meta-roj

i thought this might be an interesting statistic, considering isabel…. and so, i present for your weather-geeking amusement….

Category 5 Atlantic Hurricanes by duration at Category 5
(with links to tracking maps)

this is total time at category five (not continuous time) and based on 6-hour advisory periods. isabel is still active, but as of this posting time, and the 10pm advistory, duration at cat5 is 48 hours.

see you in a week, isabel….

update (2003.09.14 / 08:02): during the overnight, isabel managed to maintain strength, now 54 hours at category five. other interesting news – three prediction models now put this pretty beast in my back yard on friday. my intuition leads the models, but this could really screw up my plans for that weekend.

update (2003.09.16 / 04:50): it looks like the good news has come, and isabel isn’t likely to come back to category 5. that brings the final verdict to #3 since-we’ve-been-keeping-records.