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1921/01 - 2009 REVISION:

22325 06/15/1921 M=12  1 SNBR= 518 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=2
22325 06/16/1921 M=11  1 SNBR= 518 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
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(The 15th is removed from HURDAT.)
22330 06/15*141 789  35    0*144 797  35    0*148 805  35    0*150 815  35    0


22335 06/16*153 824  35    0*156 832  40    0*158 840  40    0*160 848  45    0
22335 06/16*165 824  30    0*165 832  30    0*165 840  30    0*165 847  30    0
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22340 06/17*161 856  45    0*162 864  45    0*165 872  40    0*170 882  35    0
22340 06/17*165 853  35    0*167 860  40    0*171 867  45    0*177 877  45    0
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22345 06/18*175 891  35    0*181 902  40    0*187 912  45    0*193 921  55    0
22345 06/18*187 891  40    0*196 906  35    0*203 920  45    0*208 930  45    0
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22350 06/19*199 931  60    0*204 936  60    0*210 943  75    0*216 947  75    0
22350 06/19*212 935  50    0*216 938  50    0*220 940  50    0*224 942  55    0
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22355 06/20*221 950  80    0*227 952  85    0*233 954  85    0*238 956  85    0
22355 06/20*228 945  60    0*232 947  60    0*237 950  65    0*242 952  65    0
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22360 06/21*242 957  85    0*247 959  85    0*251 960  85    0*256 961  85    0
22360 06/21*247 953  65    0*251 954  65    0*255 955  70    0*260 956  70    0
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22365 06/22*260 961  85    0*267 962  80    0*276 962  75    0*287 963  65    0
22365 06/22*265 956  75    0*270 957  80    0*276 958  80    0*285 959  80  980
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22370 06/23*299 965  50    0*310 966  45    0*321 967  40    0*332 965  40    0
22370 06/23*296 960  50    0*309 961  40    0*321 962  30    0*332 961  30    0
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22375 06/24*343 961  35    0*355 956  30    0*366 953  30    0*375 951  30    0
22375 06/24*343 957  30    0*353 953  30    0*363 950  30    0*369 949  30    0
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22380 06/25*381 950  30    0*385 949  30    0*389 948  25    0*394 947  20    0
22380 06/25*373 948  30    0*376 948  30    0*379 948  25    0*383 948  20    0
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22385 06/26*399 947  20    0*404 947  15    0*408 947  15    0*  0   0   0    0
22385 06/26*388 949  20    0*394 950  15    0*400 952  15    0*  0   0   0    0
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22390 HRBTX2
22390 HRBTX1CTX1
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U.S. Continental Hurricanes:
----------------------------
#/Date         Time  Lat    Lon    Max  Saffir RMW   Central   States
                                   Wind Simpson      Pressure  Affected
1-6/22/1921    1800Z 28.6N  95.9W   80kt  1  17nmi    980mb    BTX1,CTX1

Minor changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999), while 
genesis is indicated to have occurred one day later than originally shown. 
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, individual station and ship data from NCDC, _Monthly 
Weather Review_ (Bunnemeyer [1921] and Day [1921]), Cline (1926), 
Connor (1956), Dunn and Miller (1960), Schwerdt et al. (1979), 
Ho et al. (1987), Ellis (1988), and Jarrell et al. (1992). 

June 15:  Observations from HWM and COADS shows somewhat low pressures 
(~1009 mb), but a closed circulation does not exist.  HURDAT lists this as
a tropical storm at 14.8N, 80.5W at 12 UTC.  No gale force winds (or implied 
by pressures) were present.  "This storm apparently developed over the
Western Caribbean Sea about the 14th and was carried northwestward" (MWR).

June 16:  HWM and COADS indicate a possible closed circulation near 
16.5N, 84W.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at 15.8N, 84.0W at 
12 UTC.  No gale force winds (or implied by pressures) were present.
"The 16th...Disturbance of moderate intensity over western Caribbean
Sea central near coast of Honduras southwest of Swan Island this
morning apparently moving slowly northwestward" (MWR).

June 17:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 16.5N, 87W,
just offshore of Honduras.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at 
16.5N, 87.2W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the center 
is slightly northeast of the HWM position.  Ship highlights:  45 kt E at 
19.0W, 86.3W at 12 UTC (COA) and 30 kt E and 1002 mb at 16.9N, 86.6W at 
12 UTC (COA).  "By the morning of the 17th the disturbance had increased
somewhat in intensity" (MWR).

June 18:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 20N, 93.5W.
HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at 18.7N, 91.2W.  Available observations
suggest that the center east of the HWM estimate.  Station highlights:  
45 kt SE at Progresso at 12 UTC (MWR).  "During the following night 
[17th-18th] the disturbance passed inland over British Honduras in 
the vicinity of Belize, continuing its slow northwestward movement" (MWR).

June 19:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 21N, 94.5W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 1 hurricane at 21.0N, 94.3W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates the center at 20N, 93W (a.m.) and at
21N, 93.5W (p.m.).  Available observations and continuity suggest that the 
center is to the northeast of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or
implied by pressure) were present.  "The storm entered the southwestern
Gulf of Mexico during the early morning of the 19th" (MWR).

June 20:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1000 mb near 24N, 95.5W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 2 hurricane at 23.3N, 95.4W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates the center at 22N, 94.2W (a.m.) and at
23.5N, 94.7W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the center is 
to the northeast of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  50 kt SW at
23.0N, 94.7W at 13 UTC (MWR).

June 21:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 25N, 95W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 2 hurricane at 25.1N, 96.0W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates the center 24.8N, 95.5W (a.m.) and at
26N, 96W with 991 mb (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the
center is to the northeast of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:
35 kt S at 22.8N, 94.8W at 00 UTC (COA).  Station highlight:  42 kt NE
at Corpus Christi at 2240 UTC (MWR).  "[On] the late afternoon of the
21st ... special observations indicated its position some-distance off
the Rio Grande" (MWR).

June 22:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 27N, 97W,
just offshore southern Texas.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 1
hurricane at 27.6N, 96.2W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates 
the center at 22.5N, 96.5W (a.m.) and at 24.5N, 96.5W with 996 mb (p.m.).
Available observations indicate that the center is just east of the
HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  70 kt SE and 991 mb at 26.5N, 95.0W
at 04 UTC (MWR); 70 kt ENE at 28.0N, 95.0W at 1135 UTC (MWR); Calm and
980 mb at 28.0N, 95.0W at 16 UTC (MWR).  Station highlights:  59 kt NE
and 1003 mb at Corpus Christi at 1130 UTC (OMR); 52 kt SE and 995 mb
at Galveston at 2340 UTC (OMR).  Estimated central pressure at
landfall in Texas - 954 mb, radius of maximum wind - 17 nmi, landfall
position - 28.5N, 96.2W (Ho et al.).  Estimated maximum 1 min surface wind 
at landfall - 99 kt, Environmental pressure - 1010 mb (Schwerdt et al.)  
Estimated minimum central pressure for life of storm (and at landfall) - 
979 mb (Connor).  "Minimal intensity" at landfall in Texas (Dunn and Miller).  
Category 2 for North Texas coast with central pressure estimate
of 979 mb (Jarrell et al.).  Category 2 for North Texas coast 
(Neumann et al.)  Category 2 for central Texas coast (HURDAT).  "The
tropical storm that swept northward over the Texas coast, passing 
northward over Matagorda Bay to the westward of Galveston on the 22nd
gave a tide of about 5 feet above mean low tide, though the tide was
above 7 feet in West Bay near the causeway, and considerable of the
track of the Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Railroad was washed out between
Virginia Point and Highland Bayou.  Several launches and other small
boats were sunk, and the fishing pier on the north jetties was damaged
to some extent.  Crops in this vicinity were damage to a greater or
lesser degree, while some windows were broken and some trees were blown
down.  The damage in this immediate vicinity will probably amount to
$8,000.00 or more" (Galveston - Original Monthly Record).  "A hurricane
occurred on the 22d, the center passing about 50 miles west of Houston
in a northerly direction.  The damage by wind and rain was confined to
prostrating some shade trees, breaking windows, blowing down signs, 
and beating down plants and flowers" (Houston - Original Monthly Record).
"During the night of the 21st-22d the storm caused a maximum wind 
velocity of 68 miles an hour from the northeast at Corpus Christi and
a strong northeast gale and high sea at Point Isabel, and by 8 a. m. of
the 22d the wind was blowing 42 miles an hour from the east at
Galveston, with rising tide.  Special observations at 10 a. m. showed
rising pressure at Corpus Christi and slowly falling pressure at
Galveston and Houston ... The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an
hour from the southeast at both Galveston and Houston, and the lowest
barometer reading at a land station was 29.37 inches at Houston at
5:40 p. m. of the 22nd ... a storm tide of 4 feet at Corpus Christi
Pass" (MWR).  "Later reports showed a north-northwest movement and a
fully developed hurricane.  The storm center crossed the Texas coast
line at Matagorda Bay and moved nearly due north over Palacios, 
Wharton, and Wallis, Tex., the last-named place being about 40 miles
west of Houston, Tex., the nearest approach to a regular Weather
Bureau station" (MWR).  "The center passing in a northerly direction
over Palacios, Wharton and Wallis, each of which reported a distinct
calm, with wind coming from northwest and west after the calm" (MWR).

June 23:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1010 mb near 32N, 95W,
inland over eastern Texas.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at
32.1N, 96.7W.  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates the center at 32N, 96W
with 1004 mb (a.m.) and at 34.5N, 94.5W with 1004 mb (p.m.).  Available
observations suggest that the center is closer to the MWR estimate.
Ship highlight:  35 kt SSW at 28.9N, 94.5W at 00 UTC (COA).  Station
highlight:  50 kt SE and 995 mb at Houston at 00 UTC (OMR).  "the
storm continued to move slowly northward, with diminishing intensity,
over the eastern portions of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, thence
northeastward over the Lake region" (MWR).

June 24:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 36N, 94W,
inland over the Arkansas-Oklahoma border.  HURDAT lists this as a 
tropical depression at 36.6N, 95.3W.  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates
the center at 36N, 94W with 1002 mb (a.m.) and at 38N, 94W (p.m.).
Available observations suggest that the center is between the HURDAT
and HWM/MWR positions.  Station highlight:  20 kt S and 1004 mb at
Fort Smith at 12 UTC (HWM).

June 25:  HWM indicates an open trough extending NE-SW from Missouri
to Texas.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical depression at 38.9N, 94.8W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates the center at 38N, 94W
(a.m. and p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the center is
south of the HURDAT position and is still a closed, barotropic 
circulation.  No gales (or implied by pressures) were observed.

June 26:  HWM does not indicate a low or trough.  HURDAT lists this
as a tropical depression at 40.8N, 94.7W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Tracks
of Lows indicates the center at 38N, 94W (a.m.) and at 40N, 93.5W
with 1011 mb (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the center
is farther south and west of the HURDAT estimate, but that the
center - while identifiable - is becoming indistinct.  No gales (or
implied by pressures) were observed.

June 27:  The tropical cyclone has dissipated.  Despite this, the 
MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a reformation and movement toward the
east over the next three days, a drop southward on the 30th and 1st 
of July, then a movement to the northeast on the 2nd.  The system that
was tracked from the 27th onward was a separate, baroclinic storm.

The genesis of this hurricane is delayed from the 15th to the 16th
because of evidence that a closed circulation did not exist until the
latter date.  It is noted that Tropical Storm Gamma in 2005 may be 
an close analog for the developmental phase of this hurricane in 1921.  
The track has minor modifications for the remainder of the 
hurricane's lifetime.  The intensity is reduced on the 16th, as
tropical storm status was not reached until early on the 17th
according to available observations.  Peripheral pressure of 1002 mb
on the 17th suggests at least 43 kt from the southern wind-pressure
relationship - 45 kt chosen for HURDAT at 12 UTC.  Additionally, the 
intensity is reduced from the 19th until early on the 22nd as 
observations indicate that hurricane status was not reached until 
the 20th.  A central pressure measure of 980 mb just before landfall
in Texas on 16 UTC on the 22nd suggests winds of 76 kt from the
Gulf of Mexico wind-pressure relationship.  (The central pressure at
landfall indicated by Jarrell et al. and Connor before them was 979 mb
- likely a roundoff error.)  Ho et al.'s estimate of 954 mb is due to
their application of the Schloemer (1954) equation with the 995 mb
peripheral pressure in Houston.  Such an application from a far-removed
observation has quite large errors.  Apparently, they were not aware
of the ship with a 980 mb central pressure measurement.  Likewise,
the Schwerdt et al. estimate of maximum wind is overestimated.  Analyses
show that landfall occurred around 18 UTC at 28.6N, 95.9W. 
The highest observed winds from this hurricane were 59 kt at 
Corpus Christi (which reduces down to 49 kt after accounting for 
the high bias of the instrument and converting to peak 1-min
winds [Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 1996]) and two
ship reports of Beaufort 12 (~70 kt).  Ho et al.'s estimate of 
17 nmi RMW is somewhat smaller than the 22 nmi that climatology for this 
central pressure and latitude would suggest (Vickery et al. 2000).  
Thus maximum 1 min surface winds at landfall are boosted up to 80 kt.  
This makes the hurricane a high end Category 1 system at landfall for 
the central and north Texas coast.  (The landfall location is very 
close to the boundary between the two regions and sustained hurricane 
force winds were likely to impact both portions of the state).  This 
is a reduction from the Category 2 indicated earlier in Jarrell et al. 
and HURDAT and substantially lower than the Category 3 hurricane that 
Ho et al.'s central pressure would have suggested.  The highest 
observed winds after landfall (within two hours of the synoptic times) 
were 52, 33 and 25 kt for 00, 06 and 12 UTC on the 23rd, respectively.  
(The 52 kt reduces to 43 kt after adjustment.)  A run of the Kaplan
and DeMaria (1995) model gives 49, 37, and 26 kt, accordingly.  Given
the somewhat sparse data coverage for this storm after landfall, winds
are kept at 50 kt at 00 UTC, reduced from 45 to 40 kt at 06 UTC,
and kept at 30 kt at 12 UTC.


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1921/02 - 2009 REVISION:

22425 09/06/1921 M= 3  2 SNBR= 519 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22425 09/04/1921 M= 5  2 SNBR= 519 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
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(The 4th and 5th are new to HURDAT.)
22426 09/04*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*210 950  30    0*211 952  30    0
22427 09/05*213 953  30    0*214 954  30    0*215 955  30    0*217 957  30    0

22430 09/06*  0   0   0    0*214 938  60    0*215 953  60    0*216 961  70    0
22430 09/06*218 959  35    0*219 961  40    0*220 965  50    0*222 970  60    0
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22435 09/07*217 969  70    0*219 978  70    0*224 986  60    0*232 989  60    0
22435 09/07*224 976  70    0*226 981  55    0*228 986  45    0*232 989  40    0
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22440 09/08*240 988  50    0*248 987  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22440 09/08*238 988  35    0*248 987  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
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22445 HR 

Major changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999), while 
genesis for this system is indicated to be two days earlier than originally shown.  
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the 
COADS ship database, _Monthly Weather Review_, Connor (1956), 
Dunn and Miller (1960), and Mexican station observations provided by Ricardo
Prieto and Jorge Sanchez-Sesma.

September 2 and 3:  HWM and COADS observations indicate a trough is present
in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in
pressure) were observed.

September 4: HWM and COADS observations indicate that the trough had
organized enough to be considered a closed low near 21N, 95W.  No gale force
winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

September 5:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1010 mb at 22N, 99W,
inland over Mexico.  Available observations suggest that the center at 
21.5N, 95.5W.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

September 6:  HWM indicates an open trough over the western Gulf of Mexico.
HURDAT lists the system as a tropical storm at 21.5N, 95.3W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows places the system at 21N, 96W with 996 mb (p.m.).
Available observations suggest that the center is farther north and west
of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure)
were observed.  "There were signs of a disturbance over the southwest Gulf
of Mexico, as indicated by reports by radio from vessels in that region"
(MWR).

September 7:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1007.5 mb at 22N, 99W,
inland over Mexico.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at 22.4N, 98.6W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR Tracks of Lows places the system at 22N, 97W (a.m.) and
at 23N, 98W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that a position
north of HURDAT is most reasonable, with the center going inland
just north of Tampico around 03 UTC according to observations from that
station.  Ship highlights:  70 kt SE and 996 mb at 22.3N, 97.8W at 01 UTC 
(MWR).  Station highlights:  24 kt NW and 1003 mb in Tampico at 03 UTC (Mex).  
"It passed on to the Mexican coast during the 7th and was dissipated" (MWR).  
Estimated minimum central pressure during its lifetime (and likely at landfall 
in Mexico) - 992 mb (Connor).  

September 8:  HWM and COADS observations indicate that the tropical cyclone
has dissipated, but its remnants continued to move northward into Texas.
"There is reason to believe that the phenomenal rains in southern Texas on
the 9th and 10th were associated with this disturbance" (MWR).  Minor
intensity, 51 people killed from subsequent flooding (Dunn and Miller).

Genesis for this hurricane is begun two days earlier (on the 4th) when
observations were sufficient to close off a circulation center.  The track
has minor adjustments made for this system for the remainder of its
lifetime (3 more days).  Intensity of 70 kt at landfall in Mexico retained,
as provided by confirmation of hurricane force winds (Beaufort 12) and
a pressure of 996 mb from a ship at 01 UTC on the 7th.  An 992 mb estimated 
minimum center pressure at landfall was suggested by Connor.  However, it is 
likely that the central pressure at landfall was somewhat lower, given 
the 996 mb measured simulataneously with 70 kt wind estimate.  A central
pressure of 985 mb is suggested here.  This suggests winds of 70 kt from
the southern pressure-wind relationship, which is retained in HURDAT at
00 UTC on the 7th.  Landfall time moved forward to around 03 UTC at 22.5N,
97.8W.  Winds are reduced after landfall on the 7th in accordance with
the earlier landfall time as well as from available Mexican observations.  
It is to be noted that the remnants from this hurricane caused very large
rainfall (up to 23") in Texas and resulting extensive flooding from the 8th 
to the 10th of September.  215 people were killed and over $19 million 
damage was caused as a result.  Three articles in the Monthly Weather
Review were in the September 1921 edition about these impacts.  However,
these effects occurred after the tropical cyclone had dissipated.


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1921/03 - 2009 REVISION:

22450 09/08/1921 M= 9  3 SNBR= 520 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22450 09/06/1921 M=12  3 SNBR= 520 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
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(The 6th and 7th are new to HURDAT.)
22451 09/06*100 400  40    0*100 420  40    0*100 440  45    0*101 460  45    0
22452 09/07*102 481  50    0*103 503  50    0*104 525  50    0*105 543  50    0

22455 09/08*102 551  60    0*110 573  65    0*116 586  70    0*122 598  70    0
22455 09/08*106 559  60    0*107 575  65    0*110 590  70    0*116 604  80    0
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22460 09/09*131 611  70    0*139 623  70    0*147 636  70    0*150 649  70    0
22460 09/09*124 618  90    0*132 632  95    0*140 645 100    0*146 655 100    0
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22465 09/10*153 661  75    0*157 676  75    0*163 690  80    0*172 693  80    0
22465 09/10*151 663 100    0*157 670 100    0*163 676 100    0*169 680 100  961
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22470 09/11*180 695  85    0*189 696  80    0*198 696  80    0*206 697  80    0
22470 09/11*176 683 110    0*183 685 110    0*190 686  90    0*198 687  90    0
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22475 09/12*215 697  85    0*223 697  90    0*231 697  95    0*239 697  95    0
22475 09/12*207 688  95    0*216 690  95    0*225 692  95    0*235 692  95    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***

22480 09/13*248 697 100    0*256 696 100    0*264 695 105    0*272 692 105    0
22480 09/13*247 693 100    0*259 694 100    0*270 695 105    0*277 695 105    0
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22485 09/14*280 689 105    0*287 685 105    0*295 680 105    0*303 676 105    0
22485 09/14*283 695 105    0*289 695 105    0*295 692 105    0*302 687 105    0
            *** ***          *** ***              ***          *** *** 

22490 09/15*311 670 100    0*319 662 100    0*325 657  95    0*344 635  95    0
22490 09/15*309 678 100    0*316 666 100    0*323 651  95    0*333 633  95    0
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22495 09/16*360 610  90    0*380 583  90    0*401 551  90    0E439 503  85    0
22495 09/16*346 612  90    0*363 587  90    0*385 555  90    0*412 523  85  964
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(The 17th is new to HURDAT.)
22496 09/17*445 492  80    0E480 461  75  959E520 430  70    0E565 400  65    0

22500 HR                    

Major changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999), as well
as genesis occurring two days earlier and dissipation one day later than originally
shown.  Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map 
series, the COADS ship database, individual ship data from NCDC, _Monthly Weather 
Review_ (Day 1921), Perez (1971), Boose et al. (2002), and newspaper accounts from 
Michael Chenoweth.

September 6:  HWM, COADS and MWR observations indicate that a closed 
circulation with gale force winds existed near 10N, 44W.  Ship highlights:  
45 kt S at  10.2N, 45.8W at 1715 and 20 UTC (MWR). 

September 7:  HWM, COADS and MWR observations do not show a closed
circulation, though data is quite sparse near the location that the
system may be at.  Ship highlight:  35 kt SSW at 00 UTC at unknown 
location (MWR).  "The one originating southeastward of the Windward Islands
probably on the 7th or 8th, formed at a point unusually far south, about
due east of the Island of Trinidad" (MWR).

September 8:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1010 mb at 10.5N, 59W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 1 hurricane at 11.6N, 58.6W at 12 UTC.
Available observations suggest the position is between these two estimates.
Ship highlight:  55 kt at 13.1N, 59.6W at 16-18 UTC (NCDC).  Station
highlight:  996 mb pressure at Grenada (PR).  "This disturbance made its
appearance the morning of the 8th to the southeastward of Barbados" (MWR).

September 9:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1000 mb at 14.5N, 63.5W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 1 hurricane at 14.7N, 63.6W at 12 UTC.
Available observations suggest the position is farther to the south and
west of these estimates.  Ship highlights:  70 kt WSW, SW and S at 
13.3N, 63.5W, 13.2N, 63.5W, and 13.1N, 63.6W at 1030, 1105, and 1230 UTC 
(NCDC).  Station highlight:  996 mb at St. Lucia (Perez).  "...crossed the
Grenadines during the night of the 8th and passed on to the Caribbean
Sea ... In the beginning the area affected by the hurricane was rather
large and damage was caused at both Trinidad and Barbados ... Upward of
80 lives were lost and in the Windward Islands great numbers of people
were rendered homeless" (MWR).  Newspaper accounts provided by Michael
Chenoweth _Voice of St. Lucia_, "Wed., Sept. 14, 1921 - Grenada, Sept. 12. 
At 1 p.m. Thursday 8th, it became apparent that the storm would probably 
strike Grenada, which it did about 4:30 p.m., coming from W.N.W. and 
increasing in force at 7 p.m. There was a short lull from about 10.30 to 
11.30 when the wind shifted, coming with redoubled force from E.N.E. Such 
information as has been received give serious accounts of damage done to 
estates, plantations and gardens in the out districts. Numerous peasant 
houses have been completely destroyed and some more substantial buildings 
damaged. One hundred thousand pounds is a moderate estimate of loss to 
nutmeg and cocoa plantations, which will require at least seven years to 
re-establish. Crops of ground provisions have also been completely ruined. 
Telephone communication with the out districts still have been lost. As far 
as known two lives have been lost. Anxiously awaiting news from Carriacou."
_Voice of St. Lucia_, "Sat., Sept. 10, 1921 - Weather bulletins. Barbados 
8th Sept. 5 a.m. -- S.S. Guiana and Canadian Beaver put to sea this morning 
not yet returned. Wind southeast, strong and gusty. Barometer 29.77 steady.
Dominica 7:45 a.m. barometer 29.99 northeast cloudy.  St. Vincent 8th Sept. 
6:15 p.m. Barometer 29.72 Weather continuous threatening wind bow blowing 
in very heavy gusts from north-east. Branches being blown from trees.
Trinidad 9.30 p.m. Barometer corrected reading 29.725 Wind strong and 
variable, now SW. Heavy rain.  Grenada, 1 p.m. Barometer corrected 29.825. 
Wind moderate now. Sea rough.  Barbados 9 Sept. 6a.m. barometer 29.86 with 
upwards tendency. Fresh wind NE, rain.  10 a.m. Barometer 29.76 NE squally, 
sea rough from southeast.  St. Lucia, 9 Sept. at 6 this morning the local 
reading was 29.852. Wind NE 2.30 p.m. Barometer 29.702 NE 4 p.m. 29.734.
Barbados, 9 Sept. - Yesterday morning opened with rain accompanied by 
strong winds which gradually increased until about 10 a.m. when it blew 
with greater force. Trees in many places lost some of their branches and in 
others they were wholly upturned. The waves broke on 10 fathoms of water in 
Carlisle Bay, S.S. Guiana and S.S. Canadian Beaver put out to sea on 
account of the unsafe condition of the harbor. Considerable damage 
reported to have been done inland by the high winds but particulars are not 
yet to hand. One telegraph pole was blown down about 4 miles from town.
St. Vincent, 9 Sept. From about 4:30 p.m. yesterday it started to blow a 
gale from NE which continued until about 11 p.m. with very rough sea. Trees 
were uprooted. Serious damage to telegraph and telephone lines. No 
telephone communications with out districts. It is found that much damage
done to crops and property. Wind has abated. Sea still rough. Cable hut at 
Prospect partly destroyed.  Trinidad, 9th. At 3 p.m. yesterday the storm 
had increased in intensity to a heavy gale which continued with torrents of 
rain up to nightfall. Many lighters and small craft have been sunk or driven 
ashore at Port of Spain and San Fernando and two fatalities are reported, 
one from drowning and one from electrocution by coming into contact with 
fallen electric light wires. The rain ceased about 10 p.m. but the wind 
continued high until daylight this morning. There has been much interruption 
of telegraphic communications.  Trinidad, 8th. Wireless reports from Tobago. 
We have been having very heavy rains and winds since 4 a.m. this morning. 
R.M.S. Belize reports unable work ... on account of very rough sea. At 
Plymouth ten fishing boats and schooner driven ashore totally destroyed. Very 
high winds and rain continuing.  Barbados 9th Barometer 29.97 wind SE sea 
still rough. Guiana and Canadian Beaver not yet returned to port. Weather 
clear.  Grenada, 9th. The storm reached Grenada at 5 p.m. yesterday and 
reached its highest intensity at midnight."

September 10:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb at 16.5N, 68.5W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 1 hurricane at 16.3N, 69.0W at 12 UTC.
Available observations suggest the position is farther east than both
of these estimates.  Ship highlights:  70 kt NE and NW at 17.2N, 67.9W
at 12-16 and 1915 UTC (NCDC);  961 mb and calm at 17.2N, 67.9W at
1820 UTC (MWR).  Station highlight:  55 kt and 1005 mb at Cabo Rojo at
04 UTC (Perez).  "After passing the Grenadines, however, the area
affected appeared to contract somewhat" (MWR).

September 11:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb on the northern 
coastline of Dominican Republic near 19N, 69W.  HURDAT lists this as a
Category 1 hurricane at 19.8N, 69.6W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Tracks of Lows
indicates a position of 19N, 69W (a.m.) and 21N, 69.5W (p.m.).  
Available observations suggest the position is closer to, but farther
east of the HWM and MWR positions.  Ship highlight:  992 mb and 
60 kt NNW at 18.5N, 69.3W (MWR).  This hurricane was designated 
"San Pedro" for its impacts in Puerto Rico (Perez).  A stronger hurricane
than indicated in HURDAT (by about 10 kt) is recommended to better
match the observed wind damage that occurred in Puerto Rico (Boose 
et al.)  "Its center crossed Haiti and then pursued a northerly
course" (MWR).

September 12:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb near 23N, 70W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 2 hurricane at 23.1N, 69.7W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a position of 23N, 69.5W (a.m.) and
24.5N, 69.5W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest the center is 
farther south and east of all of these estimates.  Ship highlights:
35 kt SSE at 25.7N, 66.5W (MWR);  989 mb at 22.6N, 69.0W (NCDC).

September 13:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb near 27.5N, 70.5W.
HURDAT lists this as Category 3 hurricane at 26.4N, 69.5W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a position at 26.5N, 69W with 992 mb
(a.m.) and 28N, 68W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the
center is north of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  999 mb and
70 kt NNE at 28.9N, 71.3W at 1352 UTC (MWR); 967 mb at 27.8N, 69.8W at 
15 UTC (MWR).

September 14:  HWM indicates a closed low of 950 mb at 29N, 69W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 3 hurricane at 29.5N, 68.0W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a position of 29.5N, 67W (a.m.) and
31N, 66W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the center is
west of the HURDAT position.  Ship highlights:  four 70 kt ship
reports (NCDC and COA);  995 mb and 50 kt S at 30.4N, 61.8W at 2230 UTC 
(MWR).  " ... to have again increased in size only after the storm 
reached the higher latitudes in mid-ocean" (MWR).

September 15:  HWM indicates a closed low of 950 mb at 32N, 67W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 2 hurricane at 32.5N, 65.7W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a position of 32.5N, 64.5W with
984 mb (a.m.) and 33.5N, 63.5W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest
a center between the HURDAT and MWR positions.  Ship highlights:
numerous 70 kt ship reports (COA, NCDC, MWR);  980 mb and 70 kt SW at 
32.3N, 64.9N at 1300-1430 UTC (NCDC).  Station highlight:  87 kt SW
and 984 mb at Prospect Hill, Bermuda at 13 and 15 UTC (NCDC).
"...passing the Bermudas on the 15th ... The disturbance was of rather
small diameter but of great intensity throughout its course.  It is
reported to have caused considerable damage to shipping, buildings,
and crops and to have caused the loss of a number of lives in the
eastern islands of the West Indies and the Bermudas ... Its center 
passed near the Bermudas the morning of the 15th, when the pressure
fell to near 29 inches with winds of hurricane force" (MWR).

September 16:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb at 40N, 56W.
HURDAT lists this as a Category 2 hurricane at 40.1N, 55.1W.  
Available observations suggest the center is to the south and west of
the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  982 mb and 70 kt WSW at 
37.6N, 54.7W at 05 UTC (MWR);  991 mb and 70 kt SW at 37.5N, 54.7W
at 12 UTC (COA);  964 mb and calm at 40.6N, 53.7W at 1730 UTC (MWR).

September 17:  HWM indicates a closed low of 960 mb at 52N, 43W,
with a cold front extending off to the southwest and a warm front
extending off to the southeast.  Ship highlights:  970 mb and 70 kt
SW at 47.5N, 42.0W at 01 UTC (MWR);  Calm and 959 mb at 04 UTC and 
70 kt NW at 0430 UTC at 46.8N, 45.0W at 0430 UTC (MWR).

September 18:  System is absorbed into a larger extratropical 
storm.  "This storm was in the vicinity of Iceland on the 22d" (MWR).
(The storm in question was likely a separate extratropical system
that absorbed the hurricane, rather than the transformed hurricane
itself.)

Genesis for this major hurricane is begun two days earlier on the 6th
based upon ship reports.  Minor alterations are made to the track for
the duration of the system's lifetime.  Intensity significantly 
increased on the 8th to the 11th based upon newspaper accounts of hurricane
impacts in the Lesser Antilles as well as the 961 mb central pressure
measurement at 1820 UTC on the 10th, which suggested winds of 99 kt
from the southern pressure-wind relationship.  100 kt indicated for
that synoptic time.  Given the intensification up until then, it is 
likely that the cyclone continued to intensify a bit more before 
making landfall on the Dominican Republic around 06 UTC on the 11th.
Thus a 110 kt Category 3 major hurricane is estimated to have
struck that country.  The system likely weakened back to a a Category 2 
(90 kt) after landfall.  After moving back over water on the 12th, 
the hurricane likely reintensified to major hurricane status sometime
on the 13th.  Lowest observed peripheral pressure during the 13th to the
15th was 967 mb, which suggests winds of at least 88 kt from the
subtropical pressure-wind relationship.  105 kt are retained in HURDAT
during the 13th and 14th.  An observation of 87 kt was measured
in Bermuda late on the 15th before the anemometer was toppled, 
which converts to 71 kt after accounting for the high bias of the 
instrument and converting to peak 1-min winds (Fergusson and Covert 
1924 and Powell et al. 1996).  Additionally, a peripheral pressure of
980 mb was observed late on the 15th in Bermuda, suggesting winds of 
at least 75 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship.
95 kt retained in HURDAT late on the 15th, keeping this as a Category 2 
(almost Category 3) impact in Bermuda, which is consistent with wind-
caused damage on the island.  Late on the 16th, a central pressure of
964 mb was observed, which suggests winds of 87 kt from the northern
pressure-wind relationship; 85 kt is retained in HURDAT.  Available
observations suggest that the hurricane maintained tropical
characteristics for longer than indicated in HURDAT by about a half
day.  Finally, the track of the system is extended for an additional
day on the 17th as an extratropical storm moving swiftly off to the
northeast.
  

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22505 09/10/1921 M= 4  4 SNBR= 521 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22505 09/08/1921 M= 7  4 SNBR= 521 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
         **         *  

(The 8th and 9th are new to HURDAT).
22510 09/08*230 634  35    0*233 639  35    0*235 643  35    0*236 646  35    0
22510 09/09*238 649  35    0*240 652  35    0*242 655  35    0*244 658  35    0

22510 09/10*232 640  35    0*254 647  35    0*259 647  35    0*264 648  35    0
22510 09/10*246 661  35    0*248 663  35    0*250 665  35    0*254 665  35    0
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22515 09/11*270 648  35    0*276 647  35    0*282 647  35    0*288 645  35    0
22515 09/11*259 663  35    0*266 660  45    0*275 655  55    0*285 650  65    0
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22520 09/12*293 643  35    0*298 640  40    0*304 638  50    0*319 626  55    0
22520 09/12*295 644  75    0*305 638  80    0*315 630  80    0*326 621  80    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22525 09/13*334 615  60    0*348 602  60    0*360 590  45    0*374 575  30    0
22525 09/13*337 611  80    0*348 601  80    0*360 590  80    0*373 575  80    0
            *** ***  **          ***  **               **      ***      **

(The 14th is new to HURDAT.)
22525 09/14*387 555  80    0*401 530  80  979E415 495  75    0E430 455  70    0

22530 TS                    
22530 HR
      **

Major changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999), as well
as genesis occurring two days earlier and dissipation one day later than originally
shown.  Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series,
the COADS ship database, individual ship data from NCDC and _Monthly Weather 
Review_ (Day 1921).

September 5-7:  A figure from the MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919,
1920, and 1921" show a center for this tropical cyclone near 22N, 53W on the
5th, 22.5N, 57W on the 6th, and 23N, 61W on the 7th.  Tannehill (1952) also
provides a track back to the 5th.  However, inspection of available 
observations from HWM and COADS show no evidence of a closed circulation on 
these dates.

September 8:  Observations from HWM and COADS indicate that a closed, 
non-baroclinic low was near 23.5N, 64.3W, though data on the north and
west sides were somewhat sparse.  MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919,
1920, and 1921" shows a center at 23.5N, 64W.  Ship highlight:  35 kt S 
at 23.5N, 63.5W at 08 UTC (COA).  

September 9:  Observations from HWM and COADS indicate that a closed,
non-baroclinic low was near 24.2N, 65.5W, though data on the north and west
sides were somewhat sparse.  MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919,
1920, and 1921" shows a center at 25N, 66W.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.

September 10:  Observations from HWM and COADS indicate that a closed,
non-baroclinic low was near 25N, 66.5W.  HURDAT listed this system as a
tropical storm at 25.9N, 64.7W at 12 UTC.  MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes 
of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center at 27N, 66.5N.  Ship highlights:  
35 kt S at 24.5N, 66.5W at 08 UTC (COA);  35 kt SE at 28.9N, 63.5W at 
20 UTC (MWR).

September 11:  HWM indicated a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 27N, 64W.
HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 28.2N, 64.7W at 12 UTC.
MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center at
28.5N, 66.5W.  Available observations suggest that the system was south and 
west of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  45 kt ESE and 1002 mb at 
30.8N, 63.9W at 2322 UTC (MWR).

September 12:  HWM indicated a closed low of at most 1010 mb near 31N, 64W,
with a warm front extending east-northeastward out from the center.  
(However, available observations cast doubt on the reality of such a
frontal analysis.)  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at
30.4N, 63.8W at 12 UTC.  MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919,
1920, and 1921" shows a center at 32N, 63W.  Available observations suggest a 
position near the MWR estimate.  Ship highlights:  70 kt ENE and 985 mb at 
30.8N, 63.9W at 0126 UTC (MWR);  70 kt NE and 992 mb at 30.8N, 64.4W at 
03 UTC (COA).  "It is a remarkable coincidence that at the time the southern 
hurricane [storm #3] was centered north of Haiti that the steamship Capillo 
reported by radio having encountered on the 12th a hurricane of small 
diameter, barometer below 29 inches, near and immediately southeast of the 
Bermudas, moving rapidly northeast.  This disturbance was separate and 
distinct from the primary disturbance herein referred to [storm #3]" (MWR).

September 13:  HWM does not analyze the system as a closed low, but has a
stationary front extending to the southwest and a warm front extending to the
east, near a center near 37N, 58W.  However, available observations from 
HWM and COADS indicates a center near 36N, 59W, with no frontal features
actually present.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 36N, 59W 
at 12 UTC.  MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a
center at 37N, 56.5W.  Ship highlight:  50 kt SW at 31.5N, 61.5W at 00 UTC 
(COA).

