[nwctwx]

931mb storm... Can't believe it only has 120mph sustained. I have a feeling this will be one of those cases where it is upgraded after investigation. It's got some nasty company based on pressure alone.

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1 Unnamed (FL Keys) 1935 5 892 26.35
2 Camille (MS, SE LA, VA) 1969 5 909 26.84
3 Andrew (SE FL, SE LA) 1992 5 922 27.23
4 TX (Indianola) 1886 4 925 27.31
5 Unnamed (FL Keys, S TX) 1919 4 927 27.37
6 Unnamed (Lake Okeechobee FL) 1928 4 929 27.43
7 Donna (FL, Eastern U.S.) 1960 4 930 27.46
8 Unnamed (New Orleans LA) 1915 4 931 27.49
8 Carla (N & Cent. TX) 1961 4 931 27.49
10 LA (Last Island) 1856 4 934 27.58
10 Hugo (SC) 1989 4 934 27.58
12 Unnamed (Miami FL, MS, AL, Pensacola FL) 1926 4 935 27.61
13 Unnamed (Galveston TX) 1900 4 936 27.64
14 Unnamed GA/FL (Brunswick, GA) 1898 4 938 27.70
14 Hazel (SC, NC) 1954 4 938 27.70
16 Unnamed (SE FL, SE LA, MS) 1947 4 940 27.76
17 Unnamed (N TX) 1932 4 941 27.79
17 Charley (Eastern U.S.) 2004 4 941 27.79
19 Gloria (Eastern U.S.) 1985 3a 942 27.82
19 Opal (NW FL, AL) 1995 3a 942 27.82
21 Unnamed (Central FL) 1888 3 945 27.91
21 Unnamed (E NC) 1899 3 945 27.91
21 Audrey (SW LA, N TX) 1957 4b 945 27.91
21 Unnamed (Galveston TX) 1915 4b 945 27.91
21 Celia (S TX) 1970 3 945 27.91
21 Allen (S TX) 1980 3 945 27.91
27 Unnamed (New England) 1938 3 946 27.94
27 Frederic (AL, MS) 1979 3 946 27.94
27 Ivan (AL, NW FL) 2004 3 946 27.94
30 Unnamed (NE U.S.) 1944 3 947 27.97
30 Unnamed (SC, NC) 1906 3 947 27.97

[steveegg]

The 931 mb is estimated at this time. Last measurement was 4 hours ago, and that was at 930 mb.

[topher]

931mb storm... Can't believe it only has 120mph sustained. I have a feeling this will be one of those cases where it is upgraded after investigation. It's got some nasty company based on pressure alone.

It is in shallow water now... Where it is now, I worked about 200 miles offshore, and it was only 200 feet deep (this was back in the 1970s).

Also, the storm recently (this afternoon) went through an eyewall replacement cycle. Takes time after (if I understand correctly) to intensify.

But I always thought shallow water was bad for hurricanes.

Where Katrina came in was very deep water -- the mouth of the Mississippi.

[shield]

Dr. Neil Frank, says that part of the eye wall if not all of the eye wall has collapsed. He says when this happens it's losing lots of wind speed.

[laz]

Can't believe it only has 120mph sustained. I have a feeling this will be one of those cases where it is upgraded after investigation

I have suspected, ever since she was a 4 going to a 5, that NHC has been underestimating her winds by 10 mph. I believe she made Cat 5 earlier than officially announced, and that she maxed at 185.