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1867/01:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Ship  with a central pressure observation of 969 mb gives 83 kt with the northern wind-pressure relationship, 80 kt is used in the best track. Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon the above central pressure measurement as well as several ship reports.  Storm is known as the "Early August Offshore Hurricane of 1867" in Ludlum (1963).

1867/02:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  No track available, only one point.  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon observations from the ship "Suwanee".

1867/03: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon observations  from the ship "Helen R. Cooper".

1867/04:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  No track available, only one point.

1867/05: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon several ship observations.

1867/06:  Added a track for October 6-9th to database from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) writeup suggestion. Also moved track closer to Brownsville, Texas, as it appears that the town was in the western eyewall.  Inland winds over SE US reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's  (1995) inland decay model.  Surge value of 7' from Ludlum (1963) for Galveston, Texas.  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon damage and storm surge observations from Texas and Louisiana.

1867/07:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  No track available, only one point.

1867/08:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis. Ship with central pressure observation of 952 mb gives 108 kt with the southern wind-pressure relationship, but since the RMW may have been on the order of 5 nmi, a higher wind of 120 kt is assigned in best track.  Storm is determined to have reached major hurricane status based upon the above central pressure and destruction that occurred in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.  Hurricane is also known as "San Narciso" for effects in Puerto Rico on October 29th.  The best track provided appears to describe the full life cycle of this tropical cyclone (from its formation as a  tropical storm to its peak as a major hurricane until its dissipation below tropical storm strength).