive deepening?" Explosive Deepening: A decrease in the minimum sea-level pressure of a tropical cyclone of 2.5 mb/hr for at least 12 hours or 5 mb/hr for at least six hours. (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml)

[mewzilla]

Thanks for the info!