September 14:  HWM depicts an extratropical low centered near 48N, 53W
with a cold front extending southwest and a warm front extending southeast. MWR 
"Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center 43N, 48W.
However, available observations indicate that a separate center of the
pre-existing tropical cyclone could be discerned near 41.5N, 49.5W.  The
cold front appears to have just begun interacting with the tropical
cyclone, so extratropical transition is likely to have begun around 12 UTC on
this date.  Ship highlights:  70 kt SSE and 992 mb at 41N, 51W at 04 UTC (NCDC);
calm and 979 mb at 41N, 51W at 0930 UTC (NCDC);  70 kt N at 41N, 51W at
0930 UTC (NCDC);  70 kt NNW and 982 mb at 41N, 51W at 10 UTC (NCDC);  
70 kt NW and 992 mb at 41N, 51W at 12 UTC (NCDC).  "[This storm] attained
great severity over the steamer lanes as [it] passed into higher latitudes
(MWR).

September 15:  The remnants of the tropical cyclone had been absorbed into
the larger extratropical cyclone.

Genesis for this tropical cyclone is begun two days earlier (8th) than
previously provided in HURDAT, based upon available ship observations from
HWM and COADS.  Minor track alterations were made for the 10th through
the 13th based upon ship observations provided by HWM, COADS, MWR and
NCDC data.  The tropical cyclone track is extended an extra day
through the 14th as indicated by available observations.  It transitioned
to an extratropical cyclone during 12 and 18 UTC on the 14th as it was 
absorbed by a larger extratropical storm.  Multiple ship observations on
the 12th and 14th indicate hurricane force winds.  A 985 mb peripheral
pressure on the 12th suggests winds of at least 70 kt from the subtropical
pressure-wind relationship.  80 kt is chosen for HURDAT on the 12th based
upon the pressure and that the hurricane force winds were observed on
the weak (left) semi-circle.  A 979 mb central pressure at 09 UTC on the 
14th suggests winds of 74 kt from the northern pressure-wind relationship;
80 kt is chosen for HURDAT at 06 UTC and 75 kt is chosen for HURDAT at 12 UTC.
Thus based upon multiple observations of hurricane force and supporting
pressure readings, this system was upgraded to a hurricane for three days
of its lifetime (late on 11th to early on the 14th).  


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22535 10/16/1921 M= 8  5 SNBR= 522 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22535 10/15/1921 M=10  5 SNBR= 522 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
         **        **                                

(The 15th is new to HURDAT.)
22537 10/15*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*240 840  30    0*255 830  30    0

22540 10/16*  0   0   0    0*307 776  35    0*317 762  40    0*331 738  40    0
22540 10/16*270 818  30    0*285 803  35    0*300 785  45    0*317 760  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22545 10/17*345 714  40    0*358 685  45    0*370 660  45    0*382 631  45    0
22545 10/17*335 730  55    0*353 695  60    0*370 660  60    0*382 630  60    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **               **          ***  **

22550 10/18*394 601  45    0*404 571  50    0*411 541  50    0*415 511  50    0
22550 10/18E394 602  60    0E404 574  60    0E411 545  60    0E415 513  60    0
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **

22555 10/19*417 480  50    0*419 450  50    0*420 420  50    0*422 394  50    0
22555 10/19E418 485  60    0E420 457  60    0E422 430  60    0E422 405  60    0
           **** ***  **     **** ***  **     **** ***  **     *    ***  **

22560 10/20*423 373  45    0*423 355  45    0*422 342  40    0*418 328  40    0
22560 10/20E423 385  60    0E423 373  60    0E422 360  60    0E418 345  65    0
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **

22565 10/21*412 318  40    0*407 309  35    0*400 300  35    0*392 290  35    0
22565 10/21E412 330  70    0E407 315  70    0E400 305  65    0E392 300  60    0
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *    ***  **

22570 10/22*383 287  35    0*373 290  35    0*367 300  35    0*363 307  35    0
22570 10/22E384 298  55    0E377 298  50    0E370 300  45    0E365 305  40    0
           **** ***  **     **** ***  **     ****      **     **** ***  **

22575 10/23*360 315  35    0*358 321  35    0*356 330  30    0*356 340  30    0
22575 10/23E360 311  35    0E358 318  35    0E356 325  30    0E356 330  30    0
           *    ***         *    ***         *    ***         *    ***

(The 24th is new to HURDAT.)
22572 10/24E355 332  35    0E355 340  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0

22580 TS         

Major changes to the track and minor alterations to the intensity (while a tropical 
cyclone) shown in Neumann et al. (1999).  The extratropical designation was made for 
seven days of the cyclone’s liftetime, while originally the system never made the 
transition to extratropical.  Major changes were made to the intensity while as an 
extratropical cyclone.  In addition, genesis for this cyclone was indicated one day 
earlier and dissipation one day later than originally shown.  Evidence for these 
alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
individual ship and station data from NCDC, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

October 15:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 1015 mb near 23.5N, 86W.
The MWR Tracks of Lows indicated a center at 24N, 82W with 1012 mb (a.m.) and
at 26N, 81.5W with 1011 mb (p.m.).  Available observations from HWM and COADS 
suggests a center at 24N, 84W. No gale force winds (or equivalent from 
pressure) were observed near the system, though some gales were observed
well to its northeast as a result of a large pressure gradient between it
and a strong ridge.

October 16:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 1010 mb near 31N, 76.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at 31.7N, 76.2W at 12 UTC.  The MWR
Tracks of Lows indicated a center at 30N, 79W (a.m.) and at 35N, 72W with
1004 mb (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that a position close to 
the MWR Tracks of Lows is most accurate.  Ship highlights:  45 kt NE at
34.0N, 76.8W at 12 UTC (COA);  45 kt NE at 34.3N, 75.1W at 21 UTC (MWR).

October 17:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 1000 mb near 38N, 66W.
HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at 37.0N, 66.0W at 12 UTC.  Ship
highlight:  60 kt ENE and 998 mb at 38.4N, 65.8W at 12 UTC (COA).

October 18:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 995 mb near 41N, 54.5W
with no frontal features.  However, available HWM and COADS observations
suggest that the system had acquired extratropical characteristics with
well-defined temperature contrasts near the storm's center.  HURDAT analyzed
this system as a tropical storm at 41.1N, 54.1W at 12 UTC.  Available 
observations suggest that the HWM is more accurate than the HURDAT estimate.  
Ship highlights:  45 kt SW and 988 mb at 39.1N, 58.9W at 10 UTC (MWR);  
45 kt NW and 991 mb at 39.4N, 59.1W at 12 UTC (COA).

October 19:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 980 mb near 42N, 42W
with no frontal features.  However, available HWM and COADS observations
suggest that the system had acquired extratropical characteristics with
well-defined temperature contrasts near the storm's center.  HURDAT analyzed
this system as a tropical storm at 42.0N, 42.0W at 12 UTC.  Available
HWM and COADS ship data suggest that the center is farther west than the
HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  50 kt NE and 990 mb at 40.5N, 48.4W at 
10 UTC (MWR);  25 kt WSW and 977 mb at 42N, 43W at 12 UTC (HWM).

October 20:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 985 mb near 42.5N, 34W
with no frontal features.  However, available HWM and COADS observations
suggest that the system was an extratropical cyclone becoming occluded
by this date.  HURDAT analyzed the system as a tropical storm at 42.2N, 34.2W
at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the center was farther
west than both the HWM and HURDAT estimates.  Ship highlights:  60 kt SSE
and 1006 mb at 43.2N, 29.0W at 12 UTC (COA);  25 kt S and 986 mb at 
41.5N, 37.5W at 02 UTC (COA).

October 21:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 995 mb near 40N, 31W 
with no frontal features.  However, available HWM and COADS observations
suggest that the system was an occluded extratropical cyclone.  HURDAT 
analyzed the system as a tropical storm at 40.0N, 30.0W at 12 UTC.  
Available observations suggest that the center was between the HWM and 
HURDAT estimates.  Ship highlight:  70 kt SE and 991 mb at 41.6N, 31.7W
at 07 UTC (MWR).

October 22:  HWM analyzed a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 36N, 32W
with no frontal features.  However, available HWM and COADS observations
suggest that the system was a weakening occluded extratropical cyclone.  
HURDAT analyzed the system as a tropical storm at 36.7N, 30.0W at 12 UTC.
Available observations suggest that the system was slightly farther north
than the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  45 kt N at 38.5N, 34.5W at
02 UTC (COA);  45 kt N and 1006 mb at 39.4N, 34.4W at 02 UTC (COA);  
25 kt NNE and 996 mb at 37.3N, 30.2W at 12 UTC (COA).

October 23:  HWM analyzed a distinct closed low of at most 1010 mb near 
36.5N, 32.5W with a cold front approaching from the west.  However, available 
HWM and COADS observations suggest that the system was a weakening occluded 
extratropical cyclone.  HURDAT analyzed the system as a tropical depression 
at 35.6N, 33.0W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the system 
was farther east than the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  25 kt SSW and 
1000 mb at 34.5N, 32.5W at 14 UTC (COA). 

October 24:  HWM analyze a cold front extending from north of 45N, 35W
down to 35N, 35W.  Available HWM and COADS observations indicate that the
system was absorbed by this front by this time.

Genesis is begun for this tropical storm a day earlier (15th) in the Gulf
of Mexico than shown originally in HURDAT.  Minor track changes are made
from the 16th to the 23rd based upon available ship observations.  The
track is extended a half day on the 24th as indicated by data from
HWM and COADS ship measurements.  A major change in structure is to include
an extratropical storm stage from the 18th until dissipation on the 24th.
The original HURDAT did not have the system undergoing extratropical 
transition, though observations clearly indicate its transformation to a
baroclinic storm on the 18th.  The intensity is boosted on the 17th to
just below hurricane force based upon Beaufort 11 (~60 kt) ship
observations as well as a peripheral pressure of 998 mb.  (This pressure
suggests winds of at least 52 kt from the northern pressure-wind
relationship.)  Intensity kept substantially higher than HURDAT on the
19th through the 21st (as an extratropical system) due to numerous
high wind/low pressure ship measurements.  Winds actually increased to
hurricane force late on the 20th and on the 21st, though the system was
extratropical at the time.  However, since the estimated maximum 1 min
surface winds during its tropical cyclone stage were 60 kt on the 17th,
this system is listed as reaching tropical storm, not hurricane,
intensity at its peak as a tropical cyclone.


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1921/06 - 2009 REVISION:

22585 10/20/1921 M=11  6 SNBR= 523 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=3
22590 10/20*123 801  35    0*131 804  35    0*137 806  35    0*143 809  40    0
22590 10/20*127 801  35    0*131 804  35    0*135 806  35    0*138 809  40    0
            ***                               ***              ***      

22595 10/21*148 812  45    0*153 815  50    0*158 818  50    0*162 821  55    0
22595 10/21*142 812  45    0*146 815  50    0*150 818  50    0*155 822  55    0
            ***              ***              ***              *** *** 

22600 10/22*166 824  65    0*170 827  70    0*175 830  75    0*181 834  80    0
22600 10/22*160 826  65    0*165 830  70    0*170 835  75    0*176 840  80    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

22605 10/23*187 838  85    0*194 843  90    0*202 848  95    0*210 854 100    0
22605 10/23*183 845  90    0*191 850 100    0*200 853 110    0*209 854 120  941
            *** ***  **      *** *** ***      *** *** ***      ***     ***  ***

22610 10/24*218 858 110    0*226 860 115    0*234 860 120    0*243 857 120    0
22610 10/24*218 855 120    0*228 855 120    0*238 855 120    0*247 852 120    0
                *** ***      *** *** ***      *** ***          *** *** 

22615 10/25*251 852 120    0*260 846 115    0*269 840 105    0*278 831  90  952
22615 10/25*256 848 120  943*264 844 115    0*271 839 110    0*278 831 105  952
            *** ***      *** *** ***          *** *** ***              ***  

22620 10/26*285 820  85    0*290 809  80    0*291 796  75    0*289 780  75    0
22620 10/26*285 822  80    0*290 810  70    0*295 796  75    0*295 780  75    0
                ***  **          ***  **      ***              *** 

22625 10/27*286 763  80    0*284 746  80    0*281 731  85    0*279 718  85    0
22625 10/27*294 763  80    0*292 746  80    0*290 731  75    0*287 718  75    0
            ***              ***              ***      **      ***      **

22630 10/28*276 705  85    0*274 693  75    0E272 680  70    0E271 667  70    0
22630 10/28*284 707  75    0*281 697  75    0*278 688  75    0*273 678  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***         **** ***  **     **** ***

22635 10/29E270 655  70    0E271 642  70    0E272 630  70    0E274 613  70    0
22635 10/29*268 667  70    0*266 655  70    0*265 640  70    0*270 620  60    0
           **** ***         **** ***         **** ***         **** ***  **

22640 10/30E310 552  70    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22640 10/30E285 590  50    0E305 550  40    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***  **     **** ***  **

22645 HRBFL3DFL2  
22645 HRBFL3AFL2DFL1CFL1    
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U.S. Continental Hurricanes:
----------------------------
#/Date         Time  Lat    Lon    Max  Saffir RMW   Central   States
                                   Wind Simpson      Pressure  Affected
6-10/25/1921   2000Z 28.1N  82.8W  105kt  3  18nmi    952mb    BFL3,AFL2,DFL1

Minor changes to the track and major changes to the intensity shown in
Neumann et al. (1999), as well as indicating extratropical transition occurring two 
days later than originally shown.  Evidence for these alterations comes from the 
Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, individual ship and station 
data from NCDC, _Monthly Weather Review_ (Bowie 1921 and Day 1921), Cline (1926), 
Dunn and Miller (1960), Schwerdt et al. (1979), Ho et al. (1987), Jarrell et al. 
(1992), and Barnes (1998).

October 17-19:  Available observations from HWM and COADS indicate that a
trough formed in conjunction with significant pressure falls in the
western Caribbean on the 17th.  This trough persisted but did not develop
a closed circulation until the 20th.  No gale force winds (or equivalent
in pressure) were observed.

October 20:  HWM indicates that a closed low formed with at most 1007.5 mb
pressure near 14N, 80.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at
13.7N, 80.6W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the center
was slightly south of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  20 kt W and
1004 mb at 12.7N, 80.5W at 19 UTC (COA).  "A disturbed condition was first
noted to the southwest of Jamaica about the 20th" (MWR).

October 21:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 1005 mb at 15N, 81.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at 15.8N, 81.8W at 12 UTC.  
Available observations suggest that the HWM position is more accurate than
HURDAT. Ship highlights:  15 kt E and 993 mb (likely biased too low - 997
mb may be a better estimate) at 15.7N, 82.0W at 20 UTC (COA);  35 kt S and
996 mb (likely biased too low - 1000 mb may be a better estimate) at
15.3N, 81.9W at 23 UTC (COA).

October 22:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 995 mb as 17.5N, 83W.
HURDAT listed this as a Category 1 hurricane at 17.5N, 83.0W at 12 UTC.
The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center
near 17N, 83W (a.m.).  Available observations suggest that the center is
southwest of HURDAT's estimate.  Station highlights:  70 kt SW at Swan
Island at ~20 UTC (MWR);  989 mb at Swan Island at ~16 UTC (MWR).  Ship
highlights:  35 kt SW and 998 mb (likely biased too low - 1002 mb may be a
better estimate) at 15.2N, 81.8W at 00 UTC (COA); two other ship reports
of 35 kt (COA).  "Passing north-northwestward from the position southwest
of Jamaica, the cyclone passed near and to the east of Swan Islands on the
morning of the 22d" (MWR).

October 23:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 995 mb at 20N, 84.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a Category 2 hurricane at 20.2N, 84.8W at 12 UTC.
The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center
at 20N, 85.5W (a.m.).  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a center at 20N,
85W (a.m.) and 21.5N, 85W (p.m.). Available observations suggest that the
MWR "Summary" position is more accurate than HURDAT's estimate. Ship
highlights:  Calm and 941 mb at 21.5N, 85.5W at ~22 UTC (MWR); 50 kt
reported three times (MWR and COA).  "Passing Swan Islands the cyclone
reached the Yucatan Channel during the 23d, its center passing near Cape
San Antonio, Cuba.  It seems to have acquired its maximum intensity in
this region..." (MWR).

October 24:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 990 mb at 23.5N, 87W.
HURDAT listed this as a Category 4 hurricane at 23.4N, 86.0W at 12 UTC.
The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center
23.5N, 85.5W (a.m.).  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a center at 23.5N,
85W (a.m.) and 25.5N, 85W (p.m.).  Available observations indicate that
the MWR "Summary" position is more accurate than the HURDAT estimate. Ship
highlights:  70 kt E and 959 mb at 24.0N, 85.2W at 08 UTC (MWR); 70 kt E
and 986 mb at 25.6N, 84.4W at 23 UTC (MWR).  Station highlight: 30 kt S
(~2330 UTC) and 1004 mb (21, 22, 23 UTC) at Key West (Cline). According to
reports from Sand Key station, eight miles south of Key West, "The heavy
seas from the southeast, south, and southwest rolled in over the reef and
practically washed away the island that had slowly built up since the
hurricane of September 1919" (MWR).  Regarding the storm track, "...during
the 24th, with high pressure breaking down in front and under the
influence of a southwest current in the upper air, the hurricane
recurved..." (MWR).

October 25:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 995 mb at 27.5N, 83.5W,
right offshore of western Florida.  HURDAT listed this as a Category 3
hurricane at 26.9N, 84.0W at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes
of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center at 27N, 83.5W (a.m.).  The MWR
Tracks of Lows indicates at center at 27N, 83.5W with 975 mb (a.m.) and at
28.5N, 81.5N with 990 mb (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the
position was north and east of HURDAT.  Ship highlights:  Calm and 943 mb
at 25.6N, 84.4W at 03 UTC (MWR);  ~90 kt SE at 25.6N, 84.4W at 01 UTC
(MWR).  Station highlight:  Calm and 952 mb at Tarpon Springs at 19 UTC
(MWR).  59 kt S at Tampa at 1918 UTC (MWR).  With regard to landfall, "At
Tarpon Springs the barometer as read by Mr. A. P. Albaugh showed a reading
of 28.12 inches and at the same time the wind was a dead calm which lasted
an hour or more, following 2:15 p.m. of October 25" (MWR).  Furthermore,
Cline (1926) provides this account from Dr. Albaugh:  "1:20 p.m.  Wind
southeast and stronger; our highest wind from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m.; about
2:15 p.m. wind getting lighter; about 2:40 p.m. almost calm and remained
so for one hour or more, then started from the northwest and heightened
for one hour or more then grew lighter."  According to the Tampa Weather
Bureau office, "The highest tide...reached 10.5 feet above mean low water
at 2 p.m. as calculated afterwards by the United States engineers.  This
is by far the highest ever recorded, the previous record [1848] being 5.55
feet" (MWR).  From the Jacksonville Weather Bureau office, "An east-west
line at the evening observation of the 24th, bisecting the State about
Titusville, showed the wind to be east-southeast and south below, and
northeast above, the line of demarcation.  The morning reports of the
25th...Gales were blowing east of the Suwanee River, attended by
torrential rains in much of the central and north-central portion of the
peninsula...The center of the hurricane passed inland just north of Tampa"
(MWR).  Also, "...[at Tampa] the greatest hourly precipitation intensity
occurred eight hours before passage of the cyclonic center and at
Jacksonville...it occurred five hours before passage of the cyclonic
center." (Cline 1926).  Regarding tides and storm surge, "Egmont and
Sanibel Island:  Both were practically covered by water.  Fort Myers:  
Tide was 12 to 18 inches higher than previous records for 30 to 35 years.  
Punta Gorda:  Tide was 7 feet above normal high tide at 3 p.m. of 25th;  
water was in streets off city.  Punta Rassa:  Tide was 6 feet above normal
high water.  Boca Grande:  tide 5 feet 4 inches above normal high tide at
7:15 a.m. Clearwater:  Tide 5 feet above normal high tide, 1:30-4 p.m.  
St. Petersburg: Tide 8 feet 5 inches above mean low water at 2 p.m."
(MWR).  "In Tampa the tide swept over the seawall along Bayshore Drive and
into some of the finest homes in the city.  The flooding was even more
severe at Palmetto Beach, Edgewater Park, and DeSoto Park, where no
seawall offered protection.  These areas suffered the greatest damages;
some houses had water lapping at second-story windows, and many were
demolished by breaking waves" (Barnes).  The total number of
hurricane-related deaths is unknown; however, Barnes states that
"at least eight died on the west coast."  Damage included a citrus crop
loss of 800,000 to 1,000,000 boxes of fruit valued at more than $1
million, truck crops and fertilizer adjacent to the coast totaling at
least $1 million, salt water flooding of agricultural areas (MWR).  "At
St. Petersburg all four downtown piers were badly damaged or destroyed.  
Many vessels of all sizes and descriptions were wrecked in the storm,
including the Home Line's `Genevieve' and the trawler `Hynoptist', which
crashed into the Atlantic Coast Line pier, dashing its crew of seven into
the raging waters.  The steamer `Pokonoket' was washed ashore high on the
grounds of the Tampa Bay Hotel, and the Wilson Line's steamer `Favorite'
was also driven ashore and totally wrecked" (Barnes).  "The damage to
residences, docks, warehouses, buildings, bridges, and miscellaneous
property at Tampa, Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Punta Gorda,
Marco, Caxambus, and Fort Myers; in short, along the coast from a point
near Cedar Keys, southward, will exceed $1,000,000, and the aggregate of
losses will probably total $3,000,000" (MWR).

October 26:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 995 mb at 28N, 80W,
just off the east coast of Florida.  HURDAT listed this as a Category 1
hurricane at 29.1N, 79.6W at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes
of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center at 28.5N, 79.5W (a.m.).  The MWR
Tracks of Lows indicates a center at 28.5N, 79.5W with 990 mb (a.m.) and
at 28.5N, 77W with 992 mb (p.m.).  Available observations indicate that
the center was farther north than HURDAT.  Ship highlights:  70 kt SW and
991 mb at 27.5N, 78.5W at 19 UTC (MWR);  50 kt SW and 988 mb at 28.5N,
78.0W at 19 UTC (NCDC).  Station highlights:  56 kt NE at Jacksonville
between 00 and 12 UTC 26th (MWR/OMR);  990 mb at Tampa (00 and 01 UTC) and
Titusville (01 UTC) (MWR/Cline/OMR).  "After crossing the Florida
Peninsula the storm moved almost due east" (MWR).  According to the Tampa
Weather Bureau office, "It began to rain about 4 a.m. Sunday, October 23,
and continued with hardly a break until 9:15 p.m. of the 25th.  The total
recorded rainfall was 8.53 inches, but much more probably fell and was
blown out of the gage" (MWR).  From the Jacksonville Weather Bureau
office, "It will be seen that the greatest rainfall occurred near the path
and over the upper-right front and the lower-right rear quadrants as the
storm center approached the coast and progressed northeastward across the
peninsula" (MWR). "Significant losses were reported to crops and farms in
the inland portions of the state as the hurricane crossed over to the
Atlantic" (Barnes).  "The damage on the east coast, while
considerable locally, was altogether of little moment when compared with
that which befell the west coast" (MWR).

October 27:  HWM indicates a closed low of at most 990 mb at 28N, 71W.
HURDAT listed this as a Category 2 hurricane at 28.1N, 73.1W at 12 UTC.
The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921" shows a center
at 28N, 74.5W (a.m.).  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicated a center at 28N,
74.5W (a.m.) and 28N, 72W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest that the
center was farther north than the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights: 70 kt
NE and 996 mb at 30.0N, 73.1W at 12 UTC (COA);  45 kt ESE and 981 mb at
28.3N, 70.5W at 18 UTC (MWR).  Regarding the track, "...a great HIGH was
bearing down from the north and under its influence the storm, which had
lost considerable intensity while crossing Florida, was forced to take a
new path to the east-southeast..." (MWR).

October 28:  HWM indicates a closed low with at most 995 mb at 27.5N, 69W,
with a cold front extending south and west.  HURDAT listed this as a
strong extratropical storm at 27.2N, 68.0W at 12 UTC.  However, available
observations suggest that in reality no fronts existed at this time near
the storm.  The MWR "Summary of the Hurricanes of 1919, 1920, and 1921"  
shows a center near 27.5N, 69W (a.m.).  The MWR Tracks of Lows indicates a
center near 27.5N, 69W (a.m.) and near 27.5N, 66.5W (p.m.).  Available
observations indicate that the MWR "Summary" position may be a better fit
than the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  35 kt SW and 979 mb at 27.2N,
68.7W at 00 UTC (COA);  60 kt ship report five times (NCDC).

October 29:  HWM indicates a closed low with at most 1000 mb at 26.5N,
64.5W, with a cold front extending to the south of the storm and a warm
front extending to the east of the storm.  HURDAT listed this as a strong
extratropical storm at 27.2N, 63.0W at 12 UTC. However, available
observations suggest that in reality no fronts existed at this time near
the storm.  Available observations suggest that the center was farther
south and west of the HURDAT estimates.  Ship highlights:  35 kt N at
27.2N, 68.0W at 12 UTC (HWM); 35 kt WSW at 24.1N, 64.3W at 12 UTC (HWM);  
30 kt WNW and 1001 mb at 23.5N, 64.5W at 08 UTC (COA);  30 kt ENE and 1001
mb at 29.5N, 59.5W at 20 UTC (COA).

October 30:  HWM indicates a large extratropical storm centered near
38.5N, 48.5W with a strong cold front extending to the southwest. This
system absorbed the tropical cyclone earlier on the 30th.  Ship highlight:  
45 kt NE and 1004 mb at 29.5N, 59.5W. at 00 UTC (COA); 30 kt and 1002 mb
at 34.4N, 41.4W at 06 UTC (COA).

Minor track changes are introduced for the duration of the the hurricane. This
system is retained as a tropical cyclone for an additional day and a half
as indicated by available ship observations before transitioning into an
extratropical storm.  Storm track is extended an extra 6 hours on the 30th to
better match available observations showing that this system was absorbed into
a larger extratropical cyclone around 12 UTC on the 30th and also to provide
a more realistic translational velocity at the end of the storm.  No changes
are made to the intensity for the cyclone's first three days.  The 
997 mb peripheral pressure on the 21st (adjusted from 993 mb raw)  suggests 
winds of at least 53 kt from the southern pressure-wind relationship.  55 kt is
retained in HURDAT for 18 UTC on the 21st.  Late on the 22nd, Swan Island 
reported 70 kt SW (~20 UTC) and 989 mb minimum pressure (~16 UTC).  The 70 kt 
converts down to 57 kt after adjusting for the high bias of the instrument and 
adjusting to a peak 1 min wind (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 
1996).  The 989 mb peripheral pressure suggests winds of at least 66 kt from 
the southern pressure-wind relationship.  80 kt is retained in HURDAT for 
18 UTC on the 22nd.  At 22 UTC on the 23rd, a 941 mb pressure in the eye was
measured, which suggests winds of 118 kt from the southern wind-pressure
relationship.  120 kt is thus chosen for HURDAT, an increase from the original
value of 100 kt at 18 UTC on the 23rd.  At 03 UTC on the 25th, a 943 mb 
pressure in the eye was measured, which suggests winds of 117 from the Gulf of 
Mexico pressure-wind relationship. The new Brown et al. (2006) pressure-wind 
relationships suggest 118 kt and 112 kt for the south and north of 25N 
latitude, respectively.  With the central pressure observation occuring 
near 25N, a constant intensity of 120 kt is therefore retained through 00 UTC 
and then reduced to 115 kt at 06 UTC.  Another ship went through 
the eye around 1520 UTC on the 25th and measured a pressure of at 
most 958 mb.  However, based upon lower pressure observed later at landfall in 
Tarpon Springs with a longer calm period, this measurement is probably biased 
high relative to the central pressure at that time.  The difference may be due 
to an incorrectly calibrated barometer, the ship not passing through the center
of the eye, a measurement taken while not in while in the center of the eye, or
some combination of the preceding.  

The hurricane made landfall in southwest Florida with a central
pressure of 952 mb measured in Tarpon Springs at 1940-2040 UTC on the 25th.
952 mb suggests winds of 108 kt from the Gulf of Mexico pressure-wind 
relationship.  The new Brown et al. (2006) pressure-wind relationship suggests
103 kt from the north of 25N associations.  Schwerdt et al. (1979) suggested an 
environmental pressure of 1006 mb, maximum 1 min surface wind at the coast of 
98 kt, suggesting a low end Category 3 hurricane.  Ho et al. analyzed a 
landfall position of 27.9N, 82.8W with a 952 mb central pressure and an RMW of 
18 nmi.  Such an RMW is close to the average value for that latitude and 
central pressure (Vickery et al. 2000), thus 105 kt is chosen for intensity at 
landfall, making the storm a Category 3.  This is in agreement with 
HURDAT, Neumann et al., and Jarrell et al.  Highest observed winds for this 
system from Tampa at 1918 UTC on the 25th were 59 kt, which converts to 49 kt 
after adjustment. However, the landfall position from Ho et al. is too far
south given the clearcut eye passage over Tarpon Springs.  A landfall position
of 28.1N 82.8W is used instead, which retains the original HURDAT position
at 18 UTC on the 25th.  Peak observed winds after landfall within two hours of 
the 00 and 06 UTC synoptic times on the 26th were 50 kt and 45 kt from ship 
observations in the Gulf of Mexico.  (Highest land based winds were 49 kt 
around 00 UTC [Jacksonville] and 37 kt around 06 UTC [Charleston and 
Savannah].)  A run of the Kaplan-DeMaria inland decay model suggests winds of 
78 and 70 kt at 00 and 06 UTC, respectively.  Winds in HURDAT are reduced from 
85 to 80 kt at 00 UTC and 80 to 70 kt at 06 UTC, accordingly.  (The winds 
could have been reduced even further; however, due to the dearth of station
data, higher winds might have possibly occurred.)  For the Florida regional 
breakdown, the hurricane is considered a Category 3 impact in Southwest Florida
(BFL3), a Category 2 impact in Northwest Florida (AFL2), and Category 1 impact
in Northeast Florida (DFL1) and in Southeast Florida (CFL1).  

After passing back over the Atlantic, a 988 mb peripheral pressure observation 
at 19 UTC on the 26th suggests winds of at least 66 kt from the
subtropical pressure-wind relationship.  75 kt is retained in HURDAT for
18 UTC on the 26th.  Available observations on the 27th and early on the
28th suggest that the hurricane did not reattain Category 2 intensity.  
Winds are reduced from 85 kt down to 75 kt on the 27th and 28th,
accordingly.  On the 28th, 979 mb and 984 mb peripheral pressures were
measured from ships.  These suggest winds of at least 76 and 71 kt,
respectively.  75 kt is chosen for HURDAT, which is a slight increase from the
original database.  Available observations indicate a weakening of the
system late on the 29th and on the 30th as it was being absorbed by a
larger extratropical low.


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1921/07 - 2009 ADDITION:

22826 11/19/1921 M= 7  7 SNBR= 524 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22827 11/19*209 650  25    0*212 660  25    0*215 670  30    0*218 680  30    0
22827 11/20*221 690  30    0*223 700  35    0*225 710  35    0*227 720  40    0
22827 11/21*228 729  40    0*229 737  45    0*230 745  50    0*229 752  50    0
22827 11/22*228 758  45    0*227 765  45    0*225 775  40    0*223 788  40    0
22827 11/23*222 803  35    0*221 815  35    0*220 825  30    0*220 834  30    0
22827 11/24*221 843  30    0*223 852  30    0*225 860  25    0*227 864  25    0
22827 11/25*229 865  25    0*232 865  25    0*235 865  25    0*240 865  25    0
22828 TS  

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database and the _Monthly Weather Review_.  

November 19:  The Historical Weather Map does not indicate any significant
features in the vicinity of this system.  The Monthly Weather Review's
Track of Centers of Low Areas indicate a center near 22N 68.5W (p.m.) with
a pressure of 1009 mb.  Available observations suggest that a tropical cyclone 
had formed on this date and was near 21.5N 67W at 12 UTC.  No gale force winds 
(or equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "On the 19th there was a LOW near
Porto Rico that moved westward with all the characteristics of a tropical
hurricane, which was most unusual for so late in the season" (MWR).

November 20:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a weak trough along 72W
with a cold front situated over the Florida peninsula to the Carolinas.
The Monthly Weather Review's Tracks of Centers of Low Areas indicate a center
near 22.5N 71.5W with 1009 mb pressure (a.m.) and near 22.5N 73W (p.m.).
Available observations suggest a center was near 22.5N 71W at 12 UTC.
Ship highlights:  35 kt SE and 1011 mb at 21.5N 64.5W at 08 UTC (COA);
35 kt E and 1013 mb at 21.5N 63.5W at 12 UTC (COA).

November 21:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a trough/cold front
boundary extending from Cuba northeastward across the Bahamas to west 
of Bermuda.  The Monthly Weather Review's Tracks of Centers of Low Areas 
indicate a center near 21.5N 74.5W (a.m.) and near 22.5N 76.5W (p.m.).
Available observations suggest a center was near 23N 74.5W at 12 UTC.
Ship highlights:  50 kt NE (no time) and 30 kt NE and 1007 mb (no time)
at 23.7N 74.4W from the S.S. Mexican (MWR); 45 kt NE and 1012 mb at 12 UTC
at 25.9N 75.7W (COA).

November 22:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a trough of low 
pressure over the western Bahamas and central Cuba with a dissipating
cold front extending northeastward toward Bermuda.  The Monthly Weather 
Review's Tracks of Centers of Low Areas indicate a center 22.5N 78W
(a.m.) and 23N 80.5W with 1009 mb (p.m.).  Available observations
suggest a center near 22.5N 77.5W at 12 UTC.  Ship highlights:  35 kt ENE
at 24.7N 80.6W at 05 UTC (COA); 35 kt NNE and 1014 mb at 24.2N 82.2W
at 12 UTC (COA); 35 kt NE and 1013 mb at 25.2N 80.2W at 22 UTC (COA).

November 23:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a trough of low
pressure over western Cuba.  The Monthly Weather Review's Tracks of Centers 
of Low Areas indicate a center near 23N 82.5W and 1009 mb (a.m.) and
23N 85W (p.m.).  Available observations suggest a center near 22N 82.5W
at 12 UTC.  Ship highlights:  35 kt NE and 1009 mb at 25.2N 80.2W at 00 UTC
(COA).  Station highlights:  36 kt NE at Sand Key (MWR).  "On the 23rd
and 24th the center was in the western Caribbean Sea, and on the
latter date in began to fill in, as by the 25th it had practically
disappeared.  This was a moderate depression and limited in extent,
as only one of the many vessels that were in its path reported
winds of gale force" (MWR).

November 24:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a weak trough north
of the Yucatan of Mexico.  The Monthly Weather Review's Tracks of Centers of 
Low Areas indicate a center near 23N 87.5W (a.m.).  Available observations
suggest a center near 22.5N 86W at 12 UTC.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.

November 25:  The Historical Weather Map indicates a weak trough north
of the Yucatan of Mexico.  Available observations suggest a center was
near 23.5N 86.5W.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were
observed.
 
This tropical cyclone formed early on the 19th of November east of
the Turks and Caicos Islands, though observations were sparse in this
location.  Genesis occurred with no suggestions of interactions with
a frontal boundary or baroclinic forcing.  The analyzed track is
nearly due west for the first five days of its lifetime with a slow
turn to the northwest as it was decaying over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Several observations from the 20th through the 23rd indicate that 
tropical storm intensity of this system was reached.  Data from
the S.S. Mexican on the 21st are the reason for analyzing a peak
intensity of 50 kt.  Highest observed winds at a land station were
36 kt sustained in Sand Key, FL on the 23rd.  The cyclone did interact 
with the tail end of a frontal boundary on the 21st and 22nd, but it 
appears that the cyclone was well south of the main baroclinic zone of 
this front and that the cyclone remained a separate entity throughout its 
lifetime.  Analyses from Cuban meteorologists at the time (Ramon Perez, personal 
communication, 2008) suggested that this system was a tropical depression at 
landfall in Cuba.  The observed gales were located well-removed from the center 
northwest of the cyclone, suggesting that the system had some subtropical storm 
characteristics.  At landfall in Cuba late on the 22nd, the cyclone’s peak winds 
had weakened to around 40 kt, primarily occurring in the Florida Straits and 
the Keys.  The system continued to weakened after passing through Cuba and it is 
estimated to have dropped to tropical depression intensity on the 23rd and 
dissipated late on the 25th.  No significant impacts of this cyclone were observed 
in the Bahamas, Cuba or Florida.


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1921 - Additional Notes – 2009 ADDITION:

1) This cyclone had its origins as an extratropical storm along a 
pre-existing frontal boundary on the 25th of March.  By the 28th and 29th,
the system occluded and may have gained some tropical (or subtropical)
cyclone characteristics.  The cyclone weakened below gale force by late 
on the 29th and was absorbed by a frontal boundary from a large extratropical 
cyclone early on the 30th.  However, the cyclone remained very large, with
little evidence of strong, or strengthening, winds near the center.  Also
an isothermal analysis also seems to support primarily a baroclinic system
throughout its lifetime.  Thus the cyclone is not included into HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Mar. 25  37N  43W      Extratropical Low
Mar. 26  34N  41W      Extratropical Low
Mar. 27  30N  43W      Extratropical Low
Mar. 28  33N  47W      Extratropical Low - Occluded
Mar. 29  36N  52W      Extratropical Low - Occluded
Mar. 30  --N  --W      Absorbed


2) The Historical Weather Maps show a cold front that moves into 
the Gulf of Mexico on 14 May.  The front becomes stationary
by the 16th as a closed low formed along the front in the eastern
Gulf of Mexico.  The cyclone - which did not exhibit any gales during
its duration - weakened on the 17th.  It appears that the cyclone
remained baroclinic throughout its lifetime, so it is not added
into HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
May  14  --N  --W      Cold front in Gulf of Mexico
May  15  --N  --W      Cold front in Gulf of Mexico
May  16  27N  84W      Extratropical low
May  17  27N  85W      Extratropical low (closed?)


