******************************************************************************** 1883/01: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996), who made large alterations to the track shown in Neumann et al. (1993). These track changes are found to be reasonable. Pressure reading of 975 mb not in hurricane's center (at 18 UTC on the 26th of August) suggests winds of at least 78 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship - 80 kt chosen for best track. 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 hurricane until its dissipation as an extratropical storm). Storm is determined to have reached hurricane intensity based upon the peripheral pressure and several ship reports. 1883/01 - 2003 REVISION: 07815 08/18/1883 M=11 1 SNBR= 224 NOT NAMED XING=0 SSS=0 07820 08/18*192 485 40 0*194 495 40 0*195 510 40 0*197 526 40 0 07825 08/19*202 544 40 0*207 560 40 0*212 575 50 0*217 590 50 0 07830 08/20*222 605 50 0*231 623 50 0*240 640 50 0*247 651 50 0 07835 08/21*258 666 60 0*270 680 60 0*281 690 60 0*287 694 60 0 07835 08/21*258 666 60 0*270 680 60 0*281 690 60 0*290 694 60 0 *** 07840 08/22*295 696 70 0*306 700 70 0*315 701 70 0*320 703 70 0 07840 08/22*299 697 70 0*307 700 70 0*315 702 70 0*322 703 70 0 *** *** *** *** *** 07845 08/23*328 701 70 0*333 700 70 0*339 696 70 0*343 691 70 0 07845 08/23*328 702 70 0*334 700 70 0*339 696 70 0*343 691 70 0 *** *** 07850 08/24*349 684 70 0*353 678 70 0*358 671 70 0*364 661 70 0 07855 08/25*369 653 80 0*375 641 80 0*384 625 80 0*395 603 80 0 07860 08/26*412 574 80 0*429 541 80 0*443 509 80 0*458 480 80 0 07865 08/27*477 438 70 0*493 400 70 0E510 360 60 0E521 328 60 0 07870 08/28E534 289 60 0E547 247 60 0E557 207 50 0E567 175 50 0 07875 HR Track altered slightly to provide a more realistic translational velocity. ******************************************************************************** 1883/02: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996), who made reasonable small alterations to the track shown in Neumann et al. (1993). 983 mb central pressure suggests winds of 70 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship - 70 kt used in best track. A pressure reading of 948 mb not at the hurricane's center (at 00 UTC on the 29th of August) suggests winds of at least 98 kt from the northern wind- pressure relationship - 110 kt utilized in best track. A 963 mb central pressure measured during the storm's extratropical stage suggests winds of 88 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship - 80 kt chosen for best track as it had already undergone extratropical transition. Storm is determined to have reached major hurricane intensity based upon the 948 mb peripheral pressure measurement. ******************************************************************************** 1883/03: Only major change from Partagas and Diaz (1996) is to remove 12 and 18 UTC on the 13th of September as it is suggested that the hurricane had decreased below tropical storm force winds by that time. Track from Partagas and Diaz (1996) otherwise has reasonable small alterations from that shown in Neumann et al. (1993). Inland decay model of Kaplan and DeMaria (1995) utilized for inland winds over the eastern United States. A pressure reading of 955 mb not at the hurricane's center (at 12 UTC on the 4th of September) suggests winds of at least 105 kt from the southern wind-pressure relationship - 110 kt chosen for best track. A pressure reading of 978 mb not at the hurricane's center (at 18 UTC on the 8th) suggests winds of at least 80 kt from the southern wind-pressure relationship - 90 kt chosen for best track. A pressure reading of 982 mb not at the hurricane's center (at 06 UTC on the 10th) suggests winds of at least 73 kt - 90 kt chosen for best track. Storm determined to have reached major hurricane intensity while over the Atlantic based upon peripheral pressure reading of 955 mb and from extreme damage in Martinique. 1883/03 - 2003 REVISION: 07810 09/04/1883 M=10 3 SNBR= 222 NOT NAMED XING=1 SSS=2 07810 09/04/1883 M=10 3 SNBR= 226 NOT NAMED XING=1 SSS=2 *** 07815 09/04*140 579 110 0*144 592 110 0*147 603 110 0*150 615 110 0 07820 09/05*154 628 110 0*159 641 110 0*162 655 110 0*167 668 110 0 07825 09/06*174 683 110 0*180 699 110 0*187 715 80 0*197 726 70 0 07830 09/07*209 739 70 0*214 748 70 0*220 755 70 0*225 760 70 0 07830 09/07*207 737 70 0*214 748 70 0*220 755 70 0*225 760 70 0 *** *** 07835 09/08*231 763 80 0*235 765 80 0*240 766 90 0*247 771 90 0 07835 09/08*230 763 80 0*235 766 80 0*240 769 90 0*247 772 90 0 *** *** *** *** 07840 09/09*255 774 90 0*264 778 90 0*273 780 90 0*280 781 90 0 07840 09/09*255 775 90 0*264 778 90 0*273 780 90 0*280 781 90 0 *** 07845 09/10*287 781 90 0*295 783 90 0*302 784 90 0*312 786 90 0 07845 09/10*287 782 90 0*295 783 90 0*302 784 90 0*312 785 90 0 *** *** 07850 09/11*322 786 90 0*330 786 90 0*338 785 90 0*344 784 70 0 07855 09/12*350 783 50 0*354 783 50 0*360 781 40 0*370 779 40 0 07855 09/12*350 783 50 0*354 782 50 0*360 781 40 0*370 779 40 0 *** 07860 09/13*380 776 40 0*393 773 40 0* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 07860 09/13*380 776 30 0*393 773 30 0* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 ** ** 07865 HR NC2 SC1 Decay stage of this hurricane to a tropical depression before dissipation over land inadvertently left out from the first revision of the best track. Track is adjusted slightly to provide for a more realistic translation velocity. ******************************************************************************** 1883/04: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz (1996), who made reasonable small alterations to the track shown in Neumann et al. (1993). A pressure reading of 983 mb (at 18 UTC on the 27th of October) suggests winds of at least 70 kt from the northern wind-pressure relationship - 70 kt chosen in best track as the storm had already undergone extratropical transformation. Storm did not reach hurricane intensity as a tropical cyclone, but did obtain hurricane-force sustained winds on the 27th of October as an extratropical storm. ********************************************************************************