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To: snowsislander

holy cow, 700 mb, can that be right?

Do major hurricanes always have such low pressures?

1,058 posted on 08/27/2005 4:25:07 PM PDT by rickylc

To: rickylc

No, it can't be that bad. It must mean something else, or an error/typo perhaps.

A hurricane with 700 mb pressure would be a Cat 8 or something.

1,061 posted on 08/27/2005 4:26:33 PM PDT by Termite_Commander (Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)

To: rickylc

That's the height of the 700 mb level.

1,065 posted on 08/27/2005 4:28:02 PM PDT by mwp99

To: rickylc

holy cow, 700 mb, can that be right?

Do major hurricanes always have such low pressures?

I think that the important millibar figure is the one on line H:

H. EXTRAP  944 mb

but I don't know much about all of this weather-reading, so hopefully more knowledgeable folks will let us know for sure.

1,066 posted on 08/27/2005 4:28:34 PM PDT by snowsislander

To: rickylc

holy cow, 700 mb, can that be right?

Not at sea level.

1,509 posted on 08/27/2005 8:46:02 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Beware the Socialist-Islamist alignment.)

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