3) The "Tracks of Centers of Low Areas" in _Monthly_Weather_Review_ (MWR)
for June 1921 indicate a system moving northeast from the Northwestern
Caribbean on 1 Jun across Cuba early on 2 Jun.  It continued ENE through
the central Bahamas, turning towards the north on the 4th and passing
about 150 km west of Bermuda on the 5th before turning back to the right
early on the 6th.  COADS and Historical Weather Map observations show some
evidence of a weak circulation with tropical characteristics nearly along
this track from the 1st through the 2nd, which then encounters an
approaching cold front on the 3rd.  Historical Weather Maps (HWMs) also
show an analyzed low pressure area in the Western Caribbean on the 1st
that is coincident with the MWR center position.  However, the track
diverges from MWR beyond that point, as the analyzed low lingers in the
Caribbean through the 4th before dissipating; and observations do not
support a closed circulation in this location beyond the 1st.  The HWMs
then show a weak analyzed low on the 5th and 6th nearly coincident with
the MWR positions that formed as a baroclinic wave along the frontal
system.  This low was analyzed until the 7th and then weakened as it
accelerated northeast towards Cape Race.  No gale force winds were noted
before the 6th, by which time the low was clearly extratropical.  Because
maximum wind observations were 20 knots and the lowest believable pressure
from a COADS ship observation was 1005 mb on the 1st, it was probably only
a tropical depression in the barotropic stage and is not added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Jun. 1   19N  85W      Tropical Depression
Jun. 2   23N  78W      Tropical Depression
Jun. 3   25N  73W      Tropical Depression (becoming extratropical)
Jun. 4   28N  66W      Extratropical Storm
Jun. 5   32N  67W      Extratropical Storm
Jun. 6   35N  62W      Extratropical Storm
Jun. 7   42N  55W      Extratropical Storm


4) Historical Weather Maps, COADS, and the July 1922 issue of
_Monthly_Weather_Review_ in the "Storms and Weather Warnings" section
suggest an area of low pressure formed in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico
northwest of Cedar Key on the morning of 5 July along a surface trough
axis oriented ENE-WSW.  The system moved slowly in a general westward
direction just south of the Gulf Coast as a distinct entity through 7
July.  It appears to have deteriorated to an open inverted trough on the
8th and 9th with no evidence of westerly or northwesterly winds, despite
maximum five-minute wind observations of 34 and 35 knots recorded at
Galveston and Corpus Christi, respectively, on the 8th and a COADS ship
observation of 25 kt at 28.9N and 91.6W on the 9th.  (Moreover, the two
gale reports convert to 30 and 31 kt, respectively, after accounting 
for the high bias of the instrument and adjusting from 5 min to a peak 
1 min (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 1996).  It is possible
that a closed circulation did exist on these dates, but that there were
not enough observations on the sound side of the system to be certain.  A 
closed circulation was again analyzed in the Historical Weather Maps on 
the 10th, as it moved inland near Galveston towards Houston.  The low 
then drifted northwest over north Texas on the 11th before dissipating.  
Since no ship or station observations reported gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure), it is considered to be only a tropical 
depression as a closed circulation and is therefore not added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Jul. 5   29N  84W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 6   28N  86W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 7   28N  89W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 8   ---  ---      Open Inverted Trough along ~92W (closed?)
Jul. 9   ---  ---      Open Inverted Trough along ~94W (closed?)
Jul. 10  30N  96W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 11  32N  98W      Tropical Depression (dissipating)


5) Historical Weather Maps (HWMs) indicate that a low pressure area formed
in a weakness that had developed in a westward extension of the Bermuda
high over southeast GA, northeast FL, and the Northeast Gulf of Mexico on
28 July.  The HWMs and COADS ship observations show that this system was
only a weak tropical depression, which moved slowly northward and made
landfall over Apalachicola on the morning of the 29th.  It then turned
towards the NNE and then NE on the 30th, moving over GA, and dissipated by
the 31st over the Carolina piedmont.  Maximum winds were 20 kt or less,
and the lowest ship and station pressure observations were 1013 mb on the
30th.  This system is consequently not added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Jul. 28  28N  85W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 29  30N  85W      Tropical Depression
Jul. 30  32N  83W      Tropical Depression


6) This system is depicted as an extratropical cyclone on the Historical
Weather Maps over the Atlantic north, then east of Bermuda from
September 8th through the 13th.  Genesis for this cyclone is begun on 
the 9th of September when the storm obtained a closed circulation distinct 
from the surface trough associated with a frontal boundary.  It appears that 
the system came closest to becoming a tropical storm (or subtropical storm) 
on the 9th and 10th, before becoming a strong extratropical storm on 
the 11th and 12th as it quickly moved westward across the North Atlantic.  
Because the cyclone apparently never fully lost its frontal characteristics, 
it will not be added into HURDAT.    

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Sep.  8  ---  ---      Frontal Boundary
Sep.  9  37N  67W      Extratropical Cyclone
Sep. 10  40N  57W      Extratropical Cyclone
Sep. 11  43N  40W      Extratropical Cyclone
Sep. 12  51N  23W      Extratropical Cyclone
Sep. 13  54N  16W      Extratropical Cyclone


7) The 23 September Historical Weather Map shows a low pressure system
analyzed in the western Bay of Campeche about 50 km northeast of Veracruz.  
The low formed that morning, as the surface pressure at Veracruz dropped 3
mb from the previous day to 1010 mb.  This system apparently moved
westward and was inland by the evening.  It produced large amounts of
rainfall over eastern and central Mexico.  By the morning of the 24th, it
had already dissipated over the mountains northeast of Mexico City.  The
maximum winds registered from Veracruz and a couple of COADS ship
observations were 25 kt.  Since no gale force winds were evident, the
lowest pressure reading was 1009 mb, and the low moved inland rather
quickly, this system was probably just a tropical depression and is not
added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Sept. 23 20N  95W      Tropical Depression


8) Historical Weather Maps and COADS data indicates that a closed cyclonic
circulation formed at the tail end of a decaying cold front in the Bay of
Campeche on 5 October.  The system, which was devoid of baroclinic
characteristics, moved inland towards the southeast and dissipated over
Central America by the morning of the 6th.  35 kt winds were reported
at Veracruz and Villhermosa on the 5th, but surface pressures at these
stations were 1009 and 1007 mb, respectively.  (Moreover, these convert to
only 30 kt, after accounting for the high bias of the instrument and 
adjusting from 5 min to a peak 1 min (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell 
et al. 1996).  A COADS ship observation at 21.0N and 97.3W shows a wind 
speed of 30 kt.  Since no observations gale force winds or equivalent in
pressure, this system is considered to be a tropical depression and is not 
added to HURDAT.  However, it could have potentially been a tropical 
storm.

DAY      LAT  LON      STATUS
Oct. 5   19N  94W      Tropical Depression


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1922/01 - 2009 REVISION:

22620 06/12/1922 M= 5  1 SNBR= 524 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22620 06/12/1922 M= 5  1 SNBR= 525 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
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22625 06/12*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*155 823  35    0*163 834  40    0
22625 06/12*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*155 823  25    0*163 834  25    0
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22630 06/13*171 843  40    0*178 853  40    0*183 862  40    0*188 871  35    0
22630 06/13*171 845  25    0*178 856  25    0*183 865  30    0*185 870  30    0
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22635 06/14*192 881  35    0*196 890  35    0*201 900  35    0*206 911  35    0
22635 06/14*187 876  30    0*190 885  30    0*195 895  25    0*201 908  25    0
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22640 06/15*210 924  35    0*215 938  40    0*220 950  40    0*227 960  45    0
22640 06/15*207 923  30    0*213 940  35    0*220 955  40    0*230 967  45    0
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22645 06/16*233 968  45    0*241 976  40    0*249 982  35    0*2751000  30    0
22645 06/16*240 977  45    0*250 986  35    0*260 995  30 1006*2701002  25    0
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22650 TS                    

Minor changes to the track and the intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).  
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

June 12:  Historical Weather Map and COADS data indicate that no closed
low was developed by this date, though easterly winds up to 30 kt were
observed in the northwestern Caribbean.  HURDAT listed this system as
a tropical storm at 15.5N, 82.3W at 12 UTC.  No gale force winds (or
equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "This disturbance seemingly had
its inception over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on the 12th, although
the indications were that it was of but minor intensity.  Nevertheless,
it caused torrential rains in the vicinity of the Swan Islands during the
12th and 13th" (MWR).

June 13:  The Historical Weather Map analysis showed no closed low
existed on this day.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at
18.3N, 86.2W at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" track plot
shows a center at 17.2N, 87.3W.  Available observations do confirm that
weak closed low existed just west of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force
winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "On the 13th there were
indications of an imperfectly organized disturbance in the Gulf of 
Honduras" (MWR).

June 14:  The Historical Weather Map analysis showed a broad low pressure of at
most 1010 mb region over Honduras and Nicaragua.  HURDAT listed this system as 
a tropical storm at 20.1N, 90.0W at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during
1922" track plot shows a center at 19.3N, 91.3W.  Available observations
suggest a center over Mexico southwest of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale
force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "During its 
movement westward through British Honduras and Yucatan, press reports
tell of torrential rains and unprecedented floods in Salvador, and it is
probable that similar conditions prevailed in the adjoining republics, but
confirmation of this statement is lacking" (MWR).

June 15:  The Historical Weather Map analysis showed no closed low in
the region.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 22N, 95W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" track plot shows a center
at 22N, 95.1W with a central pressure of 1003 mb.  The MWR Tracks of Lows
shows a center near 21.5N, 94.5W with 1003 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available 
observations indicated a possible center west of the HURDAT and MWR 
summary plot estimates.  Ship highlight:  10 kt ENE and 1006 mb at 
22.3N, 96.3W at 12 UTC (COA).  "The morning of the 15th meteorological
observations by radio fro vessels in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico
disclosed the presence of a disturbance of moderate intensity central
off the port of Tampico, Mexico" (MWR).

June 16:  The Historical Weather Map analysis showed no closed low in
the region.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 24.9N, 98.2W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" track plot shows a center 
over Mexico at 26.5N, 100W.  The MWR Tracks of Lows shows a center near
26N, 99.5W with 1009 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available observations indicate 
that a closed low did exist near the Tracks of Lows estimate.  Station 
highlight:  10 kt W and 1005 mb at Monterrey (HWM).  "The cyclone passed 
inland during the morning of the 16th immediately south of the Rio Grande"
(MWR).

June 17-23:  The tropical cyclone dissipated, but associated rainfall 
over the next couple of days resulted in destructive flooding in the 
lower Rio Grande valley from the 18th through the 23rd.  "[The cyclone] 
passed up the valley of that [Rio Grande] river, attended by excessive 
rains which resulted in unprecedented floods in the lower Rio Grande
valley ... The flood waters reached the Rio Grande first from the San
Juan, a tributary from Mexico entering the river just above Rio Grande
City, Tex.  The river rose at this station to 26.5 feet, a stage exceeded
by 0.3 foot the great flood of September, 1919.  A second rise caused by
water coming down the main channel of the Rio Grande took the stage at
Rio Grande City to 29.5 feet, 14.5 feet above flood stage, on June 22.
This is the highest stage reached at this station since 1909, when the
estimated stage was 30 feet.  The water that caused the record rises came 
into the river above Eagle Pass, where the river reached a stage of 45.6 feet
on the 19th, or 29.6 feet above flood stage.  The Southern Pacific and
International bridges were washed away, and stores and houses on the west
side of Commercial Street were damaged.  At Piedras Negras, the town on the
Mexican side of the river, several blocks of houses were destroyed.  The
crest moved rapidly downstream between high river banks with stage at 
Laredo of 43.9 feet, 15.9 feet above flood stages, on the 20th.  The flood
reached the lower Rio Grande while the river was still swollen by water from
the San Juan.  Tow crests moved toward the Gulf, but the flat nature of
the Lower Valley, with a fall of less than a foot to the mile, together
with the many levees built in recent years, caused the crests of the two
floods to merge into one, producing unprecedented conditions.  The crest
stage at Mission, Tex., was 28.4 feet, 4.4 feet above flood stage on the
23d ... The flooded districts ranged in width from 6 to 20 miles across
Hidalgo County; and 20 to 40 miles across Cameron County.  A corresponding
inundation occurred in Mexico ... It is estimated that 30,000 acres of
agricultural lands were inundated with loss of crops.  The was much damage
to levees, bridges, roads, irrigation systems, transportation lines, and
buildings of all kinds.  Many towns from the western border of Hidalgo
County to the Gulf suffered complete or partial inundation, with great
property losses ... Much damage would have resulted from the great overflow
at any time of the year, but the flood, coming as it did in the height of
the growing season, destroyed $2,000,000 worth of crops.  Another million
will have to be spent to repair levees, roads, buildings, and to put the
irrigation systems in working order.  Few, if any, lives were lost on the
American side of the Rio Grande, which is remarkable when the magnitude
of the flood is considered" (MWR). 

Genesis for this system is unchanged from that indicated in HURDAT,
though as a tropical depression rather than a tropical storm.
This is consistent with that shown also in the MWR "Hurricanes during
1922" track plot.  Track changes introduced for the duration of
this tropical storms were minor.  While no explicit gale force winds
were observed, a peripheral pressure of 1006 mb from a ship on the
15th suggests winds of at least 32 kt from the Gulf of Mexico pressure-
wind relationship - 40 kt retained in HURDAT.  A pressure (possibly a central 
pressure) of 1006 mb at Monterrey on the 16th suggests winds of at least 
32 kt - 30 kt chosen as the center was inland by this time.  (The sea 
level pressure value from Monterrey may be suspect because of its high
elevation, but the 6.4 mb drop from 12 UTC on the 15th to 12 UTC on
the 16th is consistent with a moderate tropical storm making landfall
on the coast.)  Only minor changes were made to the system during its
decay, but it is to be noted that the remnants of this tropical storm
caused one of the largest flooding events ever for the Lower Rio Grande
valley.


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1922/02 - 2009 REVISION:

22655 09/13/1922 M=14  2 SNBR= 525 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22655 09/13/1922 M=14  2 SNBR= 526 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
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22660 09/13*104 468  35    0*107 488  35    0*110 500  40    0*112 509  40    0
22660 09/13*104 468  30    0*107 481  30    0*110 493  30    0*112 505  35    0
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22665 09/14*116 519  45    0*120 529  50    0*126 540  50    0*134 552  55    0
22665 09/14*116 517  40    0*120 529  45    0*126 540  50    0*134 552  55    0
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22670 09/15*142 564  60    0*151 577  60    0*158 588  65    0*164 598  70    0
22670 09/15*142 564  60    0*151 577  60    0*158 588  70    0*164 598  80    0
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22675 09/16*170 609  80    0*176 619  85    0*181 629  90    0*187 639  95    0
22675 09/16*170 609  90    0*176 619 100    0*181 629 100    0*187 639 100    0
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22680 09/17*193 649 100    0*200 659 100    0*206 668 105    0*212 674 105    0
22680 09/17*193 649 100    0*200 659 100    0*206 668 105    0*212 672 105    0
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22685 09/18*219 679 105    0*225 681 110    0*232 682 110    0*240 682 115    0
22685 09/18*219 673 105    0*225 674 105    0*232 675 105    0*240 676 105    0
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22690 09/19*249 681 115    0*258 680 115    0*265 678 120    0*273 673 120    0
22690 09/19*249 677 105    0*258 678 105    0*265 678 105    0*273 676 105    0
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22695 09/20*279 670 125    0*286 665 125    0*292 660 125    0*299 655 130    0
22695 09/20*279 673 105    0*286 669 105    0*292 665 105    0*299 661 105    0
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22700 09/21*306 650 130    0*313 643 130    0*321 632 130    0*335 615 130    0
22700 09/21*306 657 100    0*313 653 100    0*323 648 100  960*336 638 100    0
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22705 09/22*358 590 130    0*382 564 125    0*400 540 115    0E412 523 105    0
22705 09/22*351 620 100    0*367 600  95    0*380 575  90    0*390 550  85    0
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22710 09/23E423 506  95    0E434 490  95    0E446 465  90    0E459 432  90    0
22710 09/23E400 525  80    0E410 500  75    0E420 475  75    0E435 445  75  971 
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22715 09/24E473 390  90    0E487 344  85    0E498 300  85    0E502 277  80    0
22715 09/24E455 400  75    0E475 344  75    0E490 295  75    0E500 260  75  952 
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22720 09/25E505 255  80    0E508 222  80    0E510 204  75    0E511 191  75    0
22720 09/25E505 230  75    0E508 200  75  939E510 175  75    0E510 158  75    0
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22725 09/26E511 176  70    0E511 158  70    0E510 140  70    0E509 101  70    0
22725 09/26E508 143  70    0E505 130  65    0E500 120  60    0E495 110  50    0
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22730 HR                    

Major changes to the track and the intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).  
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, _Monthly Weather Review_, Tucker (1995), and observations 
provided by Mark Guishard of the Bermuda Weather Service.

September 13:  The Historical Weather Map analysis indicates no closed
circulation on this date.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at
11N, 50W at 12 UTC.  Available observations do indeed suggest a closed
circulation was present near 11N, 49.3W.  
No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

September 14:  The Historical Weather Map analysis indicates no closed
circulation on this date.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a center
at 12.2N, 54.3W.  HURDAT lists this as a tropical storm at 12.6N, 54W
at 12 UTC.  Available observations do show a closed circulation near the
HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were 
observed.

September 15:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows a NE-SW
oriented trough extending from 17N, 58W to 12N, 65W.  The MWR "Hurricanes
during 1922" show a center at 14.9N, 58.4W.  HURDAT lists this as a
Category 1 hurricane at 15.8N, 58.8W at 12 UTC.  Available observations
suggest a center near the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "[The hurricane] originated in
low latitudes east of the Lesser Antilles, the French S.S. Mont Rose
encountering it about 200 miles east of Martinique.  This vessel received
slight damage" (MWR).

September 16:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted no closed
circulation or trough.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a center 
near 17.7N, 62W with a pressure of 1002 mb.  HURDAT lists this as 
a Category 2 hurricane at 18.1N, 62.9W at 12 UTC.  Available observations 
do confirm a closed circulation near the HURDAT position.  Station 
highlights:  70 kt NW and 968 mb pressure at Barbuda at 0530 UTC (MWR); 
calm wind (eye) at Barbuda at 0545 UTC (MWR).  "The next period began
with the reporting of a fully developed hurricane to the east of the
Windward Islands.  Moving northwest, this storm passed near Barbuda of
the Leeward group on the morning of the 15th of September (lowest
barometer reading 28.58 inches ... a very intense storm of small diameter,
which was noted at Barbuda and Bermuda" (MWR).

September 17:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted no closed
circulation or trough.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a center
near 21N, 64.9W.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 3 hurricane at 20.6N, 66.8W
at 12 UTC.  Available observations do indicate a closed center near the
HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  50 kt and 1004 mb at 22.2N, 67.1W (MWR).
September 18:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted no closed
circulation or trough.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a center
23.7N, 66.2W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows a center near
22N, 66W.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 3 hurricane at 23.2N, 68.2W
at 12 UTC.  Available observations do confirm a closed circulation 
existed east of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in 
pressure) were observed.

September 19:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted no closed
circulation or trough.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a center
26.1N, 66.4W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows a center near
25N, 67W.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 4 hurricane at 26.5N, 67.8W
at 12 UTC.  Available observations do confirm a closed circulation 
existed near the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in 
pressure) were observed.

September 20:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted an extratropical
cyclone near 31N, 75W with a warm front extending off to the east and a
warm front extending to the south and west.  However, HWM did not analyze
a closed low in the vicinity of the hurricane.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 
1922" show a center at 28.4N, 66.2W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones 
shows a center near 28N, 67W.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 4 hurricane 
at 29.2N, 66W at 12 UTC.  Available observations do confirm a closed 
circulation existed west of the HURDAT estimate.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.

September 21:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted an extratropical
cyclone near 32N, 71W with a warm front extending off to the east and a
warm front extending to the south.  However, HWM did not analyze a closed low 
in the vicinity of the hurricane.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" show a 
center at 31.8N, 64.4W with 1003 mb pressure.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of 
Cyclones shows a center near 32N, 64.5W.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 4 
hurricane at 32.1N, 63.2W at 12 UTC.  Available observations do confirm 
a closed circulation existed substantially west-northwest of the HURDAT 
estimate.  Ship highlight:  70 kt E and 967 mb at 32.1N, 64.8W at 12 UTC
(COA).  Station highlight:  70 kt NE-WNW-W at Bermuda at 1230-1330 UTC
(Tucker); 967 mb (near eye) at Bermuda 1240 UTC (Tucker); 965 mb and 15 kt at 
Bermuda at 1245 UTC (Guishard).  "After recurving the hurricane passed near 
Bermuda on the morning of the 21st (lowest barometer reading 28.57 inches)" (MWR).  
“Observations from Fort Prospect Observatory…8 to 8:10am worst period before the 
lull, the velocity estimated at over 100 mph…8:45 a.m. 28.51 inches, winds fell 
to 18 mph…from 8:45am onwards until 11am the wind continued at hurricane force, 
and only an estimate of the velocity can be given, at times during these gusts 
the velocity must have reached well over 100 mph” (Royal Gazette and Colonist Daily, 
Sep. 23, 1922 – provided by Mark Guishard).  "Early next [21st] morning the winds 
made up from E.N.E., the force gradually increasing till by 8 a.m. it had a 
velocity of one hundred and twenty miles an hour.  The North Shore [of Bermuda] 
presented a most magnificent spectacle with furious waters carrying rocks, several 
tons in weight, and tossing them like pebbles. The centre of the storm passed right 
over the islands, for at 9 a.m. came the lull, lasting nearly an hour.  But as is 
so often the case, when the winds of the second half of the storm sprang at the 
land, now from the southwest, it had renewed vigor.  And it was during this second 
half of the hurricane that most of the damage was sustained.  By early afternoon
the sun was shining brightly and all was over.  Short as this storm was,
it was most severe as the destruction it its wake mutely testified.  A great
deal more damage was done than by the hurricane of the previous year and
one fatality was recorded, -- that of a sailor from H.M.S. "Capetown" who
fell overboard at the Dockyard owing to all lights having been blown away ...
Vegetation suffered enormously, owners of banana plantations being among 
the heaviest losers.  Other damage was general and severe, -- the streets
were full of fallen trees, roofs were shattered, walls blown out, shutters
wrenched away.  The Bermuda Cathedral not only lost the Cross from the
western end, but the roof was damaged badly by its fall.  Along the Paget
short, all the wharfage was swept away, and the bungalows were blown off
White's Island into the Harbour.  The old City Hall on Front Street in
Hamilton was partly destroyed ... The tide was at its highest since 1899.
A normal tide rise it two to three feet, but with this hundred-and-twenty-mile
an hour hurricane behind it, it rose eight feet and flooded many houses around
the harbours, besides pounding down wharfage and frontage along the shores.
Flatts Bridge, and many roads, were under water.  On the South Shore, crested
waves of sixty feet in height formed a magnificent picture.  Between 8 and
9 a.m. a wind velocity of 120 m.p.h. was recorded at the Dockyard.  A scene
of desolation was left in its wake.  The dock in the Cambre was half-sunk
by the Dockyard authorities with H.M.S. "Capetown" inside.  H.M.S. "Valerian"
lost her after-mast, H.M.S. "Dartmouth" her foretopmast, while H.M.S. 
"Constance" broke adrift from her bowlines. ... Apart from private losses,
the Colonial Government was faced with a repair bill of some fifty thousand
pounds sterling consequent on this hurricane ... Part of a report on 
Hurricane of Thursday, 21st September at Bermuda, as set down in the
Record Book at H. M. Dockyard - ... The velocity of the wind during the
heaviest squalls (after the centre had passed) was estimated as being
somewhere between 110-120 mph" (Tucker).

September 22:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted an extratropical
cyclone near 37N, 68W with a warm front extending off to the east and a
warm front extending to the south.  However, HWM did not analyze a closed low 
in the vicinity of the hurricane.  HURDAT lists this as a Category 4 
hurricane at 40N, 54W at 12 UTC.  Available observations do suggest a closed
circulation existed substantially south and west of the HURDAT estimate.
Ship highlight:  35 kt SE and 1003 mb at 39.6N, 61.5W at 12 UTC (HWM);
35 kt ENE at 40N, 65W at 12 UTC (HWM).  "[The hurricane] continued
northeastward into the steamer lanes and was encountered by a large number
of vessels before reaching the English coast in a modified form ... the
storm enlarged its area enormously in the northern latitudes and retained
much of its vortical energy" (MWR).

September 23:  The Historical Weather Map analysis depicted an extratropical
cyclone of at most 1005 mb at 43.5N, 48W with a warm front extending to the 
east and a cold front extending down to the south and west.  This system is the
hurricane, which by this time has become baroclinic in structure.  HURDAT lists 
the system as an extratropical cyclone at 44.6N, 46.5W at 12 UTC.  Available
observations suggest that the center was south and west of the HURDAT
estimate.  Ship highlights: 70 kt at 43.3N, 44.7W (MWR); 971 mb central
pressure at 43.3N, 44.7W at 16 UTC (MWR).

September 24:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows an extratropical
cyclone of at most 985 mb at 50N, 29W with a warm front extending to the east 
and a cold front extending to the south.  HURDAT lists the system as an 
extratropical cyclone at 49.8N, 30W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest 
that the center was south and east of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  
70 kt N at 49.7N, 29.7W (MWR); 70 kt WNW and 968 mb at 49N, 21W at
23 UTC (MWR); 25 kt ESE and 952 mb (possible central pressure) at 50N, 23.8W
at 17 UTC (MWR).

September 25:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows an occluding 
extratropical cyclone of at most 975 mb at 50N, 19W with an occluded front 
extending to the east.  HURDAT lists the system as an extratropical cyclone at 
51N, 20.4W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the center was east 
of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  70 kt SW and 956 mb at 02 UTC (MWR); 
50 kt SSE and 944 mb at 51.2N 19.0W at 06Z (MWR).  "From the 24th to the 26th...
the storm developed into one of the most violent encountered in years.  Especially 
interesting was the newspaper account of the experience of the Cunard liner 
Aquitania which was evidently near the center on the 25th.  Some idea of the force 
of the sea can be gathered by the fact that 10 ports on the "B" deck 50 feet above 
the water line were smashed in, and 40 feet of the teak-wood coping which inclosed 
the windows on the shelter dec, 50 feek above the water line, were swept away" (MWR).

September 26:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows an occluded
extratropical cyclone of at most 985 mb at 52N, 13W with an occluded front 
extending to the north and east.  HURDAT lists the system as an extratropical 
cyclone at 51N, 14W at 12 UTC.  Available observations suggest that the center 
was south and east of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  70 kt W and
986 mb at 47.5N, 14.5W at 01 UTC (COA); 70 kt W and 989 mb at 47.5N, 14.5W
at 05 UTC (COA); 45 kt S and 974 mb at 49.5N, 10.5W at 13 UTC (COA).
Station highlight: 35 kt S and 992 mb at Skokholm Island at 12 UTC (HWM);
10 kt SE and 982 mb at Valencia Island at 12 UTC (HWM).

No change was made in the genesis of this hurricane, though the transition
from tropical depression to tropical storm was delayed 18 hours based upon
substantial ship observations found on the 13th.  Minor track changes
were made on the 13th-14th, the 17th-20th, and the 24th.  Larger track
alterations were made on the 21st-23rd and 25th-26th based upon available
observations.  A peripheral pressure of 968 mb early on the 16th in Barbuda
suggests winds of at least 92 kt from the southern pressure-wind
relationship - winds are boosted from 85 to 100 kt at 06 UTC.  A near-eye
pressure of 967 mb from the Dockyard in Bermuda on the morning of the 21st
indicates a central pressure of about 960 mb.  960 mb suggests winds of
94 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - winds are reduced
from 130 down to 100 kt at 12 UTC.  In both cases, the winds were increased 
slightly above the suggested pressure-wind relationship because of the 
smaller than usual size of the hurricane.  It is noted that the 120 mph 
(104 kt) "recorded" in Bermuda was actually a visual estimate rather than
an anemometer reading.  Nevertheless, it is consistent with a major
hurricane (Category 3) passing over a portion of Bermuda.  It is analyzed
that the hurricane became a very vigorous extratropical storm early on
the 23rd.  A central pressure reading of 971 mb on 16 UTC on the 23rd
suggests winds of 81 kt from the northern pressure-wind relationship - 
winds are reduced from 90 to 75 kt at 18 UTC as the system had already 
transitioned to an extratropical storm structure and would have weaker
winds for the same pressure.  The winds are then kept at 75 kt from the 23rd until 
the 25th, as the system maintained itself as a strong extratropical low.  
The system finally weakened to below hurricane-force winds on the 26th as it began 
impacting Great Britain. This hurricane is one of the strongest on record to have 
directly impacted Bermuda, in this case as a Category 3 with maximum sustained winds 
of about 100 kt.


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1922/03 - 2009 ADDITION:

22826 09/18/1922 M= 7  3 SNBR= 527 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22827 09/18*288 794  30    0*289 792  30    0*290 790  35    0*291 787  35    0
22827 09/19*292 785  40    0*293 782  40    0*295 780  45    0*297 778  50    0
22827 09/20*299 776  55    0*302 773  60    0*305 770  65    0*308 765  70    0
22827 09/21*312 760  70    0*316 755  70    0*320 750  70    0*323 745  70    0
22827 09/22*326 740  70    0*330 735  70    0*335 730  70    0*343 722  65    0
22827 09/23*355 712  60    0*366 700  55    0*375 690  50    0*381 684  45    0
22827 09/24*385 682  40    0*383 681  35    0*390 680  35    0*392 680  35    0
22827 09/25E394 680  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22828 HR 

This is a new hurricane, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, the _Monthly Weather Review_, and Tannehill (1952).

September 17:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a cold front 
stretching across Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico.  No low center
is shown.

September 18:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a frontal boundary
extending from the northeast Gulf of Mexico, across Florida, then off toward
Bermuda.  No low center is shown, though the cold and warm fronts intersect
near 30N 78W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones analyzed positions
of 27N 82W and 1012 mb pressure (17th PM), 29N 80W 1013 mb (18th AM), 
30N 79W 1011 mb (18th PM).  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure)
were observed.  "In September a disturbance moved from the Gulf into Florida
near Tampa on the 17th and into the Atlantic.  It was of slight force" 
(Tannehill).  "Another [disturbance] developed off the east Florida coast,
the first evidences of it appearing the morning of the 18th...This disturbance
increased in intensity and moved slowly northwestward during the 18th" (MWR).

September 19:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a frontal boundary
extending from the northeast Gulf of Mexico, across Florida, then off toward
Bermuda.  No low center is shown, though the cold and warm fronts intersect
near 29N 77W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones analyzed positions
of 31N 78W and 1009 mb pressure (19th AM) and 31.5N 76.5W (19th PM).  Ship
highlights:  numerous 35 kt winds.  Station highlights:  36 kt N wind at
Jacksonville (MWR).  "On the morning of the 19th its center was near 30N
and longitude 78W, and moving more to the northward, but slowly" (MWR).

September 20:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a closed low of
at most 1010 mb near 31N 76W with a warm front extending east of the low
and a cold front extending southwest of the low.  The MWR Tracks of
Centers of Cyclones analyzed the cyclone as stationary on the 20th 
at 31.5N 76.5W.  Ship highlights:  60 kt SE and 1010 mb from the Paloma
at 06Z at 31.2N 76.7W (MWR); 30 kt N and 1003 mb at 12Z at 30.8N 79.2W
(COA).  "From its position on the 19th this disturbance advanced north and
then northeastward and passed off Cape Hatteras in an easterly direction
on the 22d" (MWR).

September 21:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a closed low
of at most 1005 mb near 31N 71W with a warm front extending east of the
low and a cold front extending southwest of the low.  The MWR Tracks of
Centers of Cyclones analyzed the low at 33N 74.5W with 1001 mb (a.m.)
and 34N 73W with 1000 mb (p.m.).  Ship highlights:  60 kt NE and 1007 mb
at 12Z at 36.5N 73W (COA); 50 kt N and 998 mb at 12Z at 32.4N 76.9W (COA).
Station highlights: 43 kt N at Hatteras (MWR); 42 kt NE at Atlantic City 
(MWR).  "No observations have been received of the lowest barometer readings
in the immediate center of this disturbance, but the fact that winds of
hurricane velocity occurred off the North Carolina coast would lead to 
the supposition that the disturbance was one of major intensity, but not
actually of tropical orgin.  So far as known no American vessels were 
destroyed in either of these disturbances.  It is a fact of importance,
however, that the Diamond Shoals Lightship was blown 12 miles from its
moored position by the second of these disturbances" (MWR).  "From the 18th
to the 22d there was a second tropical storm...This was central on the 18th
near latitude 29N, longitude 79W, and moved slowly northeastward until
the 22d, when the center was near latitude 35N, 70W.  It was only natural
that this disturbance should be confused with the one just described
[Storm #2, 1922], as on the 18th, 19th, and 20th the centers of the two
areas of low pressure were not far apart.  This disturbance, while of a
tropical nature was not fully developed, and no unusually low barometric
readings were reported" (MWR).

September 22:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a closed low
of at most 1005 mb near 34N 71W with a dissipating occluded front extending
northeast of the low, a warm front extending east of the occluded front,
and a cold front extending southwest of the occluded front.  The MWR Tracks
of Centers of Cyclones analyzed the low at 35N 70.5W with 1003 mb (a.m.)
and 36N 69W with 1002 mb (p.m.).  Ship highlights:  60 kt NE and 993 mb at
12Z at 33.3N 74W (COA).

September 23:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a closed low of
at most 1005 mb near 38N 68W with no frontal boundaries in the vicinity.
The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones did not analyze the system as a closed
low.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.  

September 24:  The Historical Weather Map series depicts a closed low of at
most 1005 mb near 40N 68W with an extratropical cyclone to the northeast 
of the system.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones did not analyze the
system as a closed low.  Ship highlights:  35 kt WSW and 1009 mb at 0Z at
33.4N 72.1W (COA); 15 kt ENE and 1004 mb at 16Z at 40.5N 67.5W (COA).

Despite the start of the track on the 17th by Tannehill, a closed low
first became evidence early on the 18th just east of the Florida peninsula.
The frontal structure depicted from the 18th until the 22nd does not
appear to be valid, as little to no temperature gradient is analyzed
near the system's center.  The cyclone is analyzed to have achieved
tropical storm intensity around 12Z on the 18th based upon numerous 
reports of 30 kt and the first report of gale force winds at 01Z on the 19th.
The cyclone slowly intensified on the 18th and 19th and the winds were
aided to some degree by the strong gradient to the north of the
storm in conjunction with a high pressure center over New England.  The
system slowly moved toward the northeast from the 18th through the 22nd.  
The ship the SS Paloma recorded winds of 60 kt SE near the center early
on the 20th.  A ship from COADS recorded winds 60 kt NE with 1007 mb at 12Z
on the 21st and then 60 kt NE with 993 mb at 12Z on the 22nd.  Using this
last observation, one can estimate a central pressure of about 987 mb.
This would suggest winds of 64 kt from the north of 25N pressure-wind
relationship from Brown et al.  With the high environmental pressures,
winds would be expected to be higher than the standard relationship.  Based 
upon these, it is estimated that the system reached minimal hurricane 
intensity from late on the 20th until the 22nd.  This is consistent with 
the statement in _Monthly Weather Review_ about "winds of hurricane force off 
the North Carolina coast", though no explicit data could be found that 
verified this.  The cyclone likely weakened as it moved closer to New England
on the 23rd, though little data was in the vicinity of the system on
that date.  The system was absorbed into an extratropical cyclone on 
the 24th, just southeast of New England.  The cyclone did cause sustained
tropical storm force winds in Florida, North Carolina, and New Jersey.
Given the influence of the strong gradient to the north of the cyclone
for a few days, the system did exhibit some hybrid characteristics.  
Additionally, this cyclone may have had some Fujiwara interactions with
storm #2, a strong but small hurricane that directly struck Bermuda.


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1922/04 - 2009 REVISION:

22775 10/14/1922 M= 9  4 SNBR= 527 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22775 10/11/1922 M=12  4 SNBR= 528 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
         **        **          ***

(The 11th to the 13th are new to HURDAT.)
22780 10/11*120 755  25    0*120 758  25    0*120 760  25    0*120 763  25    0
22780 10/12*120 765  25    0*120 767  25    0*120 770  25    0*122 772  25    0
22780 10/13*125 774  25    0*129 776  25    0*135 780  25    0*143 785  25    0

22780 10/14*164 804  35    0*167 807  35    0*170 810  35    0*172 811  35    0
22780 10/14*152 790  30    0*162 795  30    0*170 800  30    0*176 805  30    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

22785 10/15*174 813  35    0*176 815  35    0*179 817  35    0*182 820  40    0
22785 10/15*179 810  30    0*181 815  30    0*182 820  35    0*184 823  40    0
            *** ***  **      ***      **      *** ***          *** ***  

22790 10/16*185 823  40    0*188 826  45    0*191 830  50    0*194 834  50    0
22790 10/16*186 825  45    0*188 827  50    0*191 830  60    0*193 833  65    0
            *** ***  **          ***  **               **      *** ***  **

22795 10/17*198 839  60    0*201 843  65    0*204 848  75    0*207 853  85    0
22795 10/17*195 837  70    0*199 841  75    0*204 845  80    0*207 852  85    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **          *** 

22800 10/18*209 857  85    0*210 862  80    0*210 867  70    0*210 872  70    0
22800 10/18*207 859  95    0*206 866  95    0*205 873  85    0*205 879  65    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22805 10/19*211 878  70    0*209 885  70    0*208 890  70    0*207 895  70    0
22805 10/19*204 884  55    0*204 889  50    0*203 895  50    0*202 900  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22810 10/20*206 899  75    0*204 903  80    0*202 907  80    0*200 911  80    0
22810 10/20*201 906  60    0*200 913  65    0*198 918  70    0*196 921  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22815 10/21*198 914  80    0*196 918  70    0*194 921  65    0*191 924  35    0
22815 10/21*194 924  70    0*191 926  70    0*188 928  70    0*185 930  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22820 10/22*187 927  35    0*183 937  35    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22820 10/22*183 932  45    0*181 934  35    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***

22825 HR                    

Major changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).  
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical 
Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, _Monthly Weather Review_, 
the Original Monthly Records (for Swan Island), and Mexican station 
observations provided by Ricardo Prieto and Jorge Sanchez-Sesma.

October 11:  Historical Weather Map analyzed no significant features in
the vicinity of the system.  Available observations suggest a closed low
had formed near 12N 76W.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure)
were observed.  "Reports have come out of the Magdalena Department of
Columbia of a storm which swept that region during the 48 hours between
October 10 and 11, with great destruction to the banana plantations" (MWR).

October 12:  Historical Weather Map analyzed no significant features in
the vicinity of the system.  Available observations suggest a closed low
was near 12N 77W.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure)
were observed.

October 13:  Historical Weather Map analyzed an area of disturbed weather
near 14N 77W.  Aailable observations suggest a closed low was near 13.5N 78W.  
No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

October 14:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a broad low of at most 1005 mb
near 23N, 83W with a warm front extending to the northeast and a dissipating
cold front extending to the south.  The center analyzed in HWM is actually
storm #3.  HURDAT lists this system as a tropical storm at 17N, 81W at 12 UTC.
The MWR Hurricane during 1922 track chart notably did not show a center
on this date for storm #4.  Available observations indicate that storm #4
had a closed low near 17N, 80W and storm #3 was in existence nearby 
over western Cuba.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were
observed.  "On the 14th, falling barometer, wind shifts, and squally weather
were reported by a vessel immediately southwest of Jamaica" (MWR).

October 15:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a broad low of at most 1010 mb
near 20N, 79.5W.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 17.9N, 81.7W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR Hurricanes during 1922 track chart showed a center at
17.8N, 81.2W.  Available observations suggest a closed center just northwest
of the HURDAT estimate.  Station highlight:  19 kt W and 1005 mb at Swan 
Island at 21 UTC (OMR).

October 16:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1005 mb
at 19.5N, 82.5W.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 19.1N, 83W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR Hurricanes during 1922 track chart showed a center at
18.3N, 82.9W.  Ship highlights:  60 kt at 18.1N, 83.4W (MWR); 35 kt NW and
1001 mb at 18.1N, 83.4W at 2030 UTC (MWR).  Station highlight:  26 kt W and
1003 mb at Swan Island at 2015 UTC (OMR).  "In contrast to the preceding
disturbance [storm #3], this storm developed rapidly both in intensity and
area, becoming a severe hurricane by the 16th" (MWR).

October 17:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1000 mb
at 20.5N, 85W.  HURDAT listed this system as a Category 1 hurricane at 
20.4N, 84.8W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Hurricanes during 1922 track chart showed
a center at 19.1N, 84.9W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones showed a
center near 19.5N, 84W (a.m.).  Available observations indicate a center just 
east of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  60 kt ENE at 21.3N, 84.8W at 
12 UTC (COA);  35 kt WNW and 1000 mb at 18.6N, 83.3W at 00 UTC (COA);  40 kt E 
and 1000 mb at 21.2N, 84.7w at 12 UTC (HWM).

October 18:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1000 mb
at 21N, 86W with a dissipating cold front north of the low across the southern
Gulf of Mexico.  HURDAT listed this system as a Category 1 hurricane at 
21N, 86.7W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Hurricanes during 1922 track chart showed a
center at 20N, 87.1W with 984 mb central pressure.  The MWR Tracks of Centers
of Cyclones has a center near 20N, 87W with 984 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available 
observations indicate a center southwest of the HURDAT estimate, just inland
over the Yucatan of Mexico.  Ship highlights:  70 kt WNW and 996 mb at 
20.1N, 86.1W at 0030 UTC (MWR);  55 kt S and 984 mb at 20.2N, 87.1W at ~12 UTC 
(MWR).  Station highlights:  35 kt NW and 1008 mb at Peto at 12 UTC (HWM);  
30 kt N and 1004 mb at Progreso at 20 UTC (MEX).  "Moving at first west-
northwest it crossed the Yucatan Peninsula ... The governor of Quintana
Roo, eastern Province of Yucatan [ ] telegraphed that the entire coast had
been lashed by a severe storm, destroying property and crops and causing
some loss of life.  The islands of Mujeras and Cozumel, off the northeastern
coast of Yucatan, were reported to have been swept bare.  Newspaper
dispatches from Yucatan reported the foundering of several small
vessels" (MWR).

October 19:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1000 mb
at 20.5N, 89W over the Yucatan of Mexico with a dissipating cold front 
indicated west of the low and a stationary front shown northeast of the low.  
HURDAT listed this system as a Category 1 hurricane at 20.8N, 89w at 12 UTC.
The MWR Hurricanes during 1922 shows the low at 20.3N, 89.3W.  The MWR
Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows the center near 20N, 89.5W with 998 mb
pressure (a.m.).  Available observations indicate that the system was
southwest of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlights:  20 kt SSE and 999 mb
at 20.2N, 87.2W at 00 UTC (MWR);  45 kt NW and 1001 mb at 20N, 91.9W at
20 UTC (COA);  45 kt and 1001 mb at 19.7N, 92W at 23 UTC (COA).  Station
highlight:  40 kt N and 1000 mb at Campeche at 12 UTC (HWM);  40 kt ENE and
1001 mb at Progreso at 13 UTC (MEX).  

October 20:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 990 mb
at 19.5N, 91W just leaving the coast of Mexico.  HURDAT listed this system
as a Category 1 hurricane at 20.N, 90.7W at 12 UTC.  The MWR Hurricanes
during 1922 track chart shows the center at 19.2N, 92W.  Available 
observations indicate a center southwest of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship
highlight:  70 kt SE and 996 mb at 20.2N, 92.1W at 11 UTC (MWR).  Station
highlight:  52 kt NW at Veracruz (MWR).

October 21:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1005 mb
at 18.5N, 92.5W.  HURDAT listed this system as a Category 1 hurricane at
19.4N, 92.1W at 12 UTC.  Available observations indicate the center was
southwest of the HURDAT estimate, just offshore of Mexico in the Bay of
Campeche.  Ship highlight:  70 kt NW at 19.5N, 95.5W at 10 UTC (COA).  
"[The hurricane] was last charted on the 21st, decreased in energy and
modified in form after its passage across land areas, in the vicinity of
Frontera in the Province of Tabasco, Mexico ... The following press
dispatch from Mexico city, dated October 22:  Reports received here from
Vera Cruz, Progresso, Tampico, Tuxpan, and other reports indicated that
the storm which has swept the Gulf of Mexico in these regions during the
past few days has done considerable damage to shipping.  Several small
vessels were sunk.  the Ward liners Esperanza and Morro Castle are still
outside Vera Cruz unable to enter the harbor after having fought the
waves for two days" (MWR).

October 22:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1010 mb
near 21N, 94.5W.  HURDAT had dissipated the system by 12 UTC and had a
final position for it as a tropical storm at 18.3N, 93.7W at 06 UTC.
Available observations suggest that the system had indeed dissipated by
12 UTC over mainland Mexico near 18N, 94W.  Ship highlight:  35 kt NNE
at 19.5N, 95.5W at 02 UTC (COA).  "This storm dissipated after moving
inland, but heavy rains continued for a day or two longer over the
eastern States of Mexico" (MWR).

Genesis for this hurricane was begun three days later than originally 
indicated in HURDAT based upon available observations.  Otherwise, changes
in track for this system are relatively minor.  Intensity is adjusted
upward on the 16th based upon an observed 60 kt ship report.  (However,
the statement in MWR regarding "becoming a severe hurricane by the 16th"
does not appear to be corroborated with any observations.  Minimal
hurricane intensity, while achieved 12 hours earlier than that originally 
shown in HURDAT, is analyzed here to have occurred on the 16th at 18 UTC.)  
A peripheral pressure of 984 mb on the 18th suggests winds of at least 72 kt 
from the southern pressure-wind relationship.  The press reports from 
the eastern coast of the Yucatan of Mexico suggest that at least Category 2 
hurricane conditions impacted the region.  Winds are boosted to 95 kt 
(borderline Category 2/3 conditions) accordingly, though it is possible that 
this system achieved major hurricane status before landfall on the 18th. 
Winds are decreased after landfall on the 19th to tropical storm intensity, 
which is consistent with numerous ship and station observations 
available.  The system is analyzed to have regained hurricane intensity
early on the 20th based upon observed hurricane force winds from a ship
report.  Category 1 hurricane intensity is retained until landfall 
after 18 UTC on the 21st, six hours after that originally shown in
HURDAT.  Dissipation over the mountainous region of Mexico occurred
early on the 22nd, similar to that already shown in HURDAT.

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1922/05 - 2009 REVISION:

22735 10/12/1922 M= 6  3 SNBR= 526 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
22735 10/12/1922 M= 6  5 SNBR= 529 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                       *       ***                  *

22740 10/12*162 830  35    0*168 821  35    0*175 818  35    0*180 817  35    0
22740 10/12*165 845  25    0*165 842  25    0*165 840  25    0*167 837  25    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22745 10/13*186 817  40    0*192 818  40    0*198 820  35    0*205 824  40    0
22745 10/13*170 834  30    0*174 831  30    0*180 830  35    0*190 830  35    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***  **

22750 10/14*212 828  40    0*220 833  40    0*228 837  40    0*237 841  40    0
22750 10/14*202 830  35    0*215 830  35    0*228 830  35    0*242 834  40    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  

22755 10/15*248 845  45    0*258 849  45    0*266 853  45    0*273 857  45    0
22755 10/15*253 840  45    0*261 847  45    0*266 853  45    0*270 858  45    0
            *** ***          *** ***                           *** ***

22760 10/16*279 861  45    0*284 864  45    0*289 868  45    0*294 871  45    0
22760 10/16*273 863  45    0*276 868  40    0*280 872  35    0*286 875  30    0
            *** ***          *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22765 10/17*299 874  40    0*304 877  40    0*308 879  35    0*312 882  30    0
22765 10/17*293 877  30    0*300 878  25    0E308 879  25    0E316 880  25    0
            *** ***          *** ***  **     *                **** ***  **

22770 TS                    

Major changes to the track and minor adjustments to the intensity shown in 
Neumann et al. (1999), originally storm #3.  Evidence for these alterations 
comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
_Monthly Weather Review_, and Perez et al. (2001).

October 11:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows a substantial
frontal boundary stretching northeast-southwest across the northwestern
Caribbean Sea.  No closed circulation is yet present.  No gale force
winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

October 12:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows a stationary
frontal boundary stretching northeast-southwest across the northwestern
Caribbean Sea.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 19.8N, 82W
at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a position of 
17.2N, 82.2W.  Available observations indicate that the baroclinic zone
with the front was rather weak and that a closed circulation may have
existed west of the original HURDAT position.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.  "A slight disturbance [was noted] in 
the northwestern Caribbean on the 12th and moved northwest and north without 
gaining any great intensity, a sort of abortive hurricane" (MWR).

October 13:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows an extratropical
low centered near 20N, 82W with at most 1010 mb pressure with a warm front
extending to the northeast and a cold front extending to the south.
HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 19.8N, 82.0W at 12 UTC.  
The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a position of 19.1N, 82.8W. 
Available observations suggest that the front had weakened and that 
the cyclone was likely centered near 18N, 83W.  Ship highlight:  35 kt NE 
and 1016 mb at 24.8N, 78.9W at 12 UTC (COA).

October 14:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows an extratropical
low centered near 23N, 83.5W with at most 1005 mb pressure with a warm front
extending to the northeast and a cold front extending to the south.
HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 22.8N, 83.7W at 12 UTC.  
The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a position of 21.8N, 83.1W. 
The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows the system at 22N, 83W with
1009 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available observations suggest that the system 
exhibited a tropical storm structure and was centered just east 
of the HURDAT estimate.  Ship highlight:  25 kt S and 1005 mb at
24.6N, 83.4W at 23 UTC (MWR);  42 kt NE at 25.2N, 85.7W (MWR).  This
system is analyzed to be a tropical depression at landfall in Cuba, 
instead of a tropical storm as currently in HURDAT (Perez et al.)

October 15:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows a northwest to 
southeast oriented trough in the eastern Gulf of Mexico with a warm front
extending off to the northeast.  The southern end of the trough is 
associated with storm #4.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 
26.6N, 85.3W at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a 
position of 26N, 85.2W. The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows the 
system at 26.5N, 85W with 1006 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available observations 
do indicate that a closed low was present near the HURDAT estimate and that
it may have had a tropical storm structure, though some surface 
baroclinicity was still present. Ship highlights:  25 kt SSE and 1003 mb at 
23.5N, 81.5W at 09 UTC (COA);  42 kt W at 26N, 85.7W (MWR).  Station 
highlights:  42 kt S at Sand Key (MWR).

October 16:  The Historical Weather Map analysis shows a closed low of
at most 1010 mb near 28N, 87.5W with a warm front extending off to the
northeast.  HURDAT listed this system as a tropical storm at 28.9N, 86.8W 
at 12 UTC.  The MWR "Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a position of 
28.8N, 88.1W. The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows the system at 
28N, 86W with 1004 mb pressure (a.m.).  Available observations do indicate 
that a closed low was present southwest of the HURDAT estimate and that may
have had a tropical storm structure, though some surface baroclinicity was 
still present. No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

October 17:  The Historical Weather Map analyzes no closed low, but does
indicate a cold front extending over the northern Gulf of Mexico and
a warm front extending over the southeastern United States.  HURDAT listed 
this system as a tropical storm at 30.8N, 87.9W at 12 UTC.  The MWR 
"Hurricanes during 1922" chart gave a position of 31N, 87.8W. The MWR Tracks 
of Centers of Cyclones shows the system at 30.5N, 87.5W with 1013 mb pressure 
(a.m.).  Available observations possibly indicate that a closed low was present
near the HURDAT estimate, but it was being absorbed into the frontal
boundary.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.
"[The system passed] inland on the Gulf coast between Mobile and Pensacola
on the 17th" (MWR).

Genesis for this tropical storm is retained on the 12th, but as a tropical
depression.  Track changes introduced for the duration of this system 
were relatively small alterations.  While Perez et al. (2000) consider 
this system as causing less than tropical storm impact in Cuba on 
the 14th, minimal tropical storm intensity was retained based upon 
gale force winds recorded in the Florida Straits north of Cuba while 
the broad center of the system was still just south of Cuba. The 1005 mb
peripheral pressure on the 14th suggests winds of at least 34 kt from the
Gulf of Mexico pressure-wind relationship - 40 kt retained at 18 UTC.
1003 mb peripheral pressure early on the 15th suggests winds of at least
39 kt from the Gulf of Mexico pressure-wind relationship - 45 kt retained
in HURDAT.  The system weakened below tropical storm intensity in the
northern Gulf of Mexico late on the 16th before making landfall around
09 UTC on the 17th as a tropical depression.  Thus the XING category 
was changed from a "1" to a "0".  The system was absorbed 
within a new frontal boundary later on the 17th.  The cyclone did exhibit
some hybrid characteristics throughout its lifetime and in the modern
era may be been categorized as a subtropical storm.  

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1922 - Additional Notes – 2009 ADDITION:

1) The "Weather of North America and Adjacent Oceans" section in the May
1922 MWR reported that a ship encountered a "cyclonic" storm that had
impacted the coast of Columbia on 11-12 May. Historical Weather Map (HWM)
analyses do not display any circulation or anomalous cyclonic curvature in
the Caribbean during this time. However, a combination of HWM and COADS
observations shows evidence of a trough axis in the Southwestern Caribbean
oriented NNE-SSW along 79-80W on the 11th. A weak circulation then formed
on the 12th north of eastern Panama and it appears to have drifted slowly
NW without gaining strength before moving inland over southern Nicaragua
on the 15th. Since no gale force winds are evident and the lowest
pressure reading was 1008 mb on 12 May, this system is determined to be a
tropical depression and is hence not added to HURDAT. It is possible that
the depression existed before the 12th, but there are no available
observations showing a closed circulation.

DAY    LAT LON STATUS
May 12 10N 81W Tropical Depression
May 13 11N 82W Tropical Depression
May 14 12N 83W Tropical Depression
May 15 13N 84W Inland and Dissipating

2) The "Tracks of Centers of Low Areas" diagram in the June 1922 MWR shows
a low-pressure system moving ESE off the Carolina coast near Wilmington
late on 14 June and then east and ENE into the Western Atlantic to north
of Bermuda through the evening of the 15th. Historical Weather Maps and
COADS data show an a weak frontal boundary extending from KY through NC
and then ENE into the Atlantic with no apparent circulation on the 14th.
As the front moved south and the western extent decayed on the 15th, a
weak low formed to its south about 250 km east of Jacksonville. This low
appears to have acquired tropical characteristics, as ship observations
indicate only a marginal temperature gradient and warm SSTs. By the
morning of the 16th, the front had dissolved west of 72W, but the
residual, broad circulation moved east and was elongated about an
east-west trough axis. It then dissipated during the afternoon. Since no
gale force winds are evident and the lowest pressure was 1013 mb, it was
probably a weak tropical depression and is therefore not added to HURDAT.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
June 15 30N 79W Tropical Depression
June 16 30N 76W Tropical Depression


3) Historical Weather Maps (HWM) observations hint that a possible Cape
Verde low existed in the Eastern Atlantic at the end of July and beginning
of August. A combination of HWM and COADS data shows just an open
wave/shear line extending SSW of the Cape Verde Islands on 31 July.
However, on 1 August evidence exists of a weak tropical depression forming
about 325 km SW of the southern islands. The depression apparently moved
to the north on the 2nd and then NNE on the 3rd, where it was located
about 100 km south of Sao Vicente. Due to a lack of available
corroborating observations, its existence and status is inconclusive
beyond the 3rd. Since no gale force winds are present and the lowest
pressure reading was just below 1010 mb at Sao Vicente on the 3rd, it is
not added to HURDAT.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Aug. 1 13N 26W Tropical Depression
Aug. 2 14N 26W Tropical Depression
Aug. 3 16N 25W Tropical Depression


4) The "Tracks of Centers of Low Areas" diagram in the August 1922 MWR
shows a low-pressure system forming in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico on the
morning of 17 August. It tracked NE across north Florida on the 18th,
moved offshore and paralleled the U.S. East Coast on the 19th, moved over
Nova Scotia late on the 20th, and then crossed Newfoundland on the 21st at
increasing forward speed. HWM analyses only show open inverted troughs
over the Eastern Gulf and the Southeast U.S. coast on the 17th and 18th,
respectively, and no coherent feature on the 19th; a well-defined
baroclinic low embedded within a mid-latitude storm system is analyzed
though about 200 km east of Long Island on morning of the 20th. A
combination of HWM and COADS ship observations indicates that there was a
weak, broad cyclonic circulation over the Eastern Gulf on the 17th
elongated NE-SW. It moved on a path similar to the MWR low-centers track
and strengthened slightly before merging with the mid-latitude system and
becoming extratropical early on the 20th. It then deepened to 995 mb on
the 21st and accelerated northeastward to a final position about 450 km
SSE of the southern tip of Greenland on the 23rd. Peak winds were 25 kt
from multiple ships observations (COA) during the barotropic phase, except
for one 35 kt SSE wind reported at 12 UTC on the 19th at 32.5N, 77.0W.
Norfolk also reported a peak 5-minute wind of 30 kt S on the 19th, which
converts to 27 kt after accounting for the high bias of the instrument and
adjusting to a peak 1-minute wind value (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and
Powell et al. 1996). Because there is evidence of only a single
gale-force wind observation, this system is considered to be entirely a
tropical depression before merging and is not added to HURDAT. However,
it could have possibly been a minimal tropical storm from the 19th to
early on the 20th.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Aug. 17 27N 85W Tropical Depression
Aug. 18 28N 84W Tropical Depression
Aug. 19 32N 79W Tropical Depression
Aug. 20 35N 70W Extratropical Storm
Aug. 21 43N 56W Extratropical Storm
Aug. 22 52N 42W Extratropical Storm
Aug. 23 57N 39W Extratropical Storm


5) Historical Weather Maps show an inverted surface trough forming in the
vicinity of an old frontal wave off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Atlantic coast
on 2-3 September. A broad, weak circulation is hinted around the trough
axis initially as it moved slowly to the southwest. The trough then moved
across Florida on 6 September and then rapidly across the Gulf of Mexico
7-9 September. A combination of HWM and COADS observations suggests that
there was just a weakness with light winds on the 2nd in the western
extension of a surface ridge, south of the frontal boundary aligned east
of the Delmarva peninsula. However, a small cyclonic circulation,
centered about 200 km east of the NC Outer Banks, is apparent on the 3rd.
Although it was near the Gulf Stream and SSTs are near 26C, there was
still a slight meridional temperature gradient and peripheral pressures
were high. The system appears to have drifted southward on the 4th,
intensified slightly, and become totally barotropic. By the 5th, the
circulation was no longer discernible, but an open inverted trough
persisted from the Carolina coast across northeast FL and into the NE
Gulf. The observations support the trough moving SW on the 6th and then
westward through the Gulf without a closed circulation reforming, despite
a maximum 5-minute wind observation of 37 kt at Pensacola on the 6th
(which converts to 33 kt after accounting for the high bias of the
instrument and adjusting from a 5-minute to a 1-minute peak wind
[Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 1996]). Since there was only
a viable circulation on the 3rd and 4th with a peak wind of 25 kt S from a
ship (COA) at 34.4N and 71.8W and a minimum pressure of 1011 mb on the
4th, the system is classified as a tropical depression and is not added to
HURDAT. It could also be considered to be a hybrid system on the 3rd.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Sept. 3 36N 75W Tropical Depression
Sept. 4 35N 75W Tropical Depression


6) The Historical Weather Map analysis on 10 September shows an inverted
trough occurring within a weakness in the Bermuda High off of the U.S.
Southeast Coast, which was in phase with a tropical wave axis to the SSW.
Although this feature is not analyzed the next day, HWM and COADS ship
observations suggest that a small, concentrated cyclonic circulation with
barotropic attributes had formed on the 11th several hundred km east of
the GA and SC coastline. This circulation though is not present on the
12th, as it either had dissipated or was absorbed by a cold front that had
moved offshore the East Coast north of Jacksonville. Since the peak winds
were well below gale force and the lowest believable pressure readings
were 1013-1014 mb, this system is not added to HURDAT.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Sept. 11 320 760 Tropical Depression


7) A combination of Historical Weather Map and COADS ship observations
show a strong tropical wave had moved off the African coast and into the
Eastern Atlantic on the 19-20 September, while station pressures at Sao
Tiago and Sao Vicente in the Cape Verde Islands fell steadily fell during
this time. On the 21st, the observations suggest that a closed
circulation may have possibly organized to the ESE of the Cape Verdes.
This system intensified as it moved west on the 22nd and was near the
island of Fogo. By the 23rd, the system is no longer detectable due to a
lack of available observations, and its status and existence is therefore
inconclusive on and beyond this date. Peak wind speeds of 25 kt were
reported by ships (COA) on the 22nd at 01 UTC at 13.5N, 22.5W (southwest)
and at 12Z at 17.5N, 24.5W (east). Sao Tiago recorded a peak 35 kt S wind
at 12 UTC on the 22nd, which converts to 31 kt after accounting for the
high bias of the instrument and adjusting from a 5-minute to a peak
1-minute wind value (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 1996).
Since there was no other evidence of gale-force winds and the lowest
available pressure reading was 1010 mb at Sao Vicente on the 22nd, this
system is classified just as a tropical depression and is not added to
HURDAT. It though may have been a minimal tropical storm on the 22nd.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Sept. 21 15N 20W Possible Tropical Depression
Sept. 22 15N 24W Tropical Depression


8) The "Tracks of Centers of Low Areas" chart in the October 1922 MWR
shows a low-pressure system forming in the North Central Gulf of Mexico on
2 October and moving slowly westward until making landfall and dissipating
north of Corpus Christi on the morning of the 5th. MWR also reported that
a disturbance of "moderate intensity" had developed over the Gulf on the
2nd and moved slowly westward before weakening and dissipating on the 4th,
in which the lowest reported pressure was 1006 mb at Burrwood, LA and the
highest station wind observation was 28 kt at Pensacola (which converts to
25 kt after accounting for the high bias of the instrument and adjusting
from a 5-minute to a peak 1-minute wind value [Fergusson and Covert 1924
and Powell et al. 1996]). A combination of HWM and COADS observations
suggest that a tropical depression likely formed about 450 km south of
Panama City, FL on the 2nd and moved to about 500 km south of Mobile, AL
on the 3rd. While it appears to have continued westward on the 4th and
5th, there are no available observations on the south side confirming a
closed circulation. Therefore, it may have degraded to an open wave on
those days. The highest wind from a ship observation (COA) was 35 kt NE
at 18 UTC on the 2nd at 28.5N, 89.5W. In addition to Burrwood, the lowest
pressure from a ship observation was 1006 mb at 28.0N, 88.8W on the 3rd at
11 UTC, which would imply a 32 kt wind speed from the Gulf of Mexico
pressure-wind relationship. Since no other gale-force winds are evident,
this system is not added to HURDAT. However, it might have been a minimal
tropical storm on the 2nd and 3rd.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Oct. 2 26W 86W Tropical Depression
Oct. 3 26W 88W Tropical Depression
Oct. 4 26W 91W Possible Tropical Depression
Oct. 5 26W 94W Possible Tropical Depression


9) Genesis of this system began as an extratropical low developing along
a pre-existing frontal boundary on the 25th of October.  The baroclinic
nature of the cyclone diminished over the next two to three days.  By 
early on the 28th, the system is characterized as a tropical cyclone
(though today it may instead have been called a subtropical cyclone).
Gale force (35 kt) winds were present on the 26th while it was still an
extratropical cyclone.  (Available observations do not support the idea
presented in Monthly Weather Review that there were two separate systems - 
one from the 26th to the 27th and one from the 28th to the 30th.  Instead,
a single system occurred here which prescribed a slow clockwise loop
in the Gulf of Mexico between the 27th and 29th, which is very similar to
that shown in the MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclone plot.)  Pressure of
1002 and 1003 mb were observed from ships on the 28th and 29th.  However,
given that the environmental pressures were quite low, these do not
provide definitive evidence of gale force winds on those dates.  Peak
obseved winds over land of 37 kt for 5 min in Pensacola on the 29th adjust 
to 31 kt 1 min true winds after accounting for the high bias of 
the instrument (Fergusson and Covert 1924) and converting to 1 min 
(Powell et al. 1996).  The cyclone was close to (and may have been) a tropical
storm on the 28th and 29th.  The system weakened on the 30th and was
likely of most tropical depression intensity when it made landfall 
around late on the 30th between Mobile and Gulfport.  The last position for 
this system was early on the 31st, while dissipating over the Louisiana/
Mississippi border.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Oct. 25 25N 93W Extratropical Storm
Oct. 26 28N 91W Extratropical Storm
Oct. 27 27N 88W Extratropical Storm - Occluding
Oct. 28 26N 88W Tropical Depression
Oct. 29 28N 88W Tropical Depression
Oct. 30 29N 88W Tropical Depression
Oct. 31 --- --- Dissipated over Mississippi


10) Historical Weather Map and COADS observations suggest that a
low-pressure center formed in the western Bay of Campeche on 22 November.
It appears oriented along an unanalyzed trough axis stretching ENE-WSW
over the Gulf of Mexico that connects to a stationary front in the Florida
Straits (HWM). The low apparently moved ENE into the Central and Eastern
Gulf on the 23rd and 24th but was no longer discernible by the morning of
the 25th. Although three ships (COA and MWR) recorded at least gale force
winds on the 23rd and SSTs were 25-26 C, the gales were far removed from
the center and there was a substantial large-scale temperature gradient
over the Gulf. Given that the ambient temperatures were nearly isothermal
only in close proximity of the center, this system most likely had
experienced baroclinic cyclogenesis and is not added to HURDAT. However,
it may have been a hybrid.

DAY LAT LON STATUS
Nov. 22 21N 95W Developing Extratropical Storm
Nov. 23 23N 91W Extratropical Storm
Nov. 24 24N 86W Extratropical Storm


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1923/01 - 2009 ADDITION:

22826 06/22/1923 M= 8  1 SNBR= 530 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
22826 06/22*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*200 950  25    0*200 948  25    0
22826 06/23*200 945  25    0*201 943  25    0*202 940  25    0*203 937  25    0
22826 06/24*205 934  25    0*207 932  25    0*210 930  25    0*215 929  25    0
22826 06/25*222 929  25    0*230 928  30    0*240 925  30    0*255 919  35    0
22826 06/26*275 910  40    0*295 898  40    0*310 880  35    0*317 860  30 1006
22826 06/27*319 840  30    0*320 820  30    0*320 800  40    0*320 782  40    0
22826 06/28*320 765  45    0*322 750  50    0*325 735  50    0*330 720  45    0
22826 06/29E340 705  40    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22826 TS

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, the _Monthly Weather Review_, and the Original
Monthly Records station data.

June 22:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a broad low of at most 1010 mb
centered near the Mexican coast at 18.5N, 95W.  Available observations
suggest a center farther north near 20N, 95W.  No gale force winds (or
equivalent in pressure) were observed.

June 23:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1010 mb
centered inland in Mexico near 17.5N, 93.5W.  Available observations
suggest a center substantially farther northwest near 20.2N, 94W.  No gale
force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

June 24:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1007.5 mb
centered near 20N, 93.5W.  Available observations suggest a center 
north-northeast of that estimate near 21N, 93W.  No gale force winds (or 
equivalent in pressure) were observed.

June 25:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1005 mb
centered near 25N, 94W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows
a position near 28N, 91W with 1007 mb (p.m.).  Available observations
suggest a center southeast of the HWM estimate at 24N, 92.5W.  No gale
force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

June 26:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1010 mb
along the Mississippi-Alabama coastline near 30N, 88W.  The MWR Tracks of
Centers of Cyclones shows a center at 30.5N, 88.5W with 1009 mb (a.m.).
Available observations suggest a position at 31N, 88W.  Station highlights:
43 kt SW at 08 UTC and 17 kt W and 1008 mb at 1540 UTC at Pensacola (OMR).
"On the evening of the 25th...a disturbance of slight intensity [was] off 
the Louisiana coast.  The disturbance advanced east-northeastward during 
the night of the 25th and during the 26th it passed off the South Atlantic 
coast in the vicinity of Charleston.  It was attended by excessive rains over 
a narrow belt extending from the Louisiana coast eastward to the Atlantic coast 
and by winds of more than 40 miles an hour in the vicinity of Pensacola, Fla."
(MWR).

June 27:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1005 mb
along the South Carolina-Georgia coastline near 32.5N, 80W.  Also seen in
HWM is a developing extratropical cyclone north of the system with a frontal 
boundary extending along 37N.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows
a position of 32.5N, 81W with 1005 mb.  Available observations suggest
just south of the HWM estimate at 32N, 80W.  Ship highlights:  25 kt NW and
1002 mb at 32.1N, 80.4W at 12 UTC (COA);  35 kt WSW at 30.5N, 80W at
12 UTC (COA).  Station highlights:  1004 mb at Savannah at 1030 UTC (OMR);
1001 mb at Charleston at 2150 UTC (OMR).  "From the 26th to the 28th westerly 
to southerly gales were reported from the area between the Bermudas and 
Hatteras" (MWR).

June 28:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a closed low of at most 1000 mb
near 35N, 73.5W.  A complex extratropical cyclone was north and west of
the system with an associated frontal boundary stretching along 39N.  The
MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones no longer shows the system, though they
do identify two centers for the complex extratropical storm.  Available
observations suggest a center near 32.5N, 73.5W, substantially farther
south than the HWM estimate.  Ship highlights:  50 kt SW and 1005 mb at
29.8N, 74.8W at 09 UTC (COA);  45 kt S and 1000 mb at 32.1N, 72.3W at 11 UTC
(MWR).

June 29:  Historical Weather Map analyzed a cold front along the 
mid-Atlantic coast in conjunction with an extratropical cyclone centered
in New England.  The system appears to have been absorbed within the
strong southwesterly flow of the extratropical cyclone in advance of
the cold front.

Genesis for this new tropical storm is begun on the 22nd in the Bay of
Campeche.  The system - started as a tropical depression - drifted slowly
northeastward for three days with no change in intensity.  Organization
of the tropical cyclone increased on the 25th and 26th as it accelerated
north-northeastward.  The cyclone clipped the southeastern point of Louisiana
and moved inland over extreme southern Mississippi and Alabama.  It is
estimated that the cyclone made landfall over Louisiana's Mississippi
Delta around 05 UTC on the 26th.  Pensacola reported gale force winds for 
three hours (only gale force reported at the coast).  Their peak of 43 kt at 
08 UTC reduces to 36 kt true after correcting for the high bias of 
the anemometers of the era (Fergusson and Covert 1924) and adjusting from 
5 to 1 min winds (Powell et al. 1996).  The lowest pressure recorded along 
the coast was also at Pensacola with 1008 mb concurrent with 17 kt wind, 
suggesting about a 1006 mb central pressure at 1540 UTC.  Thus the system
was a low-end (about 40 kt) tropical storm at landfall in the Gulf coast.  
The system then turned toward the east weakened slightly over land.  It 
regained tropical storm intensity as it reached the Atlantic off of 
the Georgia-South Carolina coast just before 12 UTC on the 27th.  
A peripheral pressure of 1001 mb late on the 27th in Charleston 
suggests winds of at least 46 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind 
relationship - 45 kt chosen at 00 UTC on the 28th for HURDAT because of the 
quite low environmental pressures.  A peripheral pressure of 1000 mb at
11 UTC on the 28th suggests winds of at least 48 kt from the subtropical
pressure-wind relationship.  A 50 kt ship report was also recorded at
about this time, which supports the use of 50 kt for HURDAT at 06 and 12 UTC
on the 28th.  The system quickly became indistinct from the much larger
extratropical cyclone to its north and west and it likely lost its closed
circulation around 00 UTC on the 29th, if not earlier.  Thus it is indicated
to be extratropical in its last position at 00 UTC on the 29th.

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1923/02 - 2009 REVISION:

22830 08/30/1923 M=12  1 SNBR= 528 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22830 09/01/1923 M=10  2 SNBR= 531 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
      ** **        **  *       ***

(The 30th and 31st are removed from HURDAT.)
22835 08/30*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*247 690  35    0
22840 08/31*251 693  35    0*257 696  35    0*262 698  35    0*265 700  35    0
										   
22845 09/01*269 701  35    0*273 701  35    0*278 700  35    0*284 699  35    0
22845 09/01*294 730  25    0*297 722  25    0*300 715  25    0*303 708  25    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22850 09/02*290 698  35    0*296 696  40    0*302 692  40    0*308 688  40    0
22850 09/02*306 702  30    0*308 698  30    0*310 695  30    0*312 694  30    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22855 09/03*313 684  45    0*319 679  45    0*323 674  50    0*326 669  50    0
22855 09/03*313 694  30    0*313 693  30    0*315 690  30    0*319 682  35    0
                ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22860 09/04*328 664  55    0*330 659  55    0*332 653  60    0*334 645  60    0
22860 09/04*324 672  40    0*330 661  45    0*335 650  50    0*340 638  55    0
            *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22865 09/05*335 635  65    0*336 624  70    0*338 614  70    0*342 606  75    0
22865 09/05*344 623  60    0*348 610  65    0*352 600  70    0*356 592  75    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***  

22870 09/06*349 597  80    0*355 593  80    0*360 590  85    0*363 588  85    0
22870 09/06*359 586  80    0*362 582  80    0*365 580  85    0*367 579  85    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

22875 09/07*366 587  85    0*368 587  90    0*371 587  90    0*374 587  85    0
22875 09/07*369 579  85    0*370 580  90    0*371 580  90    0*371 580  85    0
            *** ***          *** ***              ***          *** ***  

22880 09/08*376 586  85    0*378 586  80    0*381 585  80    0*385 585  75    0
22880 09/08*371 581  85    0*372 583  80    0*375 585  80    0*380 587  75    0
            *** ***          *** ***          ***              *** ***  

22885 09/09*392 585  75    0*401 585  70    0*410 585  70    0*430 580  65    0
22885 09/09*387 589  75    0*395 590  70    0*405 588  70    0*418 582  65    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

22890 09/10E458 568  55    0*476 555  45    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22890 09/10E435 575  55    0E454 565  45    0E475 550  40    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***  **

22895 HR                    

Major changes to the track and minor changes to the intensity shown in
Neumann et al. (1999), originally storm #1.  Genesis for this cyclone was delayed 
two days compared to that originally in HURDAT.  Evidence for these alterations 
comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, and _Monthly 
Weather Review_.

August 30:  HWM analyzes no features of interest, near the HURDAT listed
it as a 35 kt tropical storm at 18 UTC at 24.7N, 69.0W.  Available 
observations indicate that no surface trough nor a closed low were yet 
present.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.
"There were indications furnished by abnormal wind directions, the evening
of the 29th that there was a disturbance some distance to the eastward of
the island of St. Martin...There were some indications of this disturbance
as a depression north of the Lesser Antilles during the last day or so of
August" (MWR).

August 31:  HWM analyzes no features of interest, near the HURDAT listed
it as a 35 kt tropical storm at 12 UTC at 26.2N, 69.8W.  Available 
observations indicate that while a surface trough was present near 70W, no 
closed low was yet present.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) 
were observed.

September 1: HWM analyzes a SW-NE cold front extending from the northwest
Bahamas to north of Bermuda.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at
27.8N, 70.0W.  Available observations indicate that there was a
closed low along the depicted front, a 25 kt tropical depression, and it was
centered near 30.0N, 71.5W.  Observations also indicate that the front
had in reality dissipated.  No gale force winds or low pressures were
observed.

September 2: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1015 mb near 30.5N, 68.5W.
There is no longer a front through the low.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt
tropical storm located near 30.2N, 69.2W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows a center near 30.5N, 68W.  Available observations indicate that
the center of the 30 kt tropical depression was located near 31.0N, 69.5W.
Ship highlights: No gale force winds or low pressure were observed.

September 3: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1015 mb near 32N, 68W.
HURDAT listed this as a 50 kt tropical storm at 32.3N, 67.4N.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 32.5N, 67W.  Available observations
suggest that the center of the 30 kt tropical depression was near 31.5N, 69.0W.
Ship highlights: No gale force winds or low pressures were observed.

September 4: HWM analyzes a closed low of 1005 mb located near 34N,
65.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 60 kt tropical storm at 33.2N, 65.3W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a low near 34N, 65W.  Available
observations and interpolation from analyzed intensity on the 5th suggest that 
the low intensified to a 50 kt tropical storm and was located near 
33.5N, 65.0W.  Ship highlights: No gale force winds or low pressured were 
observed.

September 5: HWM analyzes a closed low of 995 mb located near 33.5N,
61W.  HURDAT listed this as a 70 kt hurricane at 33.8N, 61.4W.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 36N, 61W with a pressure of 993 mb.
Available observations suggest that the tropical storm intensified to 70 kt and
was centered near 35.2N, 60.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt NE and 993 mb at 06 UTC
at 36.0N, 61.0W (MWR).  Regarding the intensity, "...characteristics of a
hurricane were noted on the morning of September 5 near latitude 36N and
longitude 61W, the S.S. Evergreen City reporting a pressure of 29.32 inches
[993 mb] with force 10 [50 kt] (Beaufort wind scale) from the northeast.
The storm appeared to be of small diameter, forming a small part of a larger
depression or trough of low pressure extending northeast from Bermuda.  
Previously a rather ill-defined depression had been traced as it recurved
around Bermuda; but it was not until the 5th that either low barometer or
high wind was detected" (MWR).

September 6: HWM analyzes a closed low of 990 mb located near 35N,
59.5W.  HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 36.0N, 59.0W.  The MWR
Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 36N, 59.5W.  Available
observations indicate that the center of this cyclone was near 36.5N,
58.0W.  Unfortunately, few observations are near the system's center, so
that the 85 kt in HURDAT found originally is unchanged.  Ship highlights: 
35 kt and 1013 mb at 20 UTC at 40.5N, 58.5W (COA).

September 7: HWM analyzes a closed low of 990 mb located near 36N, 58W.
HURDAT listed this as a 90 kt hurricane at 37.1N, 58.7W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a low near 37N, 58W.  No observations were available
near the center of the hurricane, so the 90 kt analyzed in HURDAT is 
unchanged.  The position is estimated to be near the MWR Tracks for Centers of 
Cyclones analysis.  Ship highlights: Multiple observations of 35 kt
were recorded.  There were no observations of low pressures.  "Meanwhile,
a high-pressure area had obtruded itself into the path of the storm and its
direction of motion was changed from northeast to north-northwest and
greatly retarded" (MWR).

September 8: HWM analyzes a closed low of 990 mb located near 37N, 58W.
HURDAT listed this as an 80 kt hurricane at 38.1N, 58.5W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a low near 38N, 58W.  Available observations 
indicate that the center was near 37.5N, 58.5W.  However, no data were 
available near the hurricane's center, so the 80 kt originally listed in
HURDAT is unchanged.  Ship highlights: Multiple observations of 35 kt
were recorded.  25 kt W and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 35.2N, 59.5W (HWM).

September 9: HWM analyzes a closed low of 995 mb near 41N, 59W.  HURDAT
listed this as a 70 kt hurricane at 41.0N, 58.5W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers
of Cyclones shows a low near 41N, 58W with a pressure of 995 mb.  Available
observations indicate that the 70 kt hurricane was located near 40.5N, 58.8W.
Ship highlights: 50 kt S and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at 39.5N, 56.7W (COA); 50 kt S
and 989 mb at 19 UTC at 41.0N, 58.5W (MWR).  "The center of the storm was 
again noted on the morning of the 9th as it crossed the steamer lanes near 
latitude 41N, longitude 58.3W, the S.S. Emergency Aid recording a pressure 
of 29.20 inches [989 mb] at 3 p.m. with a wind force of 10 [50 kt] from the 
south.  The storm was now under the influence of a LOW moving along the
northern border and, being caught in its attendant upper currents, was
carried rapidly north-northeast, but with diminishing intensity over the
colder waters of the Labrador Current" (MWR).

September 10: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb, located near 
48.5N, 55.5W, at the boundary of a cold front to the southwest and 
a warm front to the southeast.  HURDAT ended this storm at 06 UTC on 
the 10th with winds of 45 kt and a location at 47.6N, 55.5W.
The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a low near 47N 56W, with a
pressure of 998 mb.  Available observations suggest that the low became
extratropical and the winds weakened to 40 kt.  The center was located near
47.5N, 55.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt SW at 00 UTC at 42.5N, 56.5W (COA); 10 kt
S and 998 mb at 15 UTC at 47.5N, 52.8W (COA).  Station highlights: 25 kt SW 
and 996 mb at 12 UTC at Cape Race 46.7N, 53.1W (HWM).

Genesis for this system was delayed 30 hours because of a lack of a closed
low on the 30th and 31st of August, despite suggestions in Monthly Weather 
Review and in HURDAT that the system began earlier than the 1st of 
September.  Based upon numerous observations of weak winds and high 
pressures, the tropical cyclone was kept as a tropical depression 
until late on the 3rd.  A peripheral pressure of 993 mb at 0540 UTC on 
the 5th suggest winds of at least 59 kt from both the subtropical and
northern pressure-wind relationship - 65 kt chosen for HURDAT (confirming
hurricane intensity), down slightly from 70 kt originally.  Peak intensity
of 90 kt on the 7th retained given the lack of inner core observations to
make reasonable alterations.  A 989 mb peripheral pressure value at 19 UTC
on the 9th suggests winds of at least 64 kt from the northern pressure-
wind relationship - 65 kt retained in HURDAT as the system was undergoing
extratropical transition at that point in time.  Dissipation of the system
was delayed 6 hours, as a closed extratropical low could still be 
analyzed at 12 UTC on the 10th.  Except for the large changes to the track
on the 30th and 31st (with the removal of those two dates from HURDAT),
the only other large alteration to the track occurred on the 1st as
the system was analyzed to be substantially further northwest than
originally in HURDAT.


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1923/03 - 2009 ADDITION:

22896 09/07/1923 M= 5  3 SNBR= 532 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22896 09/07*117 194  30    0*123 197  30    0*130 200  35    0*137 203  35    0
22896 09/08*145 207  40    0*152 211  40    0*160 215  45    0*167 220  45    0
22896 09/09*175 226  45    0*183 233  45    0*190 240  40    0*195 247  40    0
22896 09/10*200 254  35    0*205 262  35    0*210 270  35    0*215 278  30    0
22896 09/11*220 286  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22896 TS

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series
and the COADS ship database.

September 7:  Historical Weather Map shows a closed low of at most 1005 mb
near 12.5N, 21.5W.  Available observations suggest the center is east-
northeast of the HWM estimate.  Ship highlights:  35 kt S and 1007 mb at
13.5N, 17.5W at 17 UTC (COA); 35 kt SSW and 1010 mb at 12.5N, 17.5W at
21 UTC (COA).

September 8:  Historical Weather Map shows a closed low of at most 1005 mb
near 18.5N, 22.5W.  Available observations indicate that the center is
substantially south-southeast of the HWM estimate.  Ship highlight:
1003 mb at 17.5N, 22.5W at 17 UTC (COA).  

September 9:  Historical Weather Map shows a closed low of at most 1010 mb
near 19.5N, 26W.  Available observations indicate that the center is
east-southeast of the HWM estimate.  Ship highlight:  35 kt SE and 1011 mb
at 18.5N, 22.5W at 01 UTC (COA).

September 10:  Historical Weather Map shows a closed low of at most 1010 mb
near 24N, 26W.  Available observations are quite sparse near the system,
but they suggest that it was centered substantially to the south-southwest
of the HWM estimate.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) 
were observed.

September 11:  Historical Weather Map shows an open trough halfway
between the Azores and Cape Verde Islands.  Available observations are
insufficient for determining if a closed circulation still existed
because of the lack of data.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in
pressure) were observed.

Genesis of this new tropical storm is begun on 00 UTC of the 7th of
September, southeast of the Cape Verde Islands.  Two gale force wind
reports late on the 7th are the basis for upgrading it from a tropical
depression to tropical storm by 12 UTC.  A peripheral pressure (possibly
a central pressure) of 1003 mb on the 8th suggests winds of at least 41 kt
from the southern pressure-wind relationship - 45 kt chosen in HURDAT 
for late on the 8th.  This windspeed is also analyzed to be the peak 
intensity of the system.  Available observations late on the 9th and on 
the 10th suggest that the system was weakening as in moved north-northwestward
in the extreme eastern North Atlantic.  The system is brought down to 
tropical depression intensity late on the 10th and the last position for
the system is given at 00 UTC on the 11th.  However, due to the sparse
data coverage, it is possible that this system continued over the open
Atlantic beyond the 11th.  It is noted that the system appears similar
in location, time of year and intensity to both TS Florence (1964) and
TS Debby (2006).

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1923/04 - 2009 ADDITION:

22896 09/10/1923 M= 6  4 SNBR= 533 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22896 09/10*270 730  25    0*280 725  25    0*290 720  30    0*300 714  30    0
22896 09/11*310 707  35    0*320 699  35    0*330 690  40    0*340 680  45    0
22896 09/12*350 670  50    0*360 658  60    0*370 645  70    0*390 628  70    0
22896 09/13*420 610  70    0E450 588  60    0E475 560  50    0E485 525  45    0
22896 09/14E490 480  40    0E488 425  35    0E485 380  30    0E480 360  30    0
22896 09/15E475 350  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
22896 HR

This is a new hurricane, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series,
the COADS ship database and the Monthly Weather Review.

September 10:  The Historical Weather Map series analyzes a cold front
intersecting a warm front near 33N 74W.  However, observations suggest that
the frontal structure south of 35N likely was not actually present.  Available 
observations indicate a center near 29N 72W.  No gale force winds or 
equivalent in pressure were observed.

September 11:  The Historical Weather Map depicts a weak low of at most
1020 mb pressure near 36N 67W with a cold front extending toward the southwest
and a warm front extending toward the northeast.  However, observations
suggest that the frontal structure did not exist in reality south of 40N.
Available data indicate a center near 33N 69W.  No gale force winds or 
equivalent in pressure were observed.

September 12:  The Historical Weather Map depicts a low of at most 1000 mb
pressure near 37N 70W with a cold front extending toward the southwest and
a warm front extending toward the northeast.  However, observations
indicate that the front structure did not actually exist south of 40N.
The Monthly Weather Review's Tracks of Centers of Cyclones analyzed
a position at 37.5N 64W with 996 mb (a.m.) and at 42N 59.5W with 986 mb (p.m.).
Available observations suggest a center near 37N 64.5W.  Ship highlights:
35 kt SW and 1016 mb at 12 UTC at 34.8N 65.2W (COA); 60 kt SW and 997 mb at
19 UTC at 36N 64.7W from the S.S. Emergency Aid (MWR); 60 kt NW and 986 mb 
at 23 UTC at 42.1N 61.7W from the S.S. City of Joseph (MWR).
"A severe storm of short duration appeared...The next disturbance also
developed north of the Tropics but well within the Gulf Stream, and was
first noted to be of hurricane intensity when the S.S. Emergency Aid...
recorded a pressure of 29.42 inches and winds as high as force 11, on
the morning of September 12, near latitude 36N and longitude 64.5W.  This
storm was carried northeast much more rapidly than the preceding one and
by 4 p.m. was near latitude 42N and longitude 60W, the S.S. City of 
St. Joseph recording a pressure of 29.11 inches and wind force 12 from
the northwest" (MWR).

September 13:  The Historical Weather Map depicts a low of at most 1010 mb
pressure near 49N 57W with a warm front extending east-southeastward and
a cold front extending toward the south.  The Monthly Weather Review's
Tracks of Centers of Cyclones analyzed a position at 47N 54.5W with 1006 mb
(a.m.).  Available observations suggest a center near 47.5N 56W as an
extratropical cyclone.  Ship highlights:  35 kt SSE and 995 mb at 08 UTC
at 45.5N 56.5W (COA); 45 kt WSW and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at 46.5N 55.5W (COA).
"Like its predecessor, it showed a marked loss of intensity upon striking
colder water and there was but little indication of it on the following
morning [13th]" (MWR).

September 14:  The Historical Weather Map depicts a low of at most 1015 mb
pressure near 48N 38W with a dissipating stationary boundary extending
toward the southwest.  Available observations suggest a center near 48.5N 38W
as an extratropical cyclone.  No gale force winds or equivalent in pressure
were observed.

September 15:  The Historical Weather Map depicts a trough extending NW-SE
from near 50N 40W to 42N 32W with no closed low.  No gale force winds or
equivalent in pressure were observed.

This cyclone formed early on the 10th between the Bahamas and Bermuda.  
It likely reached tropical storm status early on the 11th.  The system
apparently quickly intensified on the 11th and 12th and weakened nearly
as rapidly on the 13th.  The 986 mb peripheral pressure - measured at 
the same time of 70 kt winds - supports winds of at least 67 kt from 
the high latitude pressure-wind relationship.  It is estimated that
the cyclone peaked at 70 kt late on the 12th and early on the 13th.
Despite frontal boundaries being drawn on the Historical Weather Map series
from the 10th to the 12th, analyses of the rather numerous ship observations
suggest instead that no frontal boundaries were present near the system
on those dates.  The cyclone likely became extratropical early on
the 13th when it was a couple hundred nm south of Newfoundland.  It is
noted that the 1923 Monthly Weather Review "Tropical Disturbances during
the Hurricane Season of 1923" considered this system as a hurricane and
included it in the track map for the year - "Hurricane Tracks in 1923".
It is curious that with such designation in MWR that this cyclone was
not included into HURDAT.  It is guessed that the choice by Ivan Tannehill 
in his 1938 and 1952 "Hurricanes" editions to leave this system out
was why it was not carried as an Atlantic hurricane in future climatology
studies and databases.

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1923/05 - 2009 REVISION:

22900 09/24/1923 M=11  2 SNBR= 529 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
22900 09/24/1923 M=11  5 SNBR= 534 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                       *       ***

22905 09/24*  0   0   0    0*203 683  55    0*212 703  55    0*216 713  60    0
22905 09/24*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*210 730  40    0
                             *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

22910 09/25*221 722  65    0*226 729  70    0*231 736  70    0*237 745  75    0
22910 09/25*215 733  45    0*220 736  50    0*225 740  55    0*231 745  60    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***      **

22915 09/26*243 752  80    0*248 757  80    0*254 761  85    0*260 763  85    0
22915 09/26*237 751  65    0*243 757  65    0*250 761  65    0*258 763  65    0
            *** ***  **      ***      **      ***      **      ***      **

22920 09/27*265 764  90    0*271 764  90    0*277 763  95    0*283 761  95    0
22920 09/27*267 764  65    0*275 764  65    0*283 763  70    0*289 761  75    0
            ***      **      ***      **      ***      **      ***      **

22925 09/28*289 758 100    0*296 753 100    0*302 748 100    0*307 743 105    0
22925 09/28*294 758  80    0*298 753  85    0*302 748  90    0*306 743  95    0
            ***     ***      ***     ***              ***      ***     ***

22930 09/29*312 738 105    0*316 733 105    0*320 727 105    0*325 719 105    0
22930 09/29*309 738 100    0*312 733 105    0*315 727 105    0*318 720 105    0
            ***     ***      ***              ***              *** ***   

22935 09/30*330 709 105    0*337 696 100    0*345 683  95    0*355 665  95    0
22935 09/30*321 711 105    0*324 700 100    0*330 687  95    0*342 670  95    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

22940 10/01*378 632  90    0*391 619  90    0E417 601  85    0E430 595  80    0
22940 10/01*360 645  90    0*385 615  85    0E417 590  80    0E442 580  75    0
            *** ***          *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

22945 10/02E443 590  75    0E456 586  70    0E470 580  70    0E486 570  60    0
22945 10/02E457 576  70    0E464 575  65    0E470 575  60    0E480 570  55    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      ***      **

22950 10/03E504 548  55    0E521 528  50    0E537 506  45    0E552 482  40    0
22950 10/03E500 553  50    0E525 523  50    0E550 490  45    0E570 460  45    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***          *** ***  **

22955 10/04E565 456  40    0E578 429  40    0E590 400  40    0E610 340  40    0
22955 10/04E585 430  45    0E595 400  45    0E600 370  45    0E603 340  45    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***      **

22960 HR                    

Major changes to the track and to the intensity shown in Neumann et al. 
(1999), originally storm #2.  Evidence for these alterations comes from 
the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, the _Monthly
Weather Review_, miscellaneous ship observations provided by NCDC, and
Tucker (1995).

September 24: HWM analyzes an open wave at 12 UTC in the vicinity of Hispanola.
HURDAT listed this as a 55 kt tropical storm located at 21.2N, 70.3W.
Available data indicate that low became closed at 18 UTC on the 24th.  Ship
highlights: 35 kt ESE at 12 UTC at 19.5N, 66.5W (COA).  No low pressures were
observed.  "During September 23 unsettled conditions were noted to the 
southeast of Turks Island, the barometer falling slowly and wind shifts
indicating the presence of a disturbance" (MWR).

September 25: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 22N,
75W.  HURDAT listed this as a 70 kt hurricane at 23.1N, 73.6W.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows the center of the low at 22.5N, 74W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 55 kt tropical storm was 22.5N,
74.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt NE and 1011 mb ~12 UTC at 23.4N, 74W (MWR).  
No other gales or low pressures were observed.  "[The storm] was more
definitively located on the morning of the 25th, when the S.S. Tulsa reported
a wind force of 10 [50 kt] from the northeast, pressure 29.86 inches [1011 mb]
in latitude 23.4N, longitude 74W" (MWR).

September 26: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 25.5N,
76.5W.  HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 25.4N, 76.1W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows the center of the low at 25N, 76W with an
1000 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 65 kt
hurricane was near 25.0N, 76.1W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt SSW at 28.5N,
71.8N (MWR); 20 kt SSE and 994 mb at 15 UTC at 28.5N 71.8W (MWR).  A few other
gales and low pressures.  Land highlights: 35 kt NW and 1000 mb at ~12 UTC at
Nassau, Bahamas at 25.1N, 77.5W (MWR).  Regarding the intensity: "American S.S.
Hera: Gale began on the 26th, wind SSE.  Lowest barometer 29.34 inches [994 mb]
at 10 a.m. on the 26th, wind SSE., 5 [20 kt], in latitude 28.5N, longitude 
71.8W.  End on the 27th, wind S.  Highest force of wind 10 [50 kt], SSW.; 
shifts SSE.-S" (MWR).  "The storm was moving northwest at this time and 
passed just east of Nassau, Bahamas, on the 26th, the morning barometer 
reading 29.54 inches [1000 mb] and wind 40 m.p.h. [34 kt] from the 
northwest" (MWR).

September 27:  (No HWM analysis was available for this date.)  HURDAT listed 
this as a 95 kt hurricane at 27.7N, 76.3W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers 
of Cyclones shows the center of the low at 27.5N, 76W and 1000 mb pressure.  
Available observations suggest that the center of the 70 kt hurricane 
was at 28.3N, 76.3W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt ENE at 29.6N, 76.8W (MWR); 
45 kt NE and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 29.7N, 76.6W (COA); 45 kt SSW and 989
mb at 12 UTC at 27.1N 74.5W (COA).  "However, a large high-pressure area was
now blocking its forward motion and the storm, though not diverted from its
recurve to the northeast, showed very little movement during the next two
or three days, but gradually increased its area of influence and its intensity
with winds of gale force over a large area and wind force as high as 11 [60 kt]
reported by vessels which approached its center" (MWR).

September 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb near 30N 75W.  HURDAT
listed this as an 100 kt hurricane at 30.2N, 74.8W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers
of Cyclones shows the center of the low at 30N, 75W and 994 mb pressure.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 90 kt hurricane was near 
the HURDAT location.  Ship highlights: 70 kt E and 1006 mb at 00 UTC at 
32.0N, 74.1W (COA); 70 kt E and 1003 mb at 07 UTC at 32.7N, 74.7W (NCDC); 
60 kt SE and 996 mb at 12 UTC at 31.0N, 74.0W (COA).  Several other gales and 
low pressures.

September 29: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb near 31N and 73W.
HURDAT listed this as an 105 kt hurricane at 32.0N 72.7W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows the center of the low near 31.5N, 73W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 105 kt hurricane was near 31.5N,
72.7W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt NNE and 994 mb at 01 UTC at 32.1N, 76W (NCDC);
35 kt SSW and 986 mb at 12 UTC at 29.7N 70.3W (COA).  Several other strong
gales and low pressures.  "It was not until the morning of the 29th that
the eastward movement of the HIGH allowed a strenghtening of the southwest
drift aloft and a corresponding acceleration in the northeastward movement
of the storm.  The hurricane was now near latitude 31.5N and longitude
73W with lowest pressure somewhat below 29 inches [982 mb]" (MWR).

September 30: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 970 mb near 33.5N, 70W.
HURDAT listed this as a 95 kt hurricane at 34.5N 68.3W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows the center of the low near 33.2N, 69.8W with a 969 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that center of the 95 kt hurricane
was near 33.0N, 68.7W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt NE at 34.8N 70.7W (MWR);
50 kt E and 969 mb at 11 UTC at 33.3N 69W (MWR/NCDC).  Several other 
gales and low pressures.  Land highlights: 70 kt at Bermuda at
32.4N, 64.7W ~18 UTC (Tucker).  Several other gales and low pressures.
Regarding the intensity, "British S.S. Maraval: Gale began on the 29th, 
wind ESE.  Lowest Barometer 28.98 inches [981 mb] on the 30th, wind ESE., in 
latitude 34.8N., longitude 70.7W.  End on the 30th, wind NW.  Highest force 
of wind 12 [70 kt], NE" (MWR).

October 1: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 985 mb near 43.5N, 61W, with a
large temperature gradient existing across the low.  HURDAT listed this as an
85 kt extratropical system at 41.7N, 60.1W.  The MWR tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows the center of the low near 41.5N, 59.5W with a 965 mb pressure.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 80 kt extratropical low
was near 41.7N, 59.0W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt and 965 mb at 06 UTC at 41.5N,
59.0W (MWR).  70 kt S and 988 mb at 40.3N, 58.8W (MWR).  Several other gales
and low pressures.  Regarding the intensity, "At 2 a.m. [6 UTC] ... (October 1)
the S.S. West Cobalt reported passing through the storm near latitude 41.5N,
and longitude 59W, with lowest barometer 28.50 inches [965 mb] and wind force 
12 [70 kt]" (MWR).

October 2: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 980 mb near 47N, 58W with a
SW-NE cold front to the south of the low, and a W-E warm front to the north of
the low, hinting that the low is becoming occluded.  A huge temperature
gradient persists across the low.  HURDAT listed this as a 70 kt extratropical
system at 47N, 58W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows the center of
the low near 47N, 58W.  Available observations suggest that the center of the
60 kt extratropical low was near 47.0N, 57.5W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt WSW at
00 UTC at 42.5N, 59.5W (COA); 977 mb at 00 UTC at 45.6N 61.2W (MWR).  Several
other gales and low pressures.  "Turning northward to western Newfoundland, the
hurricane lost intensity over colder water" (MWR).

October 3: HWM analyzes a closed, occluded low of at most 985 mb near 56N, 50W.
HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt extratropical system at 53.7N, 50.6W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 45 kt extratropical low was near
55.0N, 49.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt WSW and 990 mb at 19 UTC at 54.5N 46.5W
(COA); 35 kt WSW and 999 mb at 23 UTC at 54.5N 47.5W (COA); 30 kt SW and 983 mb
at 15 UTC at 54.5N 45.5W (COA).  A few other observed low pressures.

October 4: HWM analyzes the closed, occluded low of at most 1000 mb near 61N,
30W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt extratropical system at 59N, 40W.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 45 kt extratropical low
was near 60.0N, 37.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt ESE and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at
64.2N 22.0W (HWM); 25 kt E and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at 64.9N, 23.7W; 45 kt WNW and
1003 mb at 22 UTC at 60.5N, 35.5W (COA).

Genesis of this system was delayed twelve hours due to numerous
observations indicating a closed low had not formed until after 12 UTC
on the 24th of September.  A 994 mb peripheral pressure measurement on
the 26th suggests winds of at least 58 kt from the subtropical pressure-
wind relationship - 65 kt chosen for HURDAT, down from 85 kt.  Transition
to a hurricane is delayed from early on the 25th to 12 UTC on the 26th.
A 989 mb peripheral pressure on the 27 suggests winds of at least 
66 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - 75 kt chosen
for HURDAT, down from 95 kt.  Peak intensity of 105 kt in HURDAT for 
the 29th and early on the 30th is retained, due to lack of inner core
observations with which to make alterations.  A 969 mb peripheral pressure
on the 30th suggests winds of at least 86 kt from the subtropical pressure-
wind relationship - 95 kt retained in HURDAT.  A 965 mb pressure observation
(may have been a central pressure) on the 1st suggests winds of 86 kt (or more,
if the pressure was perpheral) from the northern pressure-wind relationship -
85 kt retained in HURDAT as the system had transformed into an extratropical
storm by this time.  No changes were made to the dissipation of the cyclone.
Most track changes for this hurricane were small, except for the 12 hr delay
to genesis and a larger east-northeast adjustment on the 4th.  Hurricane force 
winds reported in Bermuda on the 30th and the track of the system’s center well to 
the west of the island are indicative of the very large size of this hurricane.

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1923/06 - 2009 REVISION:

22965 10/12/1923 M= 6  3 SNBR= 530 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
22965 10/12/1923 M= 6  6 SNBR= 535 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
                       *       *** 

22970 10/12*  0   0   0    0*104 920  35    0*119 938  35    0*134 944  35    0
22970 10/12*  0   0   0    0*104 930  35    0*119 938  40    0*134 945  40    0
                                 ***                   **          ***  **

22975 10/13*148 948  40    0*160 951  40    0*171 953  35    0*180 954  40    0
22975 10/13*148 951  40    0*160 956  40    0*171 960  35    0*182 961  30    0
                ***              ***              ***          *** ***  **

22980 10/14*189 953  45    0*198 950  55    0*207 947  65    0*216 942  70    0
22980 10/14*194 957  30    0*205 952  35    0*215 947  40    0*224 942  45    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***      **      ***      **

22985 10/15*224 937  75    0*233 932  80    0*242 927  85    0*256 918  85    0
22985 10/15*231 937  50    0*236 931  55    0*242 924  60    0*254 916  65    0
            ***      **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **   

22990 10/16*277 911  85    0*300 912  60    0*320 916  40    0E337 917  35    0
22990 10/16*272 910  70    0*292 910  70  983*315 910  50  991*337 912  45    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **  *** *** ***  **  ****    ***  **

22995 10/17E352 918  30    0E368 919  30    0E385 920  30    0*  0   0   0    0
22995 10/17*357 914  45    0*375 917  35    0*390 920  30    0*  0   0   0    0
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23000 HR LA1         
23000 HR LA1 MS1
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U.S. Continental Hurricanes:
----------------------------
#/Date         Time  Lat    Lon    Max  Saffir RMW   Central   States
                                   Wind Simpson      Pressure  Affected
6-10/16/1923   0600Z 29.2N  91.0W   70kt  1  45nmi    983mb    LA1,MS1


Minor changes to the track and large changes to the intensity shown in Neumann 
et al. (1999), originally storm number 3.  Revision to this cyclone include removal 
of the extratropical stage for the last 18 hours of its existence.  Evidence for 
these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship 
database, Original Monthly Record station data from NCDC, _Monthly Weather Review_, 
Connor (1956), Dunn and Miller (1960), Jarrell et al. (1992), and Mexican station 
observations provided by Ricardo Prieto and Jorge Sanchez-Sesma.

October 12: HWM analyzes an area of low pressure pertaining to an open tropical
wave off of the Pacific Coast of El Salvador.  HURDAT closes the low at 06 UTC
with minimal tropical storm status.  At 12 UTC, HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt
tropical storm at 11.9N 93.8W.  Available observations suggest that the center
of the 40 kt tropical storm was the same as HURDAT's previous position of
11.9N, 93.8W.  Ship highlights: 20 kt SE and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 12.8N, 93.2W
(COA).  No other gales or low pressures.

october 13: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb over southern Mexico
at 17N, 96W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 17.1N, 95.3W.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 35 kt tropical storm was
17.1N, 96.0W.  Ship highlights: 15 kt SW and 1003 mb at 12 UTC at 15.9N, 99.7W
(COA).  No other gales or low pressures.  Land highlights: 10 kt NW and 1003 mb
at 12 UTC at Oaxaca, Mexico (HWM).  No other gales or low pressures.  "[This
system] apparently originated in low latitudes off the Pacific coast of
Guatemala and was central on the morning of the 13th of October southeast
of the Mexican Pacific port of Salina Cruz on the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
It moved rapidly northward across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the
western Gulf of Mexico" (MWR).

October 14: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb at 22N, 94.5W.  HURDAT
listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 20.7N 94.7W.  Available observations
suggest that the center of the 40 kt tropical storm was 21.5N, 94.7W.  Ship
highlights: 15 kt NNW and 1005 mb at 22 UTC at 21.5N, 97.5W (COA).  No other
gales or low pressures.

October 15: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb near 23.5N, 93W.
HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 24.2N 92.7W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 24.7N, 92.5W.  Available observations
suggest that the center of the 60 kt tropical storm was 24.2N, 92.4W.  Ship
highlights: 45 kt E at 22 UTC at 27.5N, 90.5W (COA); 35 kt SE and 992 mb at 20
UTC at 28.2N 91.8W (COA).  Several other gales after 18 UTC.  Several other low
pressures after 12 UTC.  Regarding the intensity and damage (Pensacola, FL):
"The gales which began during the late afternoon of the 15th and continued
through the 17th, caused great anxiety, and interrupted port and business
activities, but the damage was comparatively slight, amounting in the aggregate
to about $5,000..." (OMR).

October 16: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb near 30N, 92.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm, inland at 32.0N 91.6W.  The MWR
Tracks for Center of Cyclones shows a center inland near 32N, 92W, with a 990
mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 50 kt
tropical storm was 31.5N, 91.0W.  Ship highlights: 65 kt E and 989 mb at 01 UTC
at 28.3N, 92.0W (MWR); 50 kt ESE and 987 mb at 01 UTC at 27.8N 91.3W (MWR).
Several other strong gales and low pressures.  Land highlights: 56 kt SE at 13
UTC at Pensacola, FL at 30.5N, 87.2W (MWR/OMR); 990 mb at 07 UTC at Morgan City
at 29.7N 91.2W (MWR); 991 mb (likely central pressure) in the "morning" at 
Vicksburg (MWR). Storm surge: 7' above MLT at 09 UTC at Gulfport at 30.4N 89.1W
(OMR).  Regarding the intensity, "Radio reports were received [~02 UTC] from
the S. S. El Siglo in lat. 28.3N, long. 92W, and from the S. S. Corning in lat.
27.3N, long. 91.5W, indicating that the storm had developed hurricane
intensity.  The former reported a barometer reading of 29.22 inches [989 mb]
and a wind velocity of 74 miles an hour from the east, and the latter a
barometer reading of 29.18 inches [988 mb] and a wind velocity of 64 miles an
hour from the east, with a two-hour pressure fall of 0.20 inch" (MWR).  "The
storm center reached the coast at about 1 a.m. [06 UTC] on the 16th, near
longitude 91.5 west, slightly west of Morgan City, La. ... a lowest reading of
29.25 inches at Morgan City at 1:20 a.m. to 2:45 a.m. (MWR)."  From Mobile,
Alabama OMR: The highest velocity was 60 miles from the southeast at 7a.m. ...
A maximum stage was reached at about 7 a.m. ... according to the information
supplied by City Engineer Wright Smith was 5.5 feet above mean low tide" (OMR).
"At Biloxi: The tide ... reached the highest stage at about 4 a.m. (10 UTC),
October 16th, estimated at 8 feet above mean low tide" (OMR).  985 mb 
central pressure minimum for the lifetime of the hurricane (and
also at landfall) (Connor).  Hurricane not addressed in Ho et al. or
Schwerdt et al., implying that the landfall central pressure was higher
than 981 mb (their criterion for inclusion).  "Tropical Cyclones in 
Lousiana, Mississippi, and Alabama - Oct. 16 - Louisiana - Minimal.
Tropical Cyclones in Florida - Oct. 16 - Pensacola - Minor - Center 
Louisiana coast" (Dunn and Miller).  "By the following morning [16th]
it had crossed the Louisiana coast and was central near Vicksburg, Miss.,
with a pressure of 29.26 inches [991 mb]; and during the night of the 16th
dissipated over Arkansas and southern Missouri.  The contour of the isobars
was considerably distorted from the ideal by a strong pressure gradient from
northeast fo southwest over the United States, which tended to squeeze the
isobars together on the northeast quarter of the storm and throw them wide
apart to the southwest.  The closing up of the isobars was especially
effective in the vicinity of Pensacola, Fla., which was about 250 miles
from the path of the center but recorded the highest wind velocity (64 miles
from the southeast) of any land station.  The storm in general lacked
the intensity near the center that we normally expect of a true hurricane"
(MWR).
 
October 17: HWM analyzes a stationary front west of the remnance of the
tropical cyclone.  HWM did not analyze a closed low on this day.  HURDAT listed
this as a 30 kt extratropical low at 38.5N, 92W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows a center near 38.5N, 92w and an 1000 mb pressure.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 30 kt tropical depression was 39.0N,
92.0W.  Land highlights: 25 kt S and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at Saint Louis at 38.7N
90.3W (HWM).  997 mb at 17 UTC at Meridian at 32.3N, 88.8W (OMR).  No other
gales.  Several other low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: "On the 17th a
disturbance that had moved up the Mississippi Valley from the Gulf of Mexico
appeared to call for southeast warnings [for the Great Lakes]" (MWR).

No changes were made to the (somewhat rare) genesis of this hurricane 
in the Northeast Pacific basin.  A peripheral pressure of 1001 mb on 
the 12th of October suggests winds of at least 45 kt from the southern
pressure-wind relationship.  A lower value of 40 kt is chosen for
HURDAT because of the low environmental pressures, though this is 
an increase over the 35 shown originally.  The system likely made landfall
in southeastern Mexico as a 40 kt tropical storm around 06 UTC on the 13th.
The cyclone moved into the Gulf of Mexico just before 00 UTC on the 14th
and began to reintensify.  A peripheral pressure of 992 mb suggests winds
of at least 56 kt from the new Brown et al. north of 25N relationship
and at least 59 kt for the subset of those systems intensifying north
of 25N.  65 kt is chosen for HURDAT at 18 UTC on the 15th, down from
85 kt originally.  Thus the onset of hurricane intensity is delayed
from 12 UTC on the 14th originally to 18 UTC on the 15th, as suggested
by numerous relatively weak observations taken within the cyclone on
those dates.  

The cyclone made a U.S. landfall near 29.2N 91.0W around 06 UTC on the 16th.
The ship the Corning at 01 UTC just before landfall measured a peripheral 
pressure of 987 mb (along with a concurrent 50 kt ESE wind).  At the same
time, another ship - the El Siglo - observed 65 kt E with 989 mb.  Lowest
pressure observed on the coast was 990 mb at Morgan City, but this may not have 
been a central pressure as the cyclone moved just east of the city.  However, 
Vicksburg - well inland - recorded a likely central pressure of 991 mb.  A run of 
the inland pressure decay model (Ho et al.) gives a central pressure 
at the coast of 983 mb.  This value would also be a good match with the
ship reports close to the coast as well.  983 mb central pressure at landfall
is slightly deeper than the 985 mb estimate from Connor (which was used
in Jarrell et al.)  this pressure suggests a wind of 69 kt from the new
Brown et al. north of 25N pressure-wind relationship.  Given the counteracting
influences of a fast forward speed (~22 kt) and quite low environmental
pressure (1001 mb outer closed isobar), 70 kt is chosen as the landfall
winds.  This is down substantially from the 85 kt winds originally in 
HURDAT, but is consistent with the Category 1 assessment for Louisiana.
Impacts of this system were spread quite a distance along the Gulf Coast
to the right of track, suggesting a rather large RMW (~45 nmi).  Given
the storm surge peak values of 8' at Biloxi and 7' at Gulfport, minimal
hurricane force winds likely occurred in along the Mississippi.  Thus
both Mississippi and Louisiana are indicated as receiving Catetory 1
hurricane conditions.  Peak winds observed after landfall (within 2 hr of 
synoptic time) were:  56 kt at 12 UTC on the 16th, 52 kt at 18 UTC, and 
53 kt at 00 UTC on the 17th.  These reduced to 46, 43, and 44 kt after taking 
into consideration adjusting from 5 to 1 min winds and accounting for 
the high bias of anemometers of the era - Fergusson and Covert (1924) and 
Powell et al. (1996).  A run of the Kaplan-DeMaria inland wind decay model 
gives 48, 33, and 25 kt, respectively.  Because of the higher winds observed, 
winds in HURDAT are chosen at 50, 45, and 45 kt accordingly - substantially
higher than the 40, 35, and 30 kt originally.  The decay phase of this
system was analyzed as a tropical depression, rather than going through
an extratropical phase as no baroclinic development or absorption
occurred.

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1923/07 - 2009 REVISION:

23095 10/15/1923 M= 5  5 SNBR= 532 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
23095 10/15/1923 M= 5  7 SNBR= 536 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
                       *       ***

23100 10/15*216 638  35    0*227 630  35    0*236 623  35    0*250 615  35    0
23100 10/15*216 638  35    0*226 630  35    0*236 623  35    0*246 618  35    0
                             ***                               *** ***

23105 10/16*264 609  35    0*277 606  35    0*289 603  35    0*300 603  35    0
23105 10/16*256 614  40    0*267 612  45    0*280 610  50    0*293 610  55    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23110 10/17*310 606  35    0*320 612  35    0*331 620  40    0*343 633  40    0
23110 10/17*307 611  55    0*321 613  55    0*335 620  55    0*346 631  55    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***      **      *** ***  **

23115 10/18*355 650  40    0*366 667  40    0*378 680  45    0*390 690  45    0
23115 10/18*355 644  55    0*362 658  55    0*370 670  55    0*381 680  55    0
                ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23120 10/19*402 698  45    0*413 705  40    0*425 710  35    0*437 713  30    0
23120 10/19*395 690  55    0*405 700  50    0*425 710  45  994E445 718  35    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **               **  ******* ***  **

23125 TS                    

Minor changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999), 
originally storm number 5.  Evidence for these alterations comes from 
the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship  database, Original Monthly 
Record station dat from NCDC, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

October 15: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 22.5N, 62.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 23.6N, 62.3W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 35 kt tropical storm was in the
same location given by HURDAT, at 23.6N, 62.3W.  Ship highlights: 15 kt SE and
986 mb at 22 UTC at 19.2N, 62.2W (COA).  No other gales or low pressures.
"A disturbance became apparent just north of the Leeward Islands and began
to move north-northeastward" (MWR).

October 16: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb near 25.5N, 62.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 28.9N 60.3W.  Available
observations suggest that center of the 50 kt tropical storm was 28.0N. 61.0W.
Ship highlights: 45 kt ENE and 1007 mb at 08 UTC at 29.5N 62.5W (COA); 45 kt NE
and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 29.5N, 63.5W (COA); 45 kt SSW and 999 mb at 20 UTC at
28.5N, 59.7W (MWR); 45 kt SE at 31.6N, 57.2W (MWR). One other gale.  One other
low pressure.  "...But with the strengthening of a large high pressure area
to the north and northeast, the storm was slowed up and deflected to the 
northwest" (MWR).

October 17: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb near 34.5N, 61W.
HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm at 33.1N 62.0W.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 33N 62.5W with an 1007 mb pressure.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 55 kt tropical storm was
33.5N 62.0W.  Ship highlights: 40 kt NE and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 40.0N, 60.0W
(HWM); 35 kt NNW and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at 33.5N, 63.5W (COA); 30 kt NW and 999
mb at 16 UTC at 33.5N, 63.5W (COA).  No other gales.  Several other low
pressures.  "It passed just northeast of Bermuda on the 17th" (MWR).

October 18: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb near 36.5N, 68W.
HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 37.8N 68.0W.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 38N and 67.7W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 55 kt tropical storm was 37.0N,
67.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt SSE and 998 mb at 12 UTC at 37.0N 66.0W (COA);
45 kt NE and 1004 mb at 13 UTC at 39.2N, 70.6W (COA).  A few other gales.
Several other low pressures.

October 19: HWM analyzes a N-S occluded front well inland from the coast with a
W-E warm front extending eastward from the occluded front near North Carolina.
HWM indicates that the system had moved inland and was located northwest of 
Boston, near 42.4N, 71W, with Boston's pressure reading being 999 mb at 12
UTC.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 42.5N, 71.0W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 42.4N, 71W with a 999 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 50 kt
extratropical low was the same as the previous HURDAT position of 42.5N, 71.0W.
Ship highlights: 50 kt NE and 987 mb at 01 UTC at 40.2N 69.6W (MWR); 30 kt SW
and 982 mb at 05 UTC at 40.0N, 70.0W (COA).  A few other gales.  Several other
low pressures.  Land highlights: 42 kt and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at Nantucket, MA
at 41.3N, 70.1W (MWR); 997 mb at 0515 UTC at Nantucket, MA; 994 mb (central
pressure) at 1040 UTC at Boston.  No other gales.  Several other low pressures.
"[It] crossed the Atlantic coast near Nantucket, Mass., on the night of
October 18th and was still in evidence near Boston the following morning.
The storm lack the intensity necessary to be classed as a hurricane, but
the shape and distribution of the isobars showed a close resemblance to
this type" (MWR).

No alterations were made for the genesis of this tropical storm.  Peripheral
pressures of 999 mb on the 16th and 17th suggest winds of at least 50 kt
from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - 55 kt chosen for HURDAT
(up from 35 kt at 18 UTC on the 16th and 40 kt at 18 UTC on the 17th).
A 998 mb peripheral pressure measurement on the 18th suggests winds of at
least 52 kt from the northern pressure-wind relationship - 55 kt chosen for
HURDAT (up from 45 kt previously).  The system on the 18th was moving northwest
into an increasingly baroclinic environment.  A 982 mb peripheral pressure
was measured on the 19th, though the ship appears to have about a 5 mb low
bias when a time series for it is considered.  Thus 987 mb peripheral pressure
(both from this ship and a separate 987 mb ship observation) suggests winds
of at least 66 kt from the northern pressure-wind relationship - 55 kt chosen
for HURDAT at 00 UTC as the storm was embedded in low environmental pressure
and was slower moving than is typical for systems in this region (up from
45 kt previously).  It is estimated that the system made landfall in 
Massachusetts around 09 UTC on the 19th near 41.3N 70.6W with maximum
sustained winds of around 50 kt.  Peak observed winds along the coast were 
42 kt in Nantucket early on the 19th.  After landfall, the weakening cyclone 
was absorbed in a large extratropical storm moving in from the west.  Decay
phase of the system is changed in that previously there was no extratropical
transition.  

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1923/08 - 2009 REVISION:

23130 10/16/1923 M= 4  6 SNBR= 533 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
23130 10/16/1923 M= 6  8 SNBR= 537 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
                    *  *       *** 

23135 10/16*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*213 929  35    0*220 919  35    0
23135 10/16*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*205 950  35    0*210 940  35    0
                                              *** ***          *** ***  

23140 10/17*229 913  35    0*242 905  40    0*260 895  45    0*282 889  45    0
23140 10/17*218 930  35    0*228 916  40    0*240 900  45    0*265 889  50    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          ***      **

23145 10/18*306 890  40    0E329 892  35    0E351 895  30    0E372 887  25    0
23145 10/18*300 890  50  992*329 891  40  997E355 892  35    0E375 887  30    0
            ***      **  ****    ***  **  *** *** ***  **      ***      **

23150 10/19E394 875  25    0E415 859  25    0E435 840  25    0E462 815  25    0
23150 10/19E395 875  30    0E415 859  35    0E435 840  35    0E454 822  35    0
            ***      **               **               **      *** ***  **

(The 20th and 21st are new to HURDAT.)
23151 10/20E472 806  35    0E491 790  35    0E510 770  35    0E530 745  35    0
23152 10/21E555 715  30    0E585 680  30    0E625 640  30    0E670 600  30    0

23155 TS            

Major changes to the track and minor alterations to the intensity shown in
Neumann et al. (1999), originally storm number 6.  Evidence for these 
alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship 
database, Original Monthly Record station dat from NCDC, and _Monthly Weather 
Review_.

October 13: HWM analyzes a large, closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near
18N 113.5W.  Available observations suggest that the center of a 45 kt 
Northeast Pacific tropical storm was 18.5N, 105.5W.  Ship highlights: 
20 kt SW and 1003 mb at 12 UTC at 16.0N, 99.5W (HWM).  No gales.  No other 
low pressures. Land highlights: 45 kt SE and 1006 mb at Manzanillo, Mexico at 
19.0N, 104.3W (HWM).  No other gales. A few low pressures of 1005 mb at 12 UTC 
between 21-25N and 106-108W.

October 14: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 19.5N,
108.5W.  Available observations suggest that the center of a 45 kt Northeast
Pacific tropical storm was 19.5N, 107.0W.  Ship highlights: no gales or low 
pressures.  Land highlights: 10 kt W and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at Islas Marias, 
Mexico at 21.4N, 106.5W (HWM).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

October 15: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered in Mexico,
near 19.3N 102.5W. Available observations suggest that the center of a 35 kt
Northeast Pacific tropical storm was 20.0N, 103.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales 
and no low pressures.  Land highlights: 35 kt S and 1008 mb at 12 UTC at 
Salina Cruz, Mexico at 16.2N, 95.0W (HWM).  No other gales.  Several low 
pressures of between 1002 and 1005 mb.

October 16: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb near 20.5N, 94W.
HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 21.3N, 92.9W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 35 kt tropical storm was 20.5N,
95.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt SE at 27.2N, 88.3W (MWR); 20 kt SW and 1000 mb
at 12 UTC at 27.2N, 90.9W (HWM); 20 kt SSW and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at 26.8N,
94.5W (HWM).  No other gales.  Several other low pressures.  Land highlights:
10 kt S and 999 mb at 12 UTC at Veracruz, Mexico at 19.2N, 96.1W (HWM); 10 kt
NW and 999 mb at 12 UTC at Tampico, Mexico at 22.3N, 97.9W (HWM).  No gales.
All other available land observations are low pressures (< 1006 mb).

October 17: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 24.8N,
89.4W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 26.0N, 89.5W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 27.5N, 89.1W with a 999 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 45 kt tropical
storm was 24.0N, 90.0W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt SE at 18 UTC at 30.5N, 87.1W
(COA); 45 kt NW at 27.0N, 91.1W (MWR); 20 kt SSE and 995 mb at 12 UTC at 28.7N,
89.0W (COA).  No other gales.  Several other low pressures.  Land highlights:
54 kt SE at 01 UTC at Pensacola at 30.5N, 87.2W (OMR); 33 kt SE and 997 mb at 
21 UTC at Mobile, Alabama at 30.7N, 88.1W (OMR).  Storm tide 4+' at
Apalachacola, FL at 29.7N, 85.0W (OMR).  Regarding the track and intensity: 
"This storm [storm #5] moved northward, with rapidly decreasing energy, and was 
quickly followed by another [this storm] from the Gulf moving rapidly northward
over nearly the same territory, which likewise brought heavy rains over 
the immediate Mississippi Valley and northward into the Great Lakes region 
during the 17th and 18th, and to most districts to the eastward during 
the following 36 hours.  In fact this was the most widespread storm of 
the month..." (MWR).

October 18: HWM analyzes an asymmetric low of at most 1000 mb that merged 
with a cold front centered over the southeastern U.S.  HURDAT listed this as a 
30 kt extratropical low at 35.1N, 89.5W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones
shows a center near 36N, 88.6W with a 997 mb pressure.  Available observations
suggest that the 35 kt extratropical low was centered near 35.5N, 89.2W.  Ship
highlights: 20 kt SW and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at 27.9N, 90.5W (HWM); 20 kt NW and
1002 mb at 12 UTC at 27.1N, 87.2W (HWM).  No gales.  One other low pressure.
Land highlights: 50 kt SE and 999 mb at 00 UTC at Pensacola, FL at 30.5N, 87.2W
(OMR); 50 kt S and 999 mb at 02 UTC at Pensacola, FL at 30.5N, 87.2W (OMR); 33
kt SE and 996 mb at 00 UTC at Mobile, Alabama at 30.7N, 88.1W (OMR)- min
pressure at Mobile of 996 mb at 01 UTC; 10 kt N and 996 mb at Cairo, Illinois
at 12 UTC at 37.0N, 89.2W (HWM).  Several other gales and low pressures.
Regarding the intensity: "At 8 p.m. [on the 17th] (00 UTC on the 18th) its
center was between Mobile and New Orleans, and shortly thereafter a maximum
wind velocity of 44 miles an hour from the southeast was registered at Mobile
and 56 miles an hour from the southeast at Pensacola" (MWR).

October 19:  HWM analyzes an extratropical low of at most 995 mb near 44.5N 84W
with a warm front extending northeast of the low and a cold front extending
to the south of the low.  HURDAT listed this as a 25 kt extratropical low at 
43.5N 84W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 44N 84W
with a 991 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of 
the 35 kt extratropical low was near 43.5N 84W.  Ship highlights: none.
Station highlights:  37 kt SW at Toledo, Ohio (MWR); 37 kt NW at Grand
Haven, Canada (MWR); calm and 993 mb at 12 UTC at Detroit, Michigan (HWM).
No other gales.  Several other low pressures.

October 20:  HWM analyzes a closed extratropical low of at most 1000 mb
near 51N 77W with a warm front extending northeast from the low and a cold
front extending south of the low.  HURDAT did not document the storm on this
date.  Available observations indicate that the center of the 35 kt 
extratropical low was near the HWM position.  Ship highlights: none.
Station highlights: 20 kt SW and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at Colombiere, Canada
(HWM).  No gales.  A few other low pressures.

October 21:  HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 985 mb near 62.5N 63.5W at 
the end of an occluded front.  HURDAT did not document the storm on this date.
Avialbel observations suggest that the 30 kt extratropical low was centered 
near 62.5N 64W.  Ship highlights:  none.  Station highlights:  20 kt E and 
985 mb at 12 UTC at Godthab, Greenland (HWM).  No gales.  A few other low
pressures.  

Observational evidence is convincing that a moderate tropical storm was in
existance along the west coast of Mexico on the 13th and 14th, it made
landfall around 00 UTC on the 15th near Tepio and was inland in west central 
Mexico near Guadalajara at 12 UTC on the 15th.  On the next day, a tropical
storm was occurring in the Bay of Campeche.  Because of the extreme
mountainous terrain of central Mexico, it is unlikely that the two cyclones
were, in fact, part of one continuous tropical cyclone track.  Instead, it is
judged that remnants from the first may have contributed toward development
of the second tropical storm.  Thus the genesis for this existing Atlantic
basin tropical cyclone is retained at 12 UTC on the 16th, though in a location
substantially farther west than originally seen in HURDAT.  999 mb pressures
at 12 UTC on the 16th from both Veracruz and Tampico suggest winds of least
49 kt from the southern pressure-wind relationship.  35 kt is retained in
HURDAT because of the extremely low environmental pressures at that time.
A 995 mb peripheral ship pressure at 12 UTC on the 27th suggests winds of at 
least 52 kt from the new north of 25N Brown et al. pressure-wind relationship.
45 kt is retained in HURDAT for the same reason as above.  

Landfall occurred along the Mississippi coastline around 01 UTC on the 18th
with a central pressure of about 992 mb (based upon Mobile's minmum of 996 mb
with 37 kt SE wind).  992 mb central pressure suggests winds of 58 kt from
the new north of 25N Brown et al. pressure-wind relationship - winds of 50 kt
are chosen for HURDAT (up from 40 kt) due to the very low environmental
pressures somewhat counteracted by the quick forward speed (~32 kt).  
Highest obseved winds were 54 kt in Pensacola at 01 UTC on the 17th and 50 kt 
at Pensacola at 00 and 02 UTC on the 18th.  However, the peak on the 17th was
primarily due to storm number 5.  Transition to an extratropical storm was
delayed by 6 hours until 12 UTC on the 18th, as the frontal boundary and
the storm would not have coincided until then.  An additional two days 
(October 20th and 21st) were added to HURDAT, as observations and the HWM
analyses indicate that the extratropical storm existed longer than originally
recognized.  While large changes were made to the track near the beginning
of the cyclone and to both the track and intensity near the cyclone's end,
relatively small alterations were made on the 17th through the 19th. 
Together, storms 5 and 7 represent a rather rare event with both making
landfall in the north central Gulf coast only about 42 hours apart.

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1923/09 - 2009 REVISION:

23160 10/24/1923 M= 4  7 SNBR= 534 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23160 10/24/1923 M= 4  9 SNBR= 538 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                       *       ***

23165 10/24*  0   0   0    0*183 612  35    0*190 610  35    0*198 606  35    0
23165 10/24*  0   0   0    0*193 598  35    0*200 600  35    0*207 602  35    0
                             *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

23170 10/25*207 605  35    0*215 604  35    0*224 605  35    0*233 611  35    0
23170 10/25*214 604  35    0*222 606  35    0*230 610  35    0*238 618  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

23175 10/26*242 622  40    0*251 638  45    0*261 656  45    0*274 666  45    0
23175 10/26*247 630  40    0*256 642  40    0*265 650  40    0*277 652  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23180 10/27E287 669  45    0E320 643  45    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
23180 10/27E290 650  35    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***  **     **** ***  **

23185 TS                    

Minor changes to the track and intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999),
originally storm #7.  Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical 
Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, NCDC's Original Monthly Record 
station data, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

October 24: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 18.5N,
57.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 19.0N, 61.0W.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 35 kt tropical storm was
20.0N, 60.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

October 25: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 22.2N,
61.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 22.4N, 60.5W.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 35 kt tropical storm was
23.0N, 61.0W.  Ship highlights: 25 kt ESE and 1006 mb at 12 UTC at 23.5N
60.5W (COA).

October 26: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb that merged with a
front and became elongated, centered in the vicinity of 26N, 66W.  There is no
temperature gradient across the low, however.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt
tropical storm at 26.1N, 65.6W.  Available observations suggest that the center
of the 40 kt tropical storm was 26.5N, 65.0W.  Ship highlights: 5 kt SE and 995 mb 
at 12 UTC at 27.8N, 63.9W (COA).  No other gales or low pressures.

October 27:  HURDAT listed that the low became extratropical at 00 UTC with the
last position at 06 UTC and 45 kt winds.  Available observations suggest that
the low became extratropical at 18 UTC on the 26th, and the last advisory is at
00 UTC on the 27th with 35 kt winds.  Ship highlights: 35 kt NNW at 20 UTC at
41.0N, 60.0W (COA); 30 kt SSW and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 36.9N, 53.5W (COA); 25
kt NNW and 1001 mb at 12 UTC at 36.8N, 57.4W (COA).  No other gales.  A few
other low pressures.

No changes are made to the genesis of this tropical storm.  A peripheral
pressure of 1006 mb on the 25th suggests winds of at least 34 kt from
the southern pressure-wind relationship - 35 kt retained in HURDAT.  The 995 mb
pressure value recorded from a ship on the 26th in COADS is listed as 1003 mb
in Historical Weather Map and from comparison with surrounding data suggests
that HWM is correct.  1003 mb peripheral pressure values suggests winds of
at least 43 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - 40 kt
chosen for HURDAT (down from 45 kt) as the system was undergoing extratropical
transition.  Change to extratropical is retained at 00 UTC on the 27th, which
is not as early as seen in Historical Weather Map analysis for 12 UTC on 
the 26th.  While no gales were observed with this system during its tropical 
cyclone stage, the data are relatively sparse from the 23rd until the 26th.  
Thus as the cyclone is already classified in HURDAT as a tropical storm, it 
will be retained as such because of the moderate probability that gale force 
winds actually existed.


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1923 - Additional Notes – 2009 ADDITION:

1) A combination of Historical Weather Maps and COADS ships observations
shows a remnant gale center on 4 January in the Subtropical Central
Atlantic left behind by a decaying mid-latitude storm system.  This
circulation moved NW on the 5th and was located well east of Bermuda.  By
the 6th, it had been absorbed by a cold front approaching from the west.
Although the ambient air and sea-surface temperatures were below what
would be typical for tropical cyclogenesis, the low had acquired
barotropic characteristics.  However, gale-force wind observations of 35
kt from three independent ships at 03, 07, and 19 UTC on the 4th were
recorded more than 100 km from the center, while weaker winds were
observed at closer distances.  Therefore, this low was likely still
extratropical and is not added to HURDAT.  It may though have been a
subtropical storm using modern classification criteria.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Jan. 4   27N  47W     Extratropical Storm
Jan. 5   30N  50W     Extratropical Storm


2) On 19 June, Historical Weather Maps shows evidence of a cyclonic
circulation at the tail end of an old, zonally-oriented surface front over
the Atlantic, north of the Western Bahamas and east of Florida.  HWM and
COADS observations indicate that a tropical depression formed in this area
and moved generally north to a position about 450 km east of Savannah on
the 21st.  It was absorbed by a cold front sweeping down the U.S. East
Coast on the 22nd.  The peak wind recorded by a ship observation (COA) was
25 kt NE at 12 UTC on the 19th at 30.9N and 79.5W.  Since there were no
gale force winds and the lowest believable pressure readings were 1012 mb
on the 20th and 21st (COA), this system is not added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
June 19  28N  77W     Tropical Depression
June 20  30N  78W     Tropical Depression
June 21  32N  77W     Tropical Depression


3) The 1923 _Monthly Weather Review_ indicated that "From the 9th to 
the 12th [of October] low pressure prevailed in the Caribbean Sea and
vessels in the Gulf of Mexico experienced northeasterly to easterly gales".
Examination of the Historical Weather Maps do indicate that a low pressure
in the western Gulf was attached to the western end of a frontal 
boundary on the 7th and 8th.  By the 9th, the frontal boundary was
dissipating.  Moderate east to northeast winds prevailed over
the northern half of the Gulf from the 9th to the 11th, primarily 
under the influence of a strong high pressure over the southeast U.S.
Only one gale force wind was observed (10th from COADS), well-away
from the possible low pressure center.  Moreover, on the 10th and 11th
a well-defined circulation center is not evident from available observations.
It is possible that this system did tranform briefly to a tropical storm, 
or perhaps a subtropical storm, especially on the 8th or 9th.  But no gale 
force winds or low pressures were observed in direct connection to
the cyclone.  Thus this system is not included into HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Oct.  7  23N  94W     Extratropical Low
Oct.  8  24N  94W     Extratropical Low     
Oct.  9  23N  92W     Extratropical Low
Oct. 10  22N? 91W?    Open Trough?
Oct. 11  --N  --W     Open Trough


4) This system - originally storm number 4 in Neumann et al. (1999) - is 
removed from HURDAT because it only reached tropical depression intensity as
a tropical cyclone. Evidence for this comes from the Historical Weather Maps 
series, the COADS ship database, Monthly Weather Review, station data
from the Original Monthly Records, and personal communication from R. Perez 
(2005).

23005 10/14/1923 M=16  4 SNBR= 531 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
23010 10/14*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*104 803  35    0*108 802  35    0
23015 10/15*112 802  35    0*117 801  35    0*123 801  35    0*130 801  35    0
23020 10/16*138 802  35    0*146 803  35    0*152 804  35    0*156 805  35    0
23025 10/17*160 805  35    0*163 806  35    0*167 807  35    0*171 807  35    0
23030 10/18*174 808  35    0*177 809  35    0*181 808  35    0*185 807  35    0
23035 10/19*191 805  40    0*197 801  40    0*204 796  40    0*211 790  40    0
23040 10/20*220 783  35    0*229 775  35    0E239 770  35    0E252 767  40    0
23045 10/21E267 766  40    0E281 764  40    0E292 762  45    0E299 758  50    0
23050 10/22E306 753  55    0E313 748  60    0E320 744  60    0E326 742  60    0
23055 10/23E333 742  60    0E339 743  60    0E346 746  60    0E357 751  55    0
23060 10/24E374 756  50    0E392 760  45    0E408 761  40    0E422 765  35    0
23065 10/25E436 769  35    0E448 767  30    0E463 758  30    0E475 731  25    0
23070 10/26E480 695  25    0E482 657  25    0E485 625  30    0E493 598  30    0
23075 10/27E501 572  35    0E509 545  35    0E517 517  35    0E525 488  40    0
23080 10/28E534 459  40    0E542 430  40    0E550 400  40    0E557 379  45    0
23085 10/29E564 360  45    0E570 344  45    0E576 326  45    0E585 293  40    0
23090 TS                    

October 14: HWM analyzes a closed, elongated low of at most 1005 mb entirely
over South America.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm located at
10.4N, 80.3W.  Available observations suggest that the low is not closed.  Ship
highlights: 15 kt NW and 996 mb at 12 UTC at 7.1N, 80.9W (COA); 5 kt E and 1005
mb at 12 UTC at 12.5N, 75.5W (COA).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

October 15: HWM does not analyze a closed low in the vicinity of HURDAT's
tropical storm.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 12.3N, 80.1W.
Available observations suggest that there is a 25 kt tropical depression
centered near 12.3N, 80.1W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

October 16: HWM does not analyze a closed low in the vicinity on HURDAT's
tropical storm.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 15.2N, 80.4W.
Available observations suggest that the center of the 25 kt tropical depression
is at 15.2N, 82.0W.  Ship highlights: 10 kt S and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 13.9N,
81.6W (COA); 10 kt E and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 16.2N, 77.4W (COA).  No gales.
No other low pressures.  Land highlights: 3 kt E and 1005 mb at 0 UTC at Swan
Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR); 8 kt E and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at Swan Island at
17.5N, 84.2W (HWM/OMR).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

October 17: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb near 16.5N, 81W.
HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 16.7N, 80.7W.  Available
observations suggest that the 30 kt tropical depression is centered near 16N,
82W.  Ship highlights: 25 kt WSW and 1003 mb at 21 UTC at 12.5N, 80.5W (COA).
No gales.  Several other low pressures (> 1006 mb).  Land highlights: 10 kt E
and 1003 mb at 00 UTC at Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR).  No gales.  A few
other low pressures.

October 18: HWM analyzes a large closed low of at most 1005 mb centered on the
coast of Central America near 15N, 84W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical
storm at 18.1N, 80.8W.  Available observations suggest that the 30 kt tropical
depression is centered near 18.1N, 81.5W.  Ship and land highlights: No gales.
Several low pressures between 1003 and 1005 mb. 

October 19: HWM analyzes an elongated, closed low of at most 1005 mb near 21N,
78.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm at 20.4N, 79.6W.
Available observations or lack thereof suggest that the low is not closed on
this day.  Ship highlights: 35 kt W and 1011 mb at 12 UTC at 16.2N, 84.8W
(HWM); 10 kt NNW and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at 24.3N, 81.7W (COA).  1 other gale.  A
few other low pressures.  Land highlights: 9 kt NW and 1005 mb at 00 UTC at
Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR).  No other gales or low pressures.

October 20: HWM analyzes a SSW-NNE front extending from south of Cuba up the
eastern seaboard of the U.S. HWM does not analyze a closed low.  HURDAT listed
this as a 35 kt extratropical low at 23.9N, 77.0W.  Available observations
suggest that this is a 25 kt tropical depression centered at 23.9N, 77.0W.
Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

October 21: HWM analyzes an elongated, closed low of at most 1005 mb along a
SSW-NNE stationary front centered near 29N, 76.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45
kt extratropical low at 29.2N, 76.2W.  Available observations suggest that the
30 kt extratropical low is centered at 29.2N, 76.2W.  Ship highlights: No gales
or low pressures.

October 22: HWM analyzes a stationary front off the east coast of the U.S.
There is no closed low on the HWM map.  HURDAT listed this as a 60 kt
extratropical low at 32.0N, 74.4W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones
shows a center near 27N, 76W with an 1007 mb pressure.  Available observations
suggest that there is a 50 kt extratropical low near 32.0N, 74.4W.  Ship
highlights: 35 kt NNE and 1017 mb at 12 UTC at 36.9N, 73.8W (COA); 35 kt NE and
1012 mb at 12 UTC at 36.5N, 72.5W (COA).  No other gales.  No low pressures.
Land highlights: 43 kt N at Cape Henry, VA at 36.9N, 76.0W (VA HIST.).  A few
other gales.  No low pressures.  "The severe storm of the 22d-25th of October,
which developed north of the Bahamas and moved northward to Hatteras and
thence north-northwestward to extreme northwest Pennsylvania, was formed and
maintained by the usual processes attending extra-tropical storms and bore
no resemblance to a hurricane" (MWR).

October 23: HWM analyzes a front with a sharp temperature and pressure gradient
from off the coast of NC to NJ.  HWM analyzes the lowest pressure to be at most
1005 mb, but it is very elongated and does not resemble a closed low.  HURDAT
listed this as a 60 kt extratropical low at 34.6N, 74.6W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 34N, 75W with an 1003 mb pressure.
Available observations suggest that this 75 kt extratropical low was centered
at 34.6N, 74.6W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt NE and 1014 mb at 12 UTC at 38.8N,
73.9W (COA); 15 kt S and 999 mb at 12 UTC at 32.6N, 76.7W (COA).  Several other
strong gales.  Several other low pressures between 999 and 1005 mb.  Land
highlights: 71 kt NE at Atlantic City at 39.4N, 74.5W (MWR); 1005 mb at 12 UTC
at Cape Hatteras at 35.3N, 75.6W (HWM).  Several other strong gales from NC to
MA.  No other low pressures.

October 24: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb in an occluded front
centered near 40N, 77.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt extratropical low at
40.8N, 76.1W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center inland
near 40.2N, 78W with an 1002 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that
this 50 kt extratropical low was centered near 40.8N, 76.1W.  Ship highlights:
45 kt NE at 01 UTC at 40.5N, 73.5W (COA); 45 kt NE at 01 UTC at 40.5N, 72.5W
(COA); 25 kt SE and 1000 mb at 00 UTC at 36.1N, 75.0W (COA).  One other gale
and one other low pressure.  Land highlights: 47 kt SE at New York 40.8N, 74.0W
(MWR); 20 kt SE and 1002 mb at 12 UTC at Harrisburg, PA at 40.3N, 76.5W (HWM).
One other gale.  A few other low pressures.

October 25: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb in an occluded front
centered near 45N, 77W.  HURDAT listed this as a 30 kt extratropical low at
46.3N, 75.8W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center over
Canada near 46N, 76.5W. Available observations suggest that this 30 kt
extratropical low was centered near 46.3N, 75.8W.  Ship highlights: No gales or
low pressures were observed.

October 26: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb in an occluded front
centered near 46N, 65W.  HURDAT listed this as a 30 kt extratropical low at
48.5N, 62.5W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near
47.5N, 64W with a 1004 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 30
kt extratropical low was centered near 48.5N, 62.5W.  Ship highlights: no gales
or low pressures.  Land highlights: 1002 mb at 12 UTC at Chatham at 47.0N,
65.5W (HWM); 10 kt NW and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at Sydney at 46.2N, 60.2W (HWM).
No gales and no other low pressures.

October 27: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb embedded in an occluded
front located south-southwest of the southern tip of Greenland near 52N, 48.5W.
HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt extratropical low at 51.7N, 51.7W.  Available
observations suggest that the 35 kt extratropical low was centered near 51.7N,
51.7W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt W at 11 UTC at 52.5N, 47.5W (COA); 25 kt SSW and
982 mb at 12 UTC at 54.0N, 47.8W (COA).  No other gales.  All other
observations are low pressures.  Land highlights: No gales.

October 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 975 mb in an occluded front
near 55N, 37W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt extratropical low at 55.0N,
40.0W.  Available observations suggest that the 50 kt extratropical low was
centered near 55.0N, 40.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt N at 53.3N, 43.2W (MWR); 45
kt N and 970 mb at 17 UTC at 53.3N, 43.2W (MWR).  Several other gales.  All
observations are low pressures.

October 29: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 975 mb at the end of a
stationary front centered near 57.5N, 27.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt
extratropical storm at 57.6N, 32.6W.  Available observations indicate that the
50 kt extratropical storm was centered near 57.6N, 32.6W.  Ship highlights: 50
kt WNW and 976 mb at 07 UTC at 55.5N, 33.5W (COA); 50 kt WNW and 977 mb at 13
UTC at 55.5N, 31.5W (COA); 50 kt NW at 22 UTC at 56.5N, 29.5W (COA); 10 kt W
and 964 mb at 10 UTC at 56.5N, 28.5W (COA).  Several other gales and low
pressures.  Land highlights: 30 kt E and 986 mb at 12 UTC at Reykjavik, Iceland
at 64.2N, 22.0W (HWM).  One other low pressure.

This system became a tropical depression around 00 UTC on the 15th,
about twelve hours after that originally indicated.  No gale force winds
were observed from the 14th through the 18th.  Numerous low pressure
observations (less than 1006 mb) were taken, but the environmental
pressures were around 1008 mb, so none of these suggest gale force
winds were present on these dates.  On the 19th, the system became
elongated northeast-southwest (and may no longer have had a well-defined
closed center) as a strong cold front approached from the northwest.  
Two 35 kt west winds were observed on this date, but were more than 300 nmi 
from the center, which suggests a structure more descriptive of a
monsoonal low or developing extratropical low.  On the 20th, a well-defined
closed center could no longer be located as the strong frontal boundary
approached, but the lack of a closed low may have been due on this date
to sparse data.  HURDAT originally had the system becoming extratropical
on the 20th at 12 UTC, but the timing of this appears to be about 6-12
hours too early.  By 12 UTC on the 21st, the system had transformed into
a purely extratropical storm with gales developing on the 22nd.  (It is
possible that the original tropical depression dissipated completely
late on the 19th/early on the 20th and that a separate extratropical low 
developed on the 21st.  This scenario is consistent with the Monthly
Weather Reviews description of the system:  "There was evidence that 
a disturbance was forming [on the 16th and 17th] between the Island of 
Jamaica and the Isthmus of Panama ... Over the western Caribbean Sea
pressure continued low with some evidence of a slight disturbance central
southwest of Jamaica.  Following a slight rise in pressure over the western
Caribbean Sea, Cuba and the vicinity of the Bahama Islands on the 20th,
the barometer again began to fall over Cuba and the Bahamas region during
the 21st, and by the morning of the 22d a disturbance of slight intensity
had developed with its center near Nassau, Bahama Islands.")  The 
extratropical storm became quite intense with hurricane force winds reported 
on the 23rd.  HURDAT continued the system through the 29th of October, but 
the Historical Weather Map series suggest that the system remained 
a separate extratropical storm until the 2nd of November in the far North 
Atlantic.

Because the system had no direct gales associated with it from 
the 14th until the 19th while it was a tropical cyclone, this system
is removed from HURDAT as it likely never reached tropical storm 
status.  This assessment is in agreement with Cuban meteorologist 
Ramon Perez, who stated that "This system looks like a low pressure
or a tropical depression over Cuba.  It does not look like a tropical
storm, as Neumann and Ortiz tracked.  A copy of several of our 
historical weather maps are attached."  (These maps are included.)
Thus the removal of this system from HURDAT is consistent with both
the Cuban assessment as well as from U.S. Weather Bureau (in the
Monthly Weather Review) descriptions at the time of the system.  In our 
assessment, this cyclone had a large circulation with peak winds below 
gale-force and with no well-defined center.  However, it is possible that a 
well-defined center did exist embedded within the large circulation envelope, 
but that it was just not sampled from the available observations.  The system 
(if we are correct that no well-defined center was present) is likely somewhat 
analogous to Tropical Storm Frances in 1998, but without gale force winds present.

5) Historical Weather Maps and COADS ship observations show large,
residual occluded lows on 16-17 October in the Eastern Atlantic near the
Azores, 4-6 November in the Western Atlantic to the east and northeast of
Bermuda, and 23-24 November in the Subtropical Central Atlantic.  While
all exhibited ambient temperatures that had become nearly isothermal
towards the center, significant large-scale air and sea-surface
temperature gradients still existed.  Also, any available gale-force wind
observations were located far away from the center.  Consequently, these
systems are considered to be extratropical gale centers and are not added
to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Oct. 16  39N  23W     Extratropical Storm
Oct. 17  39N  25W     Extratropical Storm

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Nov. 4   30N  58W     Extratropical Storm
Nov. 5   36N  63W     Extratropical Storm
Nov. 6   35N  60W     Extratropical Storm

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Nov. 23  27N  58W     Extratropical Storm
Nov. 24  28N  56W     Extratropical Storm

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1924/01 - 2009 REVISION:

23190 06/18/1924 M= 4  1 SNBR= 535 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23190 06/18/1924 M= 4  1 SNBR= 539 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                               ***

23195 06/18*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*176 876  40    0*180 885  35    0
23195 06/18*176 852  35    0*178 866  40    0*180 880  40    0*182 894  35    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***

23200 06/19*184 895  35    0*187 904  35    0*190 913  35    0*193 922  40    0
23200 06/19*184 907  30    0*187 919  30    0*190 930  35    0*194 940  40    0
                ***  **          ***  **          ***          *** ***

23205 06/20*195 931  40    0*197 939  40    0*200 948  40    0*203 958  40    0
23205 06/20*199 949  40    0*204 957  40    0*210 965  40    0*217 972  40    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

23210 06/21*206 968  40    0*209 979  40    0*212 990  35    0*214 998  25    0
23210 06/21*225 978  35    0*235 983  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **
23215 TS                    

Major changes to the track and minor alterations to the intensity shown in Neumann 
et al. (1999).  Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather 
Map series, the COADS ship database, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

June 17:  HWM analyzes an open trough over Central America and the
northwestern Caribbean Sea.  Available observations show that no closed
low existed on this date.  No gale force winds or equivalent in pressures 
were observed.  "Pressure fell gradually over the northwestern 
Caribbean Sea during the 15th-17th, the decrease in that time amounting 
to 0.14 inch at Tela, Spanish Honduras, and Belize, British Honduras, and 
0.04 inch at Swan Island" (MWR).  

June 18:  HWM analyzes an open trough over Central America and the 
northwestern Caribbean Sea.  HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at
17.6N, 87.6W.  Available observations do suggest a closed low
exists near 18N, 88W.  No gale force winds or equivalent in pressures 
were observed.  "The first disturbance, which was followed from the
18th to the 20th of June from the northwestern Caribbean to the 
southwestern Gulf of Mexico, caused heavy rains but apparently no
high winds" (MWR).

June 19:  HWM analyzes a closed low over southern Mexico near 17N, 92.5W
of at most 1007.5 mb.  HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at 19.0N, 91.3W.
Available observations are ambiguous if a closed low exists, but if one
does it may be somewhat west of the HURDAT position near 19N, 93W.  No gale
force winds or equivalent in pressure were observed.

June 20th:  HWM analyzes a closed low over southern Mexico near 17N, 98W
of at most 1007.5 mb.  HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm at 20.0N, 94.8W.
Available observations are ambiguous if a closed low exists, but if one
does it may be somewhat northwest of the HURDAT position near 21N, 96.5W, mainly 
because of low pressure observed in Tampico, MX.  Station highlight:  1005 mb at 
Tampico (MWR).

June 21st:  HWM indicates no significant features near the system in question.
HURDAT listed this as a tropical storm inland over eastern Mexico at
21.2N, 99.0W.  Available observations do suggest that the system had
dissipated by 12 UTC.  No gale force winds or equivalent in pressure
were observed.

Genesis is begun 12 hours earlier than original HURDAT with this tropical cyclone, 
as it had a fairly well-defined circulation at 12 UTC on the 18th.  Alterations – 
mainly minor - were introduced to the track for all dates, though the changes on 
the 20th and 21st were quite large adjustments to the northwest, mainly due to the 
MWR observation of 1005 mb pressre at Tampcio.  Winds are reduced below tropical 
storm intensity on the 19th as the cyclone transited the Yucatan.  A peripheral  
pressure observation - 1005 mb at Tampico on the 20th was measured – which does 
suggest at least winds of 37 kt from the Brown et al. (2006) south of 25N 
pressure-wind relationship.  However, environmental pressures were low, suggesting 
lower winds than usual for the given pressure observation.  40 kt is retained in 
HURDAT at 12 UTC on the 20th.  Dissipation of the cyclone is revised to be 12 hours 
earlier than originally shown in HURDAT.  This is mainly because the original track 
had it make landfall in Mexico too late compared with available observations suggest.  

No tropical storm force winds were observed with this cyclone.  However, as is 
fairly typical for Central America and the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, observations 
were quite sparse.  Additionally, the location and time of year of this system do 
match that expected by climatology.  Thus the cyclone will be retained in HURDAT, 
though evidence for keeping it in is somewhat mixed.

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1924/02 - 2009 ADDITION:

23190 07/28/1924 M= 3  2 SNBR= 540 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23195 07/28*  0   0   0    0*285 785  30    0*300 775  35    0*315 765  40    0
23195 07/29*330 755  40    0*345 744  45    0*360 730  50    0*372 714  55    0
23195 07/30*382 697  55    0*390 679  50    0*395 660  45    0E400 640  40    0
23215 TS                    

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series,
the COADS ship database, and the Monthly Weather Review.

July 27: HWM analyzes an elongated, closed low with at most a 1015 mb 
central pressure situated near 28.5N, 84W at the tail end of a cold front 
that extended off the Carolinas through central Florida.  However, 
examination of HWM and COADS data reveals that the system was better 
described as an open trough, oriented east-northeast to west-southwest.
No gale force winds (or equivalent in pressure) were observed.

July 28: HWM analyzes an elongated, closed low embedded in an occluded front of
at most 1015 mb centered near 31.2N, 77.5W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones 
shows a center near 30.1N, 79.7W with an 1014 mb pressure.  Available observations 
suggest that the frontal boundary had dissipated and a center of the 35 kt  
tropical storm was near 30.0N, 77.5W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt NNE and 1013 mb at 
17 UTC at 31.5N, 77.5W (COA); 35 kt NNE and 1011 mb at 21 UTC at 
32.5N, 77.5W (COA).  No other gales.  No low pressures.

July 29: HWM analyzes a closed low embedded in an occluded front of at most
1015 mb centered near 36N, 73W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a 
center near 34.9N, 73.3W.  Available observations suggest that the frontal boundary 
had instead dissipated and that the 45 kt tropical storm was centered near 36.0N, 73.0W.  
Ship highlights: 35 kt NNW and 1015 mb at 09 UTC at 33.5N, 75.5W (COA).  
45 kt N and 999 mb at 22 UTC at 37.2N, 70.3W (MWR).  No other gales or low 
pressures.  "On the 29th there was a disturbance central near Hatteras that moved 
northeastward along the coast ... vessels in the southernly quadrant reported 
moderate to strong gales" (MWR). 

July 30: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 39N, 63.8W,
attached to the end of a weak front, but just south of a W-E stationary front.
The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 42.8N, 60W.  Available 
observations suggest that the weak front attached to the system had dissipated, 
but that the stationary front the system was approaching from the south was a more 
significant baroclinic feature.  The 50 kt tropical storm was centered near 
39.5N, 66.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt W at 12 UTC at 41.0N, 66.0W (COA); 30 kt NW 
and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at 37.3N, 65.6W (COA); 35 kt NE and 1003 mb at ~ 14 UTC at 
41.0N, 66.0W (MWR).  No other gales or low pressures.  "On the 31st [it] covered 
the region between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia" (MWR).

Genesis of this new tropical storm is begun at 06 UTC on the 28th of July
east of Florida, as it was likely still an open trough up until that time.  
The system's origins were from a frontal boundary and it - especially on 
the 28th - may still have had some hybrid characteristics.  The temperature 
gradients were quite weak on the 28th and 29th, with a value of ~5F in 5 degree 
latitude diameter and nearly 0F in 5 degree longitude on the 28th and ~5F in 5 
degree latitude and ~4F in 5 degree longitude on the 29th.  The system was 
upgraded to a tropical storm late on the 28th based upon two 35 kt ship
reports.  The system peaked in intensity with an estimated 55 kt late on
the 29th and early on the 30th as it moved north-northeastward, paralleling 
the U.S. Atlantic seaboard.  This intensity was supported by a 999 mb 
pressure, which suggested at least 50 kt from both the subtropical and high 
latitude pressure-wind relationships.  Highest observed winds in the tropical 
storm were 45 kt late on the 30th.  The storm weakened afterwards, moving
into the cool waters south of Nova Scotia.  It likely became extratropical
late on the 30th, as it merged with a stationary front.  The statement
in Monthly Weather Review regarding the system being between Newfoundland
and Nova Scotia on the 31st is incorrect, as that was judged to be due to
a strong baroclinic system moving in from the west.

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1924/03 - 2009 REVISION:

23220 08/16/1924 M=13  2 SNBR= 536 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23220 08/16/1924 M=13  3 SNBR= 541 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=1
                       *       ***                        *

23225 08/16*  0   0   0    0*105 540  35    0*110 552  35    0*115 561  35    0
23225 08/16*  0   0   0    0*105 546  25    0*110 560  25    0*116 575  25    0
                                 ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

23230 08/17*120 570  35    0*126 580  35    0*134 591  35    0*142 604  35    0
23230 08/17*123 590  30    0*130 604  30    0*138 615  30    0*145 623  30    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23235 08/18*150 613  35    0*159 626  35    0*168 635  35    0*176 645  40    0
23235 08/18*152 629  30    0*160 635  30    0*168 640  30    0*176 646  35    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **          ***  **

23240 08/19*185 655  40    0*194 664  40    0*202 672  45    0*210 679  45    0
23240 08/19*185 653  40    0*194 660  40    0*202 667  45    0*210 673  50    0
                ***              ***              ***              ***  **

23245 08/20*217 685  50    0*225 691  55    0*232 698  60    0*240 706  60    0
23245 08/20*217 679  55    0*225 685  60    0*232 692  60    0*240 701  60    0
                ***  **          ***  **          ***              ***

23250 08/21*250 715  65    0*259 724  70    0*267 731  75    0*273 737  80    0
23250 08/21*250 712  65    0*259 722  70    0*267 731  75    0*273 737  80    0
                ***              ***                                    

23255 08/22*276 740  85    0*279 745  90    0*280 748  95    0*281 750 100    0
23255 08/22*276 742  85    0*279 745  90    0*280 748  95    0*281 750 100    0
                ***                                                     

23260 08/23*282 752 100    0*282 754 105    0*283 756 105    0*283 759 105    0
23260 08/23*282 753 100    0*282 757 105    0*283 762 105    0*283 766 105    0
                ***              ***              ***              ***    

23265 08/24*282 762 110    0*282 766 110    0*282 769 110    0*282 775 115    0
23265 08/24*282 770 105    0*282 773 105    0*282 775 100    0*286 777  95    0
                *** ***          *** ***          *** ***      *** *** ***

23270 08/25*298 771 115    0*307 769 115    0*318 765 115    0*330 760 110    0
23270 08/25*294 779  90    0*302 777  85    0*312 770  85  969*327 763  90    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **  *** *** ***  **

23275 08/26*344 755 110    0*360 743 105    0*379 729 100    0*406 703  90    0
23275 08/26*344 755  90    0*363 743  90  963*385 729  85    0*409 703  80  968 
                     **      ***      **  *** ***      **      ***      **  ***

23280 08/27E435 672  85    0E463 631  80    0E482 598  75    0E498 560  65    0
23280 08/27E435 672  75    0E463 631  65    0E490 598  60    0E510 560  55    0
                     **               **      ***      **      ***      **

23285 08/28E518 526  55    0E538 488  50    0E553 452  45    0*  0   0   0    0
23285 08/28E525 526  50    0E540 488  45    0E553 452  45    0*  0   0   0    0
            ***      **      ***      **              

23290 HR                    
23290 HR NC1 MA1
         *** ***

U.S. Hurricane Strike Info:
8/26/1924  0400Z 35.5N  74.8W   65kt  1   34nmi RMW   963mb  NC1
8/26/1924  1900Z 41.2N  70.2W   65kt  1   40nmi RMW   968mb  MA1 
(Both were close approaches, but not landfall.)

Major changes to the track and the intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, the Original Monthly Records, _Monthly Weather 
Review_, Dunn and Miller (1960), Schwerdt et al. (1979), Ho et al. (1987), 
Jarrell et al. (1992), and Boose et al. (2001).

August 16: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure on this day.  HURDAT
listed this as a 35 tropical storm at 11.0N, 55.2W.  Available observation
suggest that the center of the 25 kt tropical depression was at 11.0N, 56.0W.
Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

August 17: HWM analyzes rotation over the Leeward Islands but does not analyze
a low on this day.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 13.4N,
59.1W.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 30 kt tropical
depression was at 13.8N, 61.5W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.
Regarding the intensity: "A disturbance of slight intensity appeared over the
Lesser Antilles" (MWR).

August 18: HWM analyzes an elongated (SW - NE), closed low of at most 1010 mb
centered near 14.5N, 67.4W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at
16.8N, 63.5W.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 30 kt
tropical depression was at 16.8N, 64.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low
pressures.

August 19: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 21.2N,
67.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 20.2N, 67.2W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 20N, 67.7W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 45 kt tropical storm was at 20.2N,
66.7W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt S at 23.8N, 66.8W (MWR); 35 kt E and 1011 mb at
00 UTC at 21.5N, 64.5W (COA); 35 kt ESE and 1012 mb at 08 UTC at 22.5N, 63.5W
(COA).  A few other gales.  No low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: "It
moved northwest, reaching the Virgin Islands on the 19th without any increase
in intensity.  It was accompanied by heavy rain but no damaging winds" (MWR).

August 20: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 23.3N,
68.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 60 kt tropical storm at 23.2N, 69.8W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 22.7N, 70.8W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 60 kt tropical storm was at 23.2N,
69.2W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  Regarding the intensity:
"It increased gradually, however, both in intensity and size after passing to
the north of Porto Rico and within three days, when its center was in about
latitude 27.5N, and longitude 74.5W, the winds near the center had increased to
hurricane force" (MWR).

August 21: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 27.7N,
74W.  HURDAT listed this as a 75 kt hurricane at 26.7N, 73.1W.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 26N, 73.5W.  Available observations
suggest that the center of the 75 kt hurricane was at 26.7N, 73.1W.  Ship
highlights: 60 kt WSW and 993 mb at 19 UTC at 26.7N, 73.7W (MWR); 60 kt and
1000 mb (MWR); 35 kt W and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 26.2N, 73.8W (COA).  No other
gales.  One other low pressure.

August 22: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 28.5N,
75.4W.  HURDAT listed this as a 95 kt hurricane at 28.0N, 74.8W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 28.1N, 76W with a 992 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the center of the 95 kt
hurricane was at 28.0N, 74.8W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt SW and 1005 mb at 12 UTC
at 26.7N, 73.8W (COA); 35 kt SW and 1003 mb at 12 UTC at 26.5N, 74.0W (COA).
No other gales or low pressures.

August 23: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 27.1N,
79W.  HURDAT listed this as an 105 kt hurricane at 28.3N, 75.6W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 28.1N, 77W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 105 kt hurricane was at 28.3N,
76.2W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt SE and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 28.9N, 73.8W (COA);
35 kt SE and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 28.8N, 73.5W (COA); 20 kt NW and 1002 mb at
20 UTC at 26.7N, 79.6W (COA).  One other gale.  Several other low pressures
between 1002 and 1005 mb. 

August 24: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 27.3N,
76.1W.  HURDAT listed this as an 110 kt hurricane at 28.2N, 76.9W.  The MWR
Tracks for Center of Cyclones shows a center near 28.7N, 78W.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 100 kt hurricane was at 28.2N,
77.5W.  Ship highlights: 972 mb (no time or position) (MWR);  60 kt N and 996 mb 
at 05 UTC at 28.8N, 78.4W (COA); 50 kt ENE and 998 mb at 00 UTC at 
29.6N, 77.9W (COA).  A few other gales.  Several other low pressures.  Regarding 
the intensity: "It did not start north again until the night of the 24th, 
meanwhile developing the greatest intensity just north of the Bahamas with 
hurricane velocities and barometer readings as low as 28.70 inches [972 mb]" (MWR).

August 25: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 30.8N,
78.2W, with a front a little to the northwest of the low.  HURDAT listed this
as an 115 kt hurricane near 31.8N, 76.5W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows a center near 31N, 77W.  It showed a 972 mb pressure at 00 UTC
slightly south-southwest of the position at 12 UTC.  Available observations
suggest that the center of the 85 kt hurricane was at 31.2N, 77.0W.  Ship
highlights: 70 kt SSE and 986 mb at 17 UTC at 31.5N, 74.8W (COA); 70 kt SSW and
984 mb at 21 UTC at 31.5N, 75.1W (COA); 35 kt E and 973 mb at 32.0N, 76.5W
(MWR).  Several other gales and several other low pressures.  Land highlights:
42 kt NE at 23 UTC at Cape Hatteras, NC at 35.3N, 75.6W (OMR/NCDC); 38 kt E and
997 mb at 22 UTC at Cape Hatteras, NC at 35.3N, 75.6W (OMR/NCDC).  A few other
gales.  Several other low pressures.  Regarding the location/intensity: "At
noon [16 UTC], [the center] was very accurately located by three vessels near
latitude 32N, and longitude 76.5W" (MWR).  Savannah: "Tropical storm... moved
rapidly northward, passing about 100 miles east of Savannah" (OMR).
Wilmington: "Rain set in at about 4:20 a.m. [0920 UTC], continuing with a few
short interruptions until 6:30 p.m. [2330 UTC]. Winds at Wilmington shifted
from ENE-N-NW-WNW between the morning of the 25th and early on the 26th.  The
storm center passed an estimated distance of 100 to 120 miles to the eastward
of the station.  Morehead City and Beaufort indicate that severe winds were
experienced at those places, causing some damage to property on shore and small
craft in the harbor" (OMR).

August 26: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb centered near 39N,
72.5W, with the west edge of a warm front just to the northeast of the low.
HURDAT listed this as an 100 kt hurricane at 37.9N, 72.9W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 38.1N, 72.5W.  It showed a 971 mb
pressure at 00 UTC at 34.5N, 75.5W.  Available observations suggest that the
center of the 85 kt hurricane was at 38.5N, 72.9W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt SW
and 986 mb at 17 UTC at 39.1N, 68.1W (MWR); 35 kt NE and 982 mb at 12 UTC at
40.0N, 72.4W (COA).  Several other strong gales and low pressures.  Land
highlights: 64 kt NW at 03 and 04 UTC and 975 mb at 02 and 03 UTC at Cape
Hatteras (OMR); 68 kt N at 16 UTC at Block Island at 41.2N, 71.6W (OMR); 20 kt 
E and 972 mb at 19 UTC at Nantucket Island at 41.3N, 70.1W (OMR).  Several 
other strong gales and several other low pressures.  "Maximum sustained winds 
reached 72 mph at Cape Henry" (VA Hurricanes).  Norfolk: "Heavy
rain and winds of strong gale force accompanied the storm.  A number of trees
were blown down and there was other minor damage" (OMR).  Block Island: "The
gale commenced during the early morning, reaching 78 miles at 11 a.m.;
continued with hurricane force until 2 p.m. with an extreme of 82 miles per
hour" (OMR).  Providence: Damage to shipping, boats, telephone lines, trees,
poles, fruit crops, and electricity (OMR).  Nantucket Island: "The tropical
storm which passed to the south of the station at 2:00 pm was of great
intensity doing extensive damage to the water front" (OMR).  Near North
Carolina:  Central pressure of 972 mb, radius of maximum wind 34 nmi, no 
landfall (Ho et al.).  Near Massachusetts:  Central Pressure of 960 mb,
radius of maximum wind 40 nmi, "storm becoming extratropical" (Ho et al.). 
Two reports of F2 and numerous reports of F1 structural damage in New England,
analyzed a 60 nmi radius of maximum wind (Boose et al.).  "1924 Aug. 25,
Cape Hatteras, Minimal, Center offshore ... 1924 Aug. 26, R.I., Cape Cod,
Minimal, Severe at Block Island" (Dunn and Miller - Note "Minimal" is
an Intensity Classification of 74 to 100 mph Maximum Winds).  Jarrell et al. 
did not consider this system to cause hurricane impacts in either North
Carolina or in New England.  "Environmental pressure of 1006 mb, Maximum
Sustained Surface Wind Estimate [felt offshore due to bypass] of 84 kt
near North Carolina and 79 kt near Massachusetts" (Schwerdt et al.).

August 27: HWM analyzes a closed low, now embedded in an occluded front, of at
most 980 mb centered near 49N, 59W.  HURDAT listed this as a 75 kt
extratropical low at 48.2N, 59.8W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones
shows a center near 48.2N, 59.5W with a 981 mb pressure.  Available
observations suggest that the center of the 60 kt extratropical low was at
49.0N, 59.8W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt WSW at 12 UTC at 43.0N, 60.8W (COA).  No
other gales.  No low pressures.  Land highlights: 40 kt NE and 983 mb at 12 UTC
at Harrington H., Canada at 50.5N, 59.5W (HWM); 35 kt SW and 980 mb at 12 UTC
at Cape Ray, Canada at 47.6N, 59.4W (HWM).  No other gales.  Several other low
pressures. 

August 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 58.9N,
42.5W, at the end of an occluded front. HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt
extratropical low at 55.3N, 45.2W.  Available observations suggest that the
center of the 45 kt extratropical low was at 55.3N, 45.2W.  Ship highlights: 15
kt NW and 976 mb at 12 UTC at 53.5N, 46.8W (COA).  No gales.  No other low
pressures.  Land highlights: 20 kt NE and 998 mb at 12 UTC at Cape Ray, Canada
at 47.6N, 59.4W (HWM).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

No changes were made to either the genesis or decay of this hurricane.
The most significant track alteration was done on the 17th with a shift
150 nmi to the west-northwest of the original HURDAT location based upon
ship and island observations showing an earlier track across the Lesser
Antilles.  Minor changes to the track were introduced for the remainder
of the hurricane's lifetime.  The system's development into a tropical
storm was delayed until late on the 18th based upon numerous ship and
island station observations.  This is consistent with the Monthly Weather
Review's assessment of "a disturbance of slight intensity appeared over
the Lesser Antilles".  Observation of 993 mb peripheral pressure late
on the 21st suggests winds of at least 59 kt from the southern and
subtropical pressure-wind relationships - 70 kt chosen for HURDAT, down 
from 80 kt originally.  Little in the way of inner core observations were
available until the 25th.  Intensity of 95 kt and 105 kt on the 22nd and 23rd 
are retained and 105 kt is the peak intensity for this cyclone, though this 
could not be verified by observations.  At an unknown time on the 25th the ship
Harvester reported a surface pressure of 973 mb with a wind of 35 kt east
with a peak wind of 70 kt (force 12) east-southeast.  The weakening 
of the wind at time of lowest pressure suggests a measurement inside
the radius of maximum wind near the eye and an estimate of 969 mb central 
pressure is made (assuming about 1 mb drop per 10 kt wind).  969 mb pressure 
suggests winds of 86 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - 
85 kt chosen for HURDAT down from 115 kt at 12 UTC and 110 kt at 18 UTC.
Winds are lowered accordingly from the 22nd through the 25th.  

Early on the 26th the hurricane made a close pass to the east of North Carolina 
with 64 kt 5 min northwest winds and 975 mb pressure recorded at Hatteras.   
Ho et al. (1987) analyzed a central pressure of the hurricane as it
was bypassing Hatteras of 972 mb, though this value appears to be too
high given the hurricane force winds being observed with 975 mb pressure
recorded.  A central pressure early on the 26th is estimated to be about
963 mb, which suggests winds of 92 and 88 kt from the subtropical and
northern pressure-wind relationships, accordingly.  Winds are chosen at
90 kt for 00 and 06 UTC on the 26th, down from 110 and 105 kt originally.
(This is similar to the 84 kt suggested by Schwerdt et al. near the Carolinas.)
115 kt previously from late of the 24th until 12 UTC on the 25th were
the peak intensity of this hurricane.  In these revisions, the peak is reached 
later – late on the 25th and early on the 26th with a reduced peak intensity of 
90 kt.  The observed 64 kt at Hatteras reduces down to 53 kt after correcting for 
the high bias of the anemometers of the era (Fergusson and Covert 1924) and 
adjusting from 5 to 1 min winds (Powell et al. 1996).  However, given 
the impact along portions of the Outer Banks, it is estimated that at least 
minimal sustained hurricane force (Category 1) winds occurred in North 
Carolina.  Thus this hurricane is counted as a Category 1 hurricane strike in 
North Carolina, though it remained offshore and did not make a landfall.  

After passing the Carolinas, the hurricane accelerated off to the northeast
and passed just offshore of Massachusetts.  Key observations at Nantucket
were a minimum pressure of 972 mb and winds of 20 kt east at 19 UTC on 
the 26th, suggesting that the island was very close to the center of the 
system.  Ho et al.'s analysis of 960 mb central pressure thus appears to be 
too deep and 968 mb is instead utilized.  Structurally, this system had 
begun transitioning to an extratropical storm, but likely retained 
enough tropical characteristics to consider it a New England
hurricane impact.  (As an example, Boston's temperatures/dew points went
from 65F/64F at 12 UTC on the 26th before the system's passage to
70F/65F at 12 UTC on the 27th after the passage.  Thus any surface
baroclinicity appears to be minimal or non-existent near New England.)  
968 mb central pressure suggests winds of 84 kt from the northern pressure-
wind relationship.  A RMW of 40 nmi is larger than that suggested from
climatology for this latitude and central pressure (33 nmi - Vickery et al. 
2000).  The hurricane was accelerating northeastward at 30-35 kt around
the time of closest approach to New England, which while fast is close
to climatological for this region.  Thus winds are reduced to 80 kt at
18 UTC on the 26th, down from 90 kt originally.  (This is similar to the 79 kt 
suggested by Schwerdt et al. near Massachusetts.)  A peak 5 min wind of 68 kt
was recorded at Block Island at 16 UTC, which adjusts downward to 55 kt
after accounting for bias and conversion to 1 min.  Thus only Massachusetts
is considered a Category 1 hurricane strike from this system.  Characterization
of system as a Category 1 hurricane in New England is also consistent with
Boose et al.'s assessment based upon structural damages in the area. No change
is made to when the system underwent extratropical transition (at 00 UTC
on the 27th).  Winds are reduced on the 27th and 28th consistent with
relatively lower intensity indicated by Canadian and marine observations
of a large, but weaker extratropical storm.

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1924/04 - 2009 REVISION:

23295 08/26/1924 M=12  3 SNBR= 537 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23295 08/26/1924 M=12  4 SNBR= 542 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
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23305 08/27*144 540  45    0*149 555  55    0*153 570  65    0*156 586  75    0
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23310 08/28*161 606  55    0*166 613  65    0*171 620  65    0*176 627  70    0
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23330 09/01*231 671  90    0*236 675  90    0*241 678  90    0*246 681  90    0
23330 09/01*223 681  90    0*226 682  90    0*230 683  90    0*236 684  90    0
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23340 09/03*284 689  85    0*300 688  80    0*319 685  80    0*341 680  80    0
23340 09/03*289 689  85    0*305 688  80    0*322 685  80    0*341 680  80    0
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23345 09/04*363 670  75    0E386 660  75    0E408 648  70    0E430 631  70    0
23345 09/04E363 670  75    0E386 660  75    0E408 648  70    0E430 631  70    0
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23350 09/05E451 611  65    0E472 587  55    0E492 560  50    0E506 524  45    0
23355 09/06E513 492  40    0E520 460  35    0E521 426  35    0E518 362  35    0
23355 09/06E513 492  40    0E520 460  35    0E521 426  35    0E518 386  35    0
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23360 HR                    

Major changes to the track and the intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

August 26: HWM analyzes an open trough east-northeast of the northernmost
Leeward Islands near 54W. HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at
13.8N, 54.6W. Available observations suggest that the 35 kt tropical storm was
centered at 13.8N, 51.0W. Ship highlights: None. Land highlights: No gales or
low pressures.

August 27: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 19N,
58.5W. HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 15.3N, 59.0W. Available
observations suggest that the 65 kt hurricane was centered at 15.3N, 57.0W. 
Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

August 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 15.7N,
63.5W. HURDAT listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 17.1N, 62.0W. Available
observations suggest that the 95 kt hurricane was centered at 17.1N, 63.0W. 
Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures. Land highlights: 965 mb at 
~0730 UTC at Cudjoc Head, Montserrat, at 16.7N, 62.2W (MWR).  Regarding the 
intensity: "The center passed over Cudjoc Head, Montserrat at 3:30 a.m. of 
the 28th with readings on nearby barometers as low as 28.50 inches.  Estimates 
of 100 to 110 miles per hour were made at Montserrat and Antigua between 
3 a.m. and 4 a.m." (MWR).

August 29: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 17.8N,
65W. HURDAT listed this as an 80 kt hurricane at 19.6N, 64.6W. Available
observations suggest that the 95 kt hurricane was centered at 19.0N, 65.4W. 
Ship highlights: 35 kt and 1009 mb at 16 UTC at 20.5N, 66.5W (COA). No other
gales.  No low pressures.  Land highlights: 967 mb at 0530 UTC at Tortola, 
Virgin Islands at 18.8N, 64.9W (MWR); 967 mb at 06 UTC at St. John at 
18.3N, 64.8W (MWR).  One other gale.  No other low pressures.  Regarding 
the intensity: "The center was again exactly located as it passed over 
the western end of Tortola of the Virgin group. The lowest reading at this 
point was 28.56 inches at 1:30 a.m. of the 29th... The islands
in the direct path of the center of the hurricane were almost completely
devastated by the wind and by flood waters from the extremely heavy rainfall"
(MWR).  "Great damage was done by the storm in these Islands [Virgin Islands].
A number of lives were lost, hundreds of houses were destroyed and thousands
damaged, and much damage was done to crops" (MWR).  "At 2 a.m. of the 29th the
center with a reading of 28.56 inches passed over the eastern end of the island
of St. John.  The western end of the island of Tortola experienced hurricane
winds from 6 p.m. of the 28th to 6 a.m. of the 29th... winds estimated about
100 to 110 miles an hour.  The observer at St. Thomas estimated the wind at 110
miles per hour from the north-northeast between midnight and 2 a.m. of the
29th" (MWR).

August 30: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 20.8N,
66.8W. HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 20.7N, 65.6W. The MWR Paths
of Hurricanes and Other Tropical Storms, 1924 chart shows a center near 19.8N,
66.3W. Available observations suggest that the 90 kt hurricane was centered at
21.0N, 67.0W. Ship highlights: 35 kt ESE and 1009 mb at 12 UTC at 21.8N, 65.1W
(COA); 35 kt E and 1012 mb at 12 UTC at 21.5N, 63.5W (COA). No other gales. No
low pressures. Land highlights: No gales or low pressures. 

August 31: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 20.8N,
66.9W. HURDAT listed this as a 90 kt hurricane at 22.2N, 66.5W. The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 21.5N, 67.6W.  Available
observations suggest that the 90 kt hurricane was centered at 21.8N, 67.8W. 
Ship highlights: Four obs of 35 kt.  15 kt SW and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 19.1N,
66.7W (COA). No other gales or low pressures. Land highlights: No gales or low
pressures.

September 1: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 23.2N,
68.4W. HURDAT listed this as a 90 kt hurricane at 24.1N, 67.8W. The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 24N, 69W. Available observations
suggest that the 90 kt hurricane was centered at 23.0N, 68.3W. Ship highlights:
45 kt E and 1009 mb at 04 UTC at 24.9N, 68.3W (COA); 35 kt E and 1004 mb at 12
UTC at 24.4N, 68.1W (COA). One other gale. One other low pressure. Land
highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 2: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 25.7N,
71.6W. HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 26.3N, 68.7W. The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclone shows a center near 26.2N, 69.2W, with a 982 mb
pressure. Available observations suggest that the 85 kt hurricane was centered
at 26.3N, 68.7W. Ship highlights: 45 kt SSE and 983 mb at 16 UTC at 26.7N,
66.2W (MWR); 40 kt SE and 982 mb at 12 UTC at 26.7N, 68.5W (HWM); 50 kt SW and
988 mb at 23 UTC at 27.9N, 68.7W (COA). One other gale and one other low
pressure. 

September 3: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 32.1N,
68.7W. A cold frontal boundary is analyzed in HWM a few hundred miles northwest
of the hurricane.  HURDAT listed this as an 80 kt hurricane at 31.9N, 68.5W.  
The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 32.9N, 67.9W.  
Available observations suggest that the 80 kt hurricane was centered at 
32.2N, 68.5W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt SSW and 999 mb at 12 UTC at 
30.7N, 67.4W (MWR); 45 kt SW and 985 mb at 03 UTC at 29.8N, 69.0W (COA).  
Several other gales.  A few other low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: 
"Its center passed about 150 miles...west of Bermuda...Bermuda reported 
a wind velocity of 36 miles an hour from the southwest the morning of 
September 3" (and 1008 mb pressure) (MWR).

September 4: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 41N,
65W, now embedded within a frontal boundary with a strong temperature gradient
across the low. HURDAT listed this as a a 70 kt extratropical low at 40.8N,
64.8W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 41.3N,
63.2W.  Available observations suggest that HURDAT's previous observations need
not be changed.  Ship highlights: 50 kt SSE at 12 UTC at 40.9N, 63.2W (COA); 45
kt NE and 980 mb at 14 UTC at 41.2N, 65.1W (MWR).  Several other gales.
Several other low pressures.

September 5: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb in an occluded front
centered near 49N, 55.3W. HURDAT listed this as a 50 kt extratropical low at
49.2N, 56.0W. Available observations suggest that HURDAT's previous
observations need not be changed. Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.
Land highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 6: HWM analyzes a closed low of attached to the end of a front
centered near 50.5N, 41.5W. HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt extratropical low at
52.1N, 42.6W. Available observations suggest that HURDAT's previous
observations need not be changed. ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

No changes were made to either the genesis or decay of this hurricane.
Large alterations to the track were made on the 26th and 27th with
positions significantly farther east than originally in HURDAT due to
ship observations on the 26th and Lesser Antilles station data on the 27th.
A large change was also made for the very last HURDAT position at 18Z on
the 6th to provide a more realistic acceleration in accordance with
observations.  Changes for track from the 28th through the 3rd were minor, 
with no track corrections for the 4th through 12Z on the 6th.  A possible
central pressure of 965 mb at 0730Z on the 28th from Montserrat suggests winds 
of 95 kt from the southern pressure-wind relationship.  95 kt chosen for 06 
and 12Z (above the 65 kt in HURDAT previously) and winds bumped up on 
the 26th and 27th appropriately to indicate a stronger system than recorded
originally.  Additional possible central pressures of 967 mb on the 29th 
from Tortola at 0530Z and St. John at 06Z suggest winds of 93 kt from 
the southern pressure-wind relationship - 95 kt chosen for HURDAT on the 29th.
Description of damages and estimates of winds support (at least) a high
end Category 2 hurricane in the islands, which is an upgrade from 
Category 1 originally indicated.  Few observations were available near
the hurricane's center from the 30th through the 1st, so no changes to
the intensity (of 90 kt) were indicated.  A 982 mb peripheral pressure
reading from ship at 12Z on the 2nd indicates winds of at least 73 kt
from the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - 85 kt retained in
HURDAT.  A peripheral pressure of 985 mb from a ship at 03Z on the 3rd
suggests winds of at least 70 kt from the subtropical pressure-wind 
relationship - 85 and 80 kt retained in HURDAT for 00 and 06Z, respectively.
Extratropical transition is indicated here at 00Z on the 4th, six hours
earlier than originally, due to timing of the fronts arrival upon the
hurricane.  A 980 mb peripheral pressure at 14Z on the 4th suggests
winds of at least 73 kt from the northern pressure-wind relationship - 
70 kt retained in HURDAT as the system has already become extratropical.

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1924/05 - 2009 REVISION:

23365 09/13/1924 M= 7  4 SNBR= 538 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
23365 09/13/1924 M= 7  5 SNBR= 543 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
                       *       ***

23370 09/13*240 830  60    0*254 852  60    0*260 860  65    0*266 866  70    0
23370 09/13*240 845  35    0*248 855  40    0*255 865  45    0*262 872  45    0
                ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23375 09/14*271 869  70    0*277 872  70    0*282 874  70    0*287 874  70    0
23375 09/14*269 877  50    0*276 879  50    0*282 880  55    0*286 876  60    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

23380 09/15*291 871  70    0*296 865  65    0*300 860  65    0*303 855  55    0
23380 09/15*290 870  65    0*293 862  70    0*296 855  75  980*299 849  55    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **  *** *** ***

23385 09/16*306 848  50    0*310 839  45    0*314 828  45    0*319 813  40    0
23385 09/16*302 843  50    0*305 836  45    0*310 828  40    0*318 817  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***          ***      **      *** ***  **

23390 09/17*328 790  40    0*340 770  40    0E353 744  40    0E366 720  40    0
23390 09/17*329 802  35    0E341 782  40    0E353 758  45    0E367 723  45    0
            *** ***  **     **** ***              ***  **      *** ***  **

23395 09/18E382 691  40    0E394 667  40    0E410 628  40    0E422 595  40    0
23395 09/18E383 697  45    0E400 670  45    0E415 645  50    0E428 620  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23400 09/19E434 565  40    0E445 533  40    0E455 500  40    0E473 414  40    0
23400 09/19E439 595  50    0E448 570  50    0E455 545  50    0E460 520  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

23405 HRAFL1                

U.S. Hurricane Strike Info:
9/15/1924    1400Z 29.7N  85.3W   75kt  1   No RMW estimate  980mb  AFL1

Major changes to the track and the intensity shown in Neumann et al. (1999).
Evidence for these alterations comes from the Historical Weather Map series, 
the COADS ship database, the Original Monthly Records, _Monthly Weather 
Review_, Connor (1956), Dunn and Miller (1960), Jarrell et al. (1992), and
Barnes (1998).

September 12:  HWM indicates a trough in the northwestern Caribbean
and southeast Gulf of Mexico.  A closed low does not yet exist for
this system, despite gale force wind observations.  Ship highlights:
35 kt ENE at 09 UTC at 25.5N, 80.5W (COA) and 35 kt ENE at 13 UTC at
24.5N, 80.5W (COA).  A short article in Monthly Weather Review (May 1930,
page 210, by "A. J. H." suggested that this system began as a tropical
storm in the northeast Pacific from the 7th to the 9th, crossed the Mexican 
highlands on the 10th and 11th, re-emerged into the Gulf of Mexico
on the 12th, and redeveloped on the 13th.  A similar scenario was
suggested by P. Vazquez Schiaffino of the Encargado del Observatorio
de Mazatlan in an unpublished letter entitled "Ciclon tropical de
Septiembre 6 - 16 de 1924".  However, examination of all available
observations strongly suggests that storm 4 instead formed independently
in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 13th.

September 13: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 26N,
86.2W.  HURDAT listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 26.0N, 86.0W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 26N, 87W with an 1008 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the tropical storm was
centered at 25.5N, 86.5W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  
"On the morning of the 13th of September a disturbance was noted in 
the central portion of the Gulf of Mexico" (MWR).

September 14: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 28.1N,
86.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 70 kt hurricane at 28.2N, 87.4W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 28.2N, 87.7W with an 1004 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 55 kt tropical storm was
centered at 28.2N, 88.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt SW and 1008 mb at 21 UTC at
27.0N, 86.8W (COA); 35 kt SW and 1008 mb at 23 UTC at 27.2N, 87.2W (COA); 25 kt
SW and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at 27.9N, 87.6W (COA).  No other gales or low
pressures.

September 15: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 
30N, 84.9W.  HURDAT listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 30.0N, 86.0W.  
The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 29.7N, 85.6W 
with a 985 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that 
the 70 kt hurricane was centered at 29.6N, 85.5W.  Land highlights: 
58 kt SE and 997 mb at Apalachicola, FL at 29.7N, 85.0W (OMR); 23 kt SW and 986 mb 
at Apalachicola at 1740 UTC (OMR); 985 mb at 1930 UTC at Carrabelle, FL at 29.9N, 
84.7W (MWR).  Several other strong gales and low pressures.  Regarding the 
intensity: "The highest winds at Port St. Joe have been estimated at 75 to 80 miles 
per hour from the northwest.  The harbor damages were relatively small considering 
the force and duration of the storm, which is probably explained by the timely 
warnings ... At St. Andrews the winds at their highest were estimated at from 60 to 
75 miles per hour and at Carrabelle from 40 to 50 miles with lowest barometer reading 
at the latter 29.10 inches [985 mb] at about 2:30 pm on the 15th" (MWR).  
Charleston, SC: "Rain fell at excessive rates on the 15th-16th" (OMR).  
Apalachicola, FL: The storm of the 15th was of about hurricane intensity" (OMR).  
Tropical Cyclones in Florida, 1924 Sept. 15, St. Joe, Minimal, Damage $275,000; 
Tropical Cyclones in the South Atlantic States – Carolinas and Georgia, 1924 
Sept. 16-17, Ga., S.C., Minor, Heavy Rain (Dunn & Miller - Note 
"Minimal" is an Intensity Classification of 74 to 100 mph Maximum Winds and "Minor" 
is for winds less than 74 mph).  "Wind damages were not
significant, but heavy rains flooded fields and washed away acres of crops.
The heaviest rainfall was measured at Quincy, in Gadsden County, where 12.93
inches were recorded within twenty-four hours.  The Suwannee and Aucilla Rivers
were far above flood stage, and thousands of acres were submerged.  The
heaviest damages occurred to cotton, corn, sugarcane, peanut, sweet potato, and
pecan crops" (Barnes).  "Sep. 15, 1924, Center Crossed Coast near Apalachicola,
Estimate Lowest 985 mb" (Connor). "1924 Sep, FL, 1NW, Category 1, 985 mb"
(Jarrell et al.).

September 16: HWM analyzes a closed low centered near 30.5N, 82.8W.  HURDAT
listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 31.4N, 82.8W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 31N, 82.8W.  Available observations
suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was centered at 31.0N, 82.8W.  Ship
highlights: 42 kt NE at 23 UTC at Charleston, SC at 32.8N, 80.0W (OMR); 40 kt
SW and 1008 mb at 1545 UTC at Jacksonville, FL at 30.4N, 81.7W (OMR); 26 kt NW
and 1005 mb at 00 UTC at Apalachicola, FL at 29.7N, 85.0W (OMR).  One other
gale.  No other low pressures. 

September 17: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb in an occluded front
centered near 35N, 75W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt extratropical low at
35.3N, 74.4W.  The MWR Tracks of Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 35.1N,
75W with a 999 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 45 kt
extratropical low was centered at 35.3N, 75.8W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt NNE and
1003 mb at 13 UTC at 36.5N, 75.5W (COA); 35 kt S and 999 mb at 20 UTC at 37.8N,
66.5W (MWR); 30 kt NE and 998 mb at 12 UTC at 36.8N, 74.9W (COA).  No other
gales.  Several other low pressures.  Land highlights: 52 kt NE at Cape Henry,
Virginia at 36.9N, 76.0W (VA Hist); 42 kt SE and 999 mb at 11 UTC at Cape
Hatteras, NC at 35.3N, 75.6W (OMR).  Several other gales.  A few other low
pressures. Nantucket, MA: "A northeaster of marked intensity from 12:20 p.m. to
2:39 a.m. the 18, the storm was of southern origin..." (OMR).

September 18: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 41N,
65W, embedded in an occluded front.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt
extratropical low near 41.0N, 62.8W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones
shows a center near 41.9N, 64.7W.  Available observations suggest that the 50
kt extratropical low was centered at 41.5N, 64.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt SW
at 40.6N, 66.1W (MWR); 35 kt WSW and 997 mb at 16 UTC at 41.5N, 63.5W (COA).  A
few other gales.  Several other low pressures.  Land highlights: 50 kt N at
Nantucket Island at 41.3N, 70.1W (OMR) at 0417 UTC;  1002 mb at Nantucket 
Island, MA at 0540 UTC at 41.3N, 70.1W (OMR).  Several other gales.  A few 
other low pressures.

September 19: HWM analyzes an elongated trough of low pressure associated with
a frontal system centered near 45N, 50W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt
extratropical low at 45.5N, 50.0W.  Available observations suggest that the 50
kt extratropical low was centered at 45.5N, 54.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt W at
12 UTC at 43.5N, 54.3W (COA); 15 kt SW and 1003 mb at 12 UTC at 45.6N, 53.2W
(COA).  Several other gales.  A few other low pressures.  Land highlights: 35
kt NE and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at Cape Race, Canada at 46.7N, 53.1W (HWM).

No changes are made to either the genesis or decay of this system.  Track
changes are minor from the 13th until early on the 18th.  From late on
the 18th through the 19th, a significant track alteration is introduced
(substantially farther west than in original HURDAT) based on marine and
Canadian observations.  Numerous ship and Gulf coastal data indicates
a weaker system on the 13th and 14th.  Winds reduced at 12 UTC on the 
13th from 65 to 45 kt and on the 14th from 70 to 50 kt.  

The system intensified to a hurricane before making landfall in Florida around 
14 UTC on the 15th.  (It is noted that an intensification after recurvature toward 
the northeast is rather unusual.)  No sustained hurricane force winds were recorded, 
as 58 kt SE 5 min winds were the highest observed (which reduces to 48 kt 1 min true 
wind after correction for the high bias of the anemometers of the era [Fergusson 
and Covert 1924] and adjusting from 5 to 1 min winds [Powell et al. 1996]).  
However, two locations had estimated hurricane force
winds (Port St. Joe and Panama City).  Lowest observed pressures were 985 mb
from Carrabelle at 1930 UTC (with estimated 35 to 45 kt at the time)
and 986 mb from Apalachicola at 1740 UTC (with observed 23 kt SW wind).
Both of these occurred after landfall and neither were central pressures
as the winds were still substantial.  (Thus the Jarrell et al. assessment
of 985 mb central pressure at landfall is incorrect.  It is also noted 
that Ho et al. did not have this hurricane in their listing, which 
included hurricanes of less than 982 mb.)  Taking into account the
distance of Carrabelle and Apalachicola from the center as well as filling
since the landfall at around 14 UTC, the central pressure at landfall is 
estimated to be 980 mb.  A 980 mb central pressure suggests winds of 
73 kt from the Brown et al. north of 25N pressure-wind relationship and 76 kt 
from the subset of those systems that were intensifying.  75 kt is chosen
for landfall intensity, keeping the hurricane as a Category 1 system
at landfall for northwest Florida.  Highest sustained winds after landfall
are 49 kt within two hours of 18 UTC on the 15th (41 kt corrected) and
less than gale force at 00 UTC on the 16th.  A run of the Kaplan-DeMaria
inland wind decay model (Kaplan and DeMaria 1995) suggests winds of 57 kt
at 18 UTC on the 15th and 47 kt at 00 UTC on the 16th.  Given the sparse
coverage of wind observations after landfall, more weight is given to
the Kaplan-DeMaria model.  Winds are unchanged in HURDAT from the 55 kt
at 18 UTC on the 15th and 50 kt at 00 UTC on the 16th.  The system is
transitioned to extratropical at 06 UTC on the 17th (six hours earlier
than in HURDAT) based upon land observations showing that a frontal boundary 
intercepted the storm earlier than originally indicated.  Winds are
boosted slightly late on the 17th through the 19th based upon coastal
and marine observations of winds up to 50 kt.  

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1924/06 - 2009 ADDITION:

23410 09/20/1924 M= 3  6 SNBR= 544 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23415 09/20*158 226  25    0*159 228  30    0*160 230  35    0*161 232  40    0
23415 09/21*162 234  40    0*163 237  40    0*165 240  40    0*168 245  40    0
23415 09/22*172 252  35 1005*176 261  35    0*180 270  35    0*185 280  35    0
23435 TS                    

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series and 
the COADS ship database.

September 19: Historical Weather Map analyzed a low pressure of at most 1010 mb 
centered near 13.5N 22.5W.  HURDAT did not previously contain this system in its 
database.  Available observations suggest that the system was still a SW-NE open 
trough.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 20: HWM analyzed a low pressure of at most 1010 mb centered near 14N 23W.  
Available observations suggest that the system was near 16N 23W.  Ship 
highlights: 10 kt SE and 1005 mb at 16.5N 22.5W at 17 UTC (COA).

September 21: HWM analyzed a low pressure of at most 1010 mb centered near 
17N 21.5W.  Available observations suggest that the system was near 16.5N 24W.  
Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 22: HWM analyzed a low pressure of at most 1010 mb centered near 17N 20W.  
Available observations suggest that the system was near 18N 27W.  Ship highlights: 
35 kt SE at 17.5N 25.5W at 10 UTC (COA), calm and 1005 mb at 17.5N 24.5W at 02 UTC 
(COA).

September 23: HWM analyzed no features of interest in the region.  Ship highlights: 
No gales or low pressures.

This system likely formed around 00 UTC on the 20th near the Cape Verde Islands.  
The 1005 mb peripheral pressure at 17 UTC on the 20th suggests winds of at least 
37 kt from the south of 25N pressure-wind relationship.  Based upon this, it is 
analyzed that the cyclone became a tropical storm around 12 UTC on the 20th and 
winds are analyzed at 40 kt at 18 UTC.  This is the peak intensity of the tropical 
cyclone and may have continued at this intensity on the 21st (though the 
observations were sparse on that date).  A possible central pressure of 1005 mb was 
observed at 02 UTC on the 22nd and a second ship recorded 35 kt SE winds at 10 UTC.  
The tropical cyclone moved slowly west-northwest from the 20th to the 22nd. Due to 
the lack of available observations, its existence and status cannot be documented 
beyond this date.  

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1924/07 - 2009 ADDITION:

23410 09/24/1924 M=12  7 SNBR= 545 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23415 09/24*113 222  25    0*114 236  25    0*115 250  25    0*117 264  25    0
23415 09/25*118 278  30    0*119 292  30    0*120 305  30    0*121 318  30    0
23415 09/26*122 332  35    0*123 346  35    0*125 360  35    0*127 375  35    0
23415 09/27*129 390  40    0*132 405  40    0*135 420  40    0*138 434  40    0
23415 09/28*141 448  40    0*145 462  40    0*150 475  45    0*158 487  45    0
23415 09/29*167 499  45    0*176 511  45    0*185 520  40    0*193 526  40    0
23415 09/30*199 531  35    0*204 536  35    0*210 540  35    0*219 544  35    0
23415 10/01*231 547  35    0*246 549  35    0*260 550  35    0*272 550  35    0
23415 10/02*282 550  40    0*290 550  40    0*300 550  45    0*313 550  45    0
23415 10/03*328 550  45    0*345 549  45    0E360 545  45    0E374 537  45    0
23415 10/04E388 525  45    0E402 510  45    0E415 490  45    0E428 469  45    0
23415 10/05E442 447  50    0E456 424  50    0E470 400  50    0E485 375  50    0
23435 TS                    

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series and 
the COADS ship database.

September 24: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  HURDAT did not
previously contain this system in its database.  Available observations suggest
that the 25 kt tropical depression was centered near 11.5N, 25.0W.  Ship
highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 25: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  Available observations 
suggest that the 30 kt tropical depression was centered near 12.0N, 30.5W.  Ship 
highlights: No gales or low pressures. 

September 26: HWM does not analyze a closed low, but analyzes a trough of low
pressure at 42W.  Available observations suggest that the tropical storm was
centered near 12.5N, 36.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 27: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  Available observations 
suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was centered near 13.5N, 42.0W.  Ship 
highlights:  No gales or low pressures. 

September 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 14N,
46.4W.  Available observations suggest that the 45 kt tropical storm was centered 
near 15.0N, 47.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt ESE and 1008 mb at 12 UTC at 15.6N, 
46.8W (COA).  No other gales.  No low pressures.

September 29: HWM does not analyze a closed low on this day.  Available observations 
suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was centered near 18.5N, 52.0W.  
Ship highlights:  No gales or low pressures.

September 30: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  Available observations 
suggest that the tropical storm was centered near 21.0N, 54.0W.  Ship highlights: 
No gales or low pressures.

October 1: HWM does not analyze a closed low, but analyzes a trough of low
pressure around 55W.  Available observations suggest that the 35 kt tropical storm 
was centered near 26.0N, 55.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

October 2: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure on this day, but
analyzes a SW-NE front extending from the Bahamas to 40N, 60W.  Available 
observations suggest that the 45 kt tropical storm was centered near 30.0N, 55.0W.  
Ship highlights: 45 kt SE and 1007 mb at 12 UTC at 31.2N, 53.6W (COA).  A few other 
gales.  No low pressures.

October 3: HWM analyzes a very elongated closed low along the front centered
near 37N, 56W.  Available observation suggest that the 45 et extratropical low was 
centered near 36.0N, 54.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt SSE and 1007 mb at 00 UTC at 
34.5N, 53.5W (COA); 30 kt SW and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at 35.2N, 53.5W (COA).  No other 
gales or low pressures.

October 4: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1015 mb centered near 41N, 49W,
embedded in an occluded front.  Available observations suggest that the 45 kt 
extratropical low was centered near 41.5N, 49.0W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt ENE at 
03 UTC at 41.5N, 51.5W (COA); 45 kt NE at 07 UTC at 41.5N, 51.5W (COA); 45 kt NNW 
at 15 UTC at 41.5N, 50.5W (COA).  A few other gales.  No low pressures.

October 5: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 46.2N,
40W attached to the north end of a front.  Available observations suggest that the 
50 kt extratropical low was centered near 47.0N, 40.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt N 
and 1007 mb at 12 UTC at 45.5N, 42.6W (COA); 35 kt NE at 10 UTC at 46.0N, 
39.0W (COA); 35 kt NNW at 19 UTC at 45.0N, 42.0W (COA).  No other gales.  No low
pressures.

Genesis for this system occurred early on the 24th south of the Cape Verde
Islands, based upon ship, island, and coastal observations.  While the
first gale force wind (45 kt) was reported on the 28th, it is estimated
that the system became a tropical storm on the 26th though ship reports
are sparse between the 25th and early on the 28th.  Ship observations on
the 30th were able to relatively accurately depict the system's location
and also to indicate that the circulation had weakened.  The system is
judged to have weakened to a minimal tropical storm on this date.  A gale force
observation again is reported on the 2nd (45 kt), suggesting some             
re-strengthening late on the 1st.  The system was overtaken by
a frontal boundary by 12 UTC on the 4th, thus extratropical transition is
indicated at that time.  Numerous gales up to 50 kt were observed during
its extratropical phase.  Late on the 5th the system was absorbed by a larger
extratropical storm.  This new tropical storm followed a classic, Cape
Verde-type recurvature track.  It was only the fortuitous discovery of
two separate gale force observations in the generally data sparse 
eastern North Atlantic that led to its inclusion into HURDAT.

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1924/08 - 2009 REVISION:

23410 09/27/1924 M= 4  5 SNBR= 539 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
23410 09/27/1924 M= 5  8 SNBR= 546 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
                    *  *       ***                  

23415 09/27*  0   0   0    0*164 860  35    0*171 861  35    0*175 861  35    0
23415 09/27*165 860  25    0*170 860  25    0*175 861  30    0*180 861  30    0
            *** ***  **      ***      **      ***      **      ***      **

23420 09/28*181 861  35    0*189 862  35    0*200 862  35    0*213 862  40    0
23420 09/28*186 861  30    0*192 862  30    0*200 862  30    0*213 862  35    0
            ***      **      ***      **               **               **

23425 09/29*228 862  45    0*245 865  45    0E263 866  50    0E283 850  50    0
23425 09/29*230 862  40    0*250 865  45    0*270 866  50  999*290 850  55    0
            ***      **      ***             ****          *******      **

23430 09/30E304 830  45    0E326 810  35    0E350 785  35    0E375 758  30    0
23430 09/30E310 830  55    0E330 807  55 1001E350 780  60    0E380 755  65    0
            ***      **      *** ***  ** ****     ***  **      *** ***  **

(The 1st of October is new to HURDAT.)
23432 10/01E425 730  55    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    

23435 TS       
             
U.S. Tropical Storm Strike Info:
9/29/1924    2100Z 30.0N  84.0W   55kt  FL

Minor changes to the track and to the intensity (while a tropical cyclone) shown 
in Neumann et al. (1999), originally storm number 5.  Major changes were made to 
the intensity while the system was an extratropical cyclone.  Evidence for these 
changes comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
_Monthly Weather Review_, the Original Monthly Record station data, 
and Kasper et al. (1998).

September 27: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 19.5N,
84.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 17.1N, 86.1W.
Available observation suggest that the 30 kt tropical depression was centered
at 17.5N, 86.1W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 28: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 19.8N,
86.9W.  HURDAT listed this system as a 35 kt tropical storm at 20.0N, 86.2W.
Available observations suggest that the 30 kt tropical depression was centered
at 20.0N, 86.2W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

September 29: HWM analyzes a closed low embedded in the middle of a SSW-NNE
front.  HURDAT listed this as a 50 kt extratropical low at 26.3N, 86.6W.
Available observations suggest that the 50 kt tropical storm was centered at
27.0N, 86.6W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt VAR and 1003 mb at 12 UTC at 26.9N, 85.8W
(COA); 35 kt N and 1009 mb at 12 UTC at 22.5N, 93.2W (HWM); 25 kt SE and 1002
mb at 12 UTC at 26.8N, 86.2W (COA).  No other gales.  A few other low
pressures.  Land highlights: 35 kt at 23 UTC at Pensacola (OMR).
Several other gales.  No low pressures.  Regarding the track: "The disturbance
advanced rapidly north and northeastward and crossed the northwest Florida
coast near Cedar Keys during the late afternoon of the 29th" (MWR).  Status:
"Tropical storm/ET cyclone."  Surge at Cedar Key: "probably less than 5 feet"
(Kasper et al.).  Apalachicola: "The disturbance of the 29th developed over the
East Gulf and passed inland, probably about midway between here and Cedar Keys,
Fla., about 4 p.m.  The winds were gentle... they reached the verifying
velocity of 34 miles from the north at 4:17 p.m.; the same velocity occurred at
intervals until 6:24 p.m., then decreased gradually during the night.
Torrential rains occurred on the 28th and 29th; total amount for the two days
was 9.74 inches.  The highest tide was about 3 feet, probably about 4:30 p.m.
No damage occurred in this vicinity" (OMR).

September 30: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 35N,
77.8W embedded in an occluded front.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt
extratropical low at 35.0N, 78.5W.  Available observations suggest that the 60
kt extratropical low was centered at 35.0N, 78.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales
or low pressures.  Land highlights: 60 kt S at Jacksonville (early in day – OMR);  
1001 mb at 0715 UTC at Savannah (central pressure) (OMR);  57 kt W at 16 UTC at 
Norfolk, Virginia at 36.8N, 76.5W (OMR); 71 kt SE at Atlantic City (no time - MWR);  
56 kt SE and 996 mb at 21 UTC and 57 kt S at 12 UTC at New York at 
40.8N, 74.0W (OMR); 57 kt SE at Providence at 2316 UTC (OMR).  Several other strong 
gales and several other low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: (By the morning of 
the 30th) "the storm was over the North Carolina coast with increased intensity.  
The disturbance moved rapidly northward and easterly gales were experienced along 
the entire Atlantic seaboard" (MWR).  Savannah, GA: This storm passed directly over 
the station about 2 a.m. of the 30th and, in addition to the rain, gave a maximum 
wind velocity of 44 miles from the northwest and a fall in pressure to 
29.57 inches" (OMR).  New York: "A hurricane of marked intensity and severity, 
passing by on the 29th and 30th, caused wide-spread damage throughout the Greater 
City, along the coast, and in inland parts of New Jersey and New York State.  
The death of several persons was reported, being caused by exposure to the fury of 
the wind and rain" (OMR).

October 1: HWM analyzes an elongated, closed low of at most 1000 mb embedded in
the end of a front centered near 50N, 73.5W at 12 UTC.  HURDAT did not
previously analyze this day.  Available observations suggest that at 00 UTC,
the 55 kt extratropical low was centered near 42.5N, 73.0W.  Ship highlights:
None.  Land highlights: 56 kt S at Providence, RI at 01 UTC at 41.8N, 71.4W
(OMR); 17 kt SW and 1000 mb at 00 UTC at Hartford, Connecticut at 41.8N, 72.7W
(OMR).  Several other gales.  A few other low pressures.

Genesis of this tropical storm was begun six hours earlier at 00 UTC on
the 27th due to observations of a well defined circulation by 12 UTC on
the 27th.  Minor changes in the track are introduced from the 27th until
the 30th based upon ship and coastal observations.  Transition to a tropical 
storm was delayed until early on the 29th as plentiful observations on
the 27th and 28th showed at most 25 kt winds associated with the system.  
The system deepened significantly on the 29th with a peripheral pressure 
dropping to 1002 mb and one gale force (35 kt) report by 12 UTC.  1002 mb
peripheral pressure suggests at least 40 kt from the Brown et al. north of 25N 
pressure-wind relationship.  50 kt is retained in HURDAT for 12 UTC on the 29th.  
This 1002 mb ship (with concurrent 25 kt wind) suggests a central pressure of 
999 mb at 12 UTC on the 29th.  On the same day, a strong cold front was approaching 
from the west.  The system is judged to have become extratropical by 00 UTC on 
the 30th, 12 hours later than originally analyzed in HURDAT.  

The system made landfall late on the 29th in northwest Florida as a tropical storm 
which was undergoing extratropical transition.  Peak observed winds near the time 
of landfall were 60 kt in Jacksonville.  This converts to 50 kt 1 min true after 
accounting for the high bias of the instrument at the time and converting from 5 
min to 1 min (Fergusson and Covert 1924 and Powell et al. 1996). It further 
intensified as an extratropical storm along the Atlantic seaboard on the 30th with 
peak winds of hurricane force.  The cyclone’s center went directly over Savannah 
early on the 30th and a central pressure of 1001 mb was recorded.  The 71 kt 
observed 5 min winds in Atlantic City adjust downward to 58 kt.  Winds in HURDAT 
at 18 UTC on the 30th boosted from 30 kt to 65 kt as a very strong extratropical 
storm.  An additional six hourly position and intensity were provided for 00 UTC 
on the 1st based upon land observations in New England.  The system was absorbed 
by a larger extratropical low by 06 UTC on the 1st.

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1924/09 - 2009 REVISION:

23440 10/12/1924 M= 3  6 SNBR= 540 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23440 10/11/1924 M= 5  9 SNBR= 547 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
         **         *  *       ***

(The 11th is new to HURDAT.)
23442 10/11*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*255 880  30    0*259 881  35    0

23445 10/12*  0   0   0    0*267 870  50    0*263 890  50    0*259 901  50    0
23445 10/12*263 883  40    0*266 886  45    0*267 890  50    0*263 896  50    0
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23450 10/13*255 911  45    0*249 919  45    0*242 927  40    0*237 931  40    0
23450 10/13*257 905  50    0*249 916  50    0*242 924  50    0*237 932  50    0
            *** ***  **          ***  **          ***  **          ***  **

23455 10/14*233 934  35    0*230 936  30    0*225 939  20    0*  0   0   0    0
23455 10/14*233 940  50    0*229 948  50    0*225 956  50    0*220 964  50    0
                ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

(The 15th is new to HURDAT.)
23455 10/15*215 972  50    0*210 980  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0

23460 TS                    

Minor changes to the track, but major alterations to the intensity shown in Neumann 
et al. (1999), originally storm number 6.  Additionally, genesis is now indicated 
one day earlier and dissipation shown one day later than originally in HURDAT.  
Evidence for these changes comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS 
ship database, and _Monthly Weather Review_.

October 8-10:  Persistent low pressure was found in the northwestern
Caribbean during the 8th to the 10th.  However, no closed circulation was present, 
nor were there any gale force winds or equivalent in pressure.

October 11: HWM analyzes a weak closed low of at most 1010 mb pressure near 26N 
76W with a weak cold front extending back toward the Straits of Florida.  The front 
and low might have been better described as a trough.  Farther to the west in the 
central Gulf of Mexico, a weak closed low is apparent from the available 
observations near 25.5N 88W.  Neither HURDAT nor the MWR Tracks for Centers of 
Cyclones analyzed a system on this date.  No gale force winds (or equivalent in 
pressure) were observed.

October 12: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 23.8N,
88.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 50 kt tropical storm at 26.3N, 89.0W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 27.1N, 88.9W with an 1007 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 50 kt tropical storm was
centered at 26.7N, 89.0W.  Ship highlights: 49 kt NE at ~0930 UTC at 27.7N,
87.8W (MWR); 45 kt NE and 1007 mb at 08 UTC at 27.7N, 87.9W (COA); 30 kt E and
1004 mb at 22 UTC at 27.6N, 90.0W (COA).  One other gale.  No other low
pressures.  Land highlights: No gales or low pressures.  Regarding the
intensity: "On the 12th of October a well-defined disturbance developed over
the north-central Gulf of Mexico, but was forced southwestward and apparently
dissipated over the southwestern Gulf on the 14th" (MWR).

October 13: HWM does not analyzes a closed low on this day, but analyzes a
trough of low pressure near 27N, 92.5W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical
storm at 24.2N, 92.7W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center
near 25.9N, 92.3W.  Available observations suggest that the 50 kt tropical
storm was centered at 24.2N, 92.4W.  Ship highlights: 20 kt NW and 1005 mb at
00 UTC at 26.3N, 91.1W (COA).  No gales.  No other low pressures.  

October 14: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure on this day.  HURDAT
listed this as a 20 kt tropical depression at 22.5N, 93.9W.  Available
observations suggest that the 35 kt tropical storm was centered at 22.5N,
93.9W.  Ship highlights: 49 kt NW observation from near Tampico (MWR).

Genesis of this system was began 18 hours earlier (12 UTC on the 11th) than 
original HURDAT, due to ship observations indicating a closed low had formed
by that time.  50 kt peak intensity retained through early on 
the 14th to account for ship observation of the intensity offshore
of Tampico.  Thus winds revised upward on the 13th and 14th.  Given the rather 
sparse observations available on the 14th, one scenario (that was shown in HURDAT 
and the Tracks for the Centers of Cyclones) is that the system dissipated over the 
open Gulf of Mexico, which would be a rather rare event.  However, the ship 
offshore of Tampico with 49 kt instead suggests that the cyclone made landfall in 
Mexico south of Tampico.  This is what is utilized in the reanalysis here.  
Dissipation is delayed 18 hours to a last position over Mexico at 06 UTC on the 
15th.  The movement southwestward across the Gulf is consistent with the steering 
influence by the much larger system that becomes a major hurricane in the 
Caribbean (storm #10).

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1924/10 - 2009 REVISION:

23465 10/14/1924 M=10  7 SNBR= 541 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
23465 10/14/1924 M=10 10 SNBR= 548 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
                      **       ***                        

23470 10/14*158 820  35    0*158 832  35    0*159 835  35    0*160 838  35    0
23470 10/14*157 835  25    0*161 839  25    0*165 842  30    0*169 844  30    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23475 10/15*161 840  35    0*162 842  35    0*164 844  35    0*166 846  35    0
23475 10/15*173 846  30    0*177 848  35    0*180 850  40    0*183 852  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23480 10/16*168 847  40    0*170 848  45    0*173 849  45    0*176 850  50    0
23480 10/16*186 855  60    0*189 858  70    0*190 860  80    0*189 862  80    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23485 10/17*178 851  50    0*181 852  55    0*184 852  60    0*187 852  60    0
23485 10/17*188 864  80    0*186 865  85    0*184 865  85    0*183 864  85    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **          ***  **      *** ***  **

23490 10/18*190 852  65    0*193 852  70    0*196 851  75    0*200 851  80    0
23490 10/18*183 862  90    0*184 860  95    0*186 858 100    0*191 856 110    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** *** ***      *** *** ***

23495 10/19*204 850  90    0*209 849  95    0*215 848 100    0*223 846 105    0
23495 10/19*197 853 120    0*204 850 130    0*213 847 145    0*224 844 145  910
            *** *** ***      *** *** ***      *** *** ***      *** *** ***  ***

23500 10/20*232 843 105    0*241 839 100    0*248 834  95    0*253 827  90    0
23500 10/20*234 840 130    0*244 835 115    0*252 830 100    0*255 825  90    0
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23505 10/21*257 820  80    0*260 810  60    0*262 802  55    0*266 792  50    0
23505 10/21*258 819  80  975*259 810  70    0*260 801  60  986*263 789  60    0
            *** ***      *** ***      **      *** ***  **  *** *** ***  **

23510 10/22*270 776  50    0*272 760  45    0*280 735  40    0*287 715  40    0
23510 10/22*268 774  60    0*273 756  60    0*280 735  55    0*287 714  50    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **               **          ***  **

23515 10/23*295 699  35    0*306 679  30    0*318 666  25    0*  0   0   0    0
23515 10/23*294 693  45    0*301 672  40    0E310 650  30    0*  0   0   0    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **     **** ***  **

23520 HRBFL1                
23520 HRBFL1CFL1                
            ****

U.S. Hurricane Strike Info:
10/21/1924  0100Z 25.8N  81.8W   80kt  1   21nmi    975mb   BFL1,CFL1

Minor changes to the track but major alterations to the intensity shown in 
Neumann et al. (1999), originally storm number 7.  Additionally, a brief 
extratropical stage is now indicated right before dissipation.  Evidence for these 
changes comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
_Monthly Weather Review_, _Climatological Data_, Schwerdt et al. (1979), Ho et al. 
(1987), Jarrell et al. (1992), Barnes (1998), and Perez et al. (2000).

October 14: HWM analyzes a large, closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near
15.8N, 84.7W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 15.9N, 83.5W.
Available observations suggest that the 30 kt tropical depression was centered
at 16c5N, 84.2W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  "At the same
time [14th of October] the air pressure began to fall in the vicinity of
the Swan Islands.  This new disturbance remained nearly stationary until
about the 18th" (MWR).

October 15: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 17.9N,
84.1W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 16.4N, 84.4W.
Available observations suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was centered at
18.0N, 85.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales.  A few observations of 1004 mb.  Land
highlights: 20 kt SW and 1004 mb at 12 UTC at Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W
(OMR).

October 16: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered at 17.9N,
84.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 17.3N, 84.9W.
Available observations suggest that the 75 kt hurricane was centered at 19.0N,
86.0W.  Ship highlights: 50 kt NE at 19.0N, 86.3W (MWR); 35 kt NNE and 983 mb
at 13 UTC at 19.0N, 86.3W (COA,MWR).  No other gales.  Several other low pressures. 
Land highlights: 24 kt S and 999 mb at 12 UTC at Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR).

October 17: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb centered near 20N,
86.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 60 kt tropical storm at 18.4N, 85.2W.
Available observations suggest that the 85 kt hurricane was centered at 18.4N,
86.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt W and 994 mb at 12 UTC at 17.1N, 87.0W (COA); 45
kt SW and 996 mb at 12 UTC at 16.1N, 86.1W (COA).  A few other gales.  Several
other low pressures.  Land highlights: 21 kt S and 998 mb at 12 UTC at Swan
Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR).  No gales.  A few other low pressures.

October 18: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 985 mb centered near 20.3N,
85.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 75 kt hurricane at 19.6N, 85.1W.  Available
observations suggest that the 100 kt hurricane was centered at 18.6N, 85.8W.
Ship highlights: 70 kt SW and 979 mb at 11 UTC at 17.3N, 85.8W (MWR).  Several
other strong gales and several other low pressures.  Land highlights: 38 kt SE
and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR); 21 kt SE and 999 mb
at 00 UTC at Swan Island at 17.5N, 84.2W (OMR).  No other gales or low
pressures.  "A change on this hurricane track is likely, taking in account
our assessment.  During many years our hurricane specialist spoke about
the loop of this hurricane track.  Millas was the first during his
operational work with this TC.  Ortiz recorded a track similar to the Millas
one" (R. Perez, personal communication, 2005).

October 19: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 920 mb centered near 21.7N,
84.6W.  HURDAT listed this as an 100 kt hurricane at 21.5N, 84.8W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 21.5N, 84.6W with a 932 mb
pressure.  The MWR Paths of Hurricanes and Other Tropical Storms, 1924 chart
shows a 922 mb pressure sometime between 12 UTC on the 19th and 00 UTC on the
20th.  Available observations suggest that the 140 kt hurricane was centered at
21.3N, 84.7W.  Ship highlights: 104 kt E at 23.8N, 84.2W (MWR); >70 kt SE and
924 mb at 20 UTC at 22.7N, 84.0W (MWR); 25 kt SSW and 922 mb at 2030 UTC
at 22.7N, 84.0W (MWR); >70 kt SSW and 923 mb at 2055 UTC at 22.7N, 84.0W (MWR).
Several other hurricane force winds.  Several other low pressures between
922-950 mb.  Land highlights: 38 kt SW and 1003 mb at 00 UTC at Swan Island at
17.5N, 84.2W (OMR); 932 mb at Low Arroyos, Cuba at 22.4N, 84.4W (MWR).  No
other recorded gales.  Several other low pressures, (Four others record in Cuba
below 960 mb).  Regarding the intensity: "Photographs clipped from El Mundo,
Habana, taken in Los Arroyos and Arroyos de Mantua, Pinar del Rio Province,
which suggest that the force of wind was almost comparable to that in a
tornado.  The steel wireless tower at La Fe was blown down.  Press reports
indicate that in Arroyos de Mantua about a dozen persons were killed and 50
injured and that almost every building in the town sustained heavy damage,
besides the severe damage done to the tobacco crop" (MWR).  "Huracan 
sin Precedentes, 1924 Oct. 19, Category 5, 932 mb peripheral pressure
observed, estimated central pressure at landfall of 905 mb, estimated
maximum sustained winds 135-145 kt, Extraordinary damages occurred in 
the province of Pinar del Rio" (Perez et al.).  "We estimated before a SLP
of 905, from the 932 recorded over land and the 917 over the steam ship
Toledo.  We made a new reanalysis and estimate a SLP of 915 (from r~0.25 RMW)
over Toledo) and a SLP of 909 (from r~0.66 RMW over land).  I propose you
a 910 hPa before and during the approach to Cuba and 915 hPa after that"
(R. Perez, personal communication, 2005).  "It had developed greatly in
intensity with a central pressure below 28 inches and hurricane winds.
It began to move northward on the 18th and passed over the extreme western
end of Cuba on the 19th, Los Arroyos reporting a pressure of 27.52 inches
and the S. S. Toledo near Jutias Cay (northwest coast) 27.22 inches ...
Recent reports indicate that the hurricane of October 14-23, 1924 was
one of great intensity.  Dr. Jose C. Millas, director, Observatorio
Nacional, Habana, Cuba, writes:  `I believe that this hurricane is one
of the most severe ever experienced in our latitudes" (MWR).

October 20: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb centered near 25.8N,
82.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 95 kt hurricane at 24.8N, 83.4W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 25.2N, 83W.  Available
observations suggest that the 110 kt hurricane was centered at 25.2N, 83.0W.
Ship highlights: 70 kt NE and 962 mb at 05 UTC at 24.9N, 84.3W (NCDC); 70 kt N
and 962 mb at 07 UTC at 24.9N, 84.3W (NCDC).  A few other 70 kt winds.  One
other 962 mb pressure.  Regarding the track and intensity: "This storm made
landfall near Cape Romano, FL.  It was one of the most severe on record in
Cuba.  The hurricane weakened considerably prior to its arrival on Florida's
southwestern coast the following day.  Winds at Marco Island were estimated at
90 mph, and the barometer there measured at 28.80 inches [975 mb].  The Weather
Bureau reported a twenty-four-hour rainfall total of 23.22 inches during the
passing of this storm, which established a new one-day record in Florida"
(BARNES).  Key West: "The center impinging on the west coast of Florida, south
of Punta Rassa and probably near Cape Romano, shortly after 8 p.m. on the 20th
[00 UTC on the 21st].  The storm's center, at its nearest approach to Key West,
was about 90 miles distant at about noon on the 20th.  For 17 hours the wind
maintained a velocity averaging 51 miles an hour.  While the maximum velocity
(for 5 minutes) was 66 miles an hour from the southwest at 2 p.m. [18 UTC] on
the 20th, there were gusts from 54 to 74 miles an hour.  Shipping suffered no
loss.  There was no damage except of a minor nature to trees and shrubbery"
(OMR).  