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1882/01:  No major changes from this newly documented hurricane by Partagas and Diaz (1996).  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane intensity based upon reports from the ships "Case" and "Ida".

1882/02:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996), who altered the track reasonably from that shown in Neumann et al. (1993). 981 mb central pressure suggests winds of 76 kt from the southern
wind-pressure relationship - 80 kt chosen for best track.  961 mb central pressure corresponds to 94 kt from the subtropical latitude wind-pressure relationship - 90 kt chosen for best track.  949 mb central pressure corresponds to 103 kt from the subtropical wind-pressure relationship - 100 kt chosen for best track.  1000 mb central pressure suggests 49 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship - 50 kt chosen for best track.  A pressure reading of 980 mb not in the hurricane's center (at 06 UTC on the 4th of September) suggests winds of at least 78 kt from the southern wind-pressure relationship - 80 kt chosen for the best track.  A pressure reading of 986 mb not in the hurricane's center (at 18 UTC on the 5th) suggests winds of at least 70 kt from the southern wind-pressure relationship - 70 kt chosen for the best track.  Inland decay model of Kaplan and DeMaria (1995) utilized for inland winds over the S.E. United States.  Storm is determined to have reached major hurricane intensity based upon central pressure reading of 949 mb from the ship "Cato" while over the Gulf of Mexico.

1882/03:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996).  Track unaltered from Neumann et al. (1993).  1005 mb central pressure corresponds to 40 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship,
which is utilized as the best track intensity value.  The best track provided appears to describe the full life cycle of this tropical cyclone (from its formation as a tropical storm until its dissipation below
tropical storm intensity).

1882/04:  No major changes from this newly documented hurricane from Partagas and Diaz (1996).  Storm is determined to have reached hurricane intensity based upon reports from the ships "R.A. Allen" and "Sedmi Dubrovacki".

1882/05:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996).  Track unaltered from Neumann et al. (1993).  975 mb central pressure corresponds to 84 kt in the southern wind-pressure relationship -
90 kt chosen for best track.  981 mb central pressure corresponds to 76 kt of sustained winds from the southern wind-pressure relationship - 80 kt utilized in best track.  Inland decay model of Kaplan and DeMaria (1995) utilized for inland winds over Florida and Georgia. Storm is determined to have been of hurricane intensity while in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico based upon these central pressure readings, ship reports and a 9 foot storm surge experienced at the mouth of the Colona River, Cuba.  Storm regained hurricane intensity while over the Atlantic based upon several ship reports.