Super Typhoon Tip!

[UNCjigga]

HOLY CHRIST look at the size of that storm!!!

The cyclone formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean on October 5, 1979 as Tropical Depression 23. It strengthened to Tropical Storm status on October 6, and became a Typhoon on October 9.

After moving into a very favorable environment for development, Typhoon Tip quickly strengthened into Super Typhoon Tip on October 11 and its pressure dropped from 996 to 898 millibars.

It was during this time that Tip's diameter reached a record 1,350 miles (2,170 km) wide, with tropical storm force winds extending 675 miles (1,085 km) from the center. To put it another way, if a similar-sized hurricane hit south Florida directly, tropical storm force winds would be felt as far north as Charlotte, North Carolina and as far south as Merida, Mexico and Kingston, Jamaica

On October 12, Super Typhoon Tip continued to intensify, with winds at 190 miles per hour and central pressure at 870 millibars, the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in a tropical cyclone.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

What's a millibar

 

[Kalvin00]

Is that real? :Q

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
What's a millibar

It's a measure of air pressure. To put that in perspective, the average on a sunny day might be 1010MB. Hurricane Katrina, at its strongest, was 906, I believe.

 

[dartworth]

:Q

 

[oogabooga]

wow :shocked: that's insane.

 

[HN]

that's a HUUUUUUGE btch :shocked:

 

[meltdown75]

isn't there a user named SuperTyphoon? he would have a good time in here. :beer:

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Is that real? :Q

Yes!

Thank God the Atlantic Ocean isn't as vast or as warm as the Pacific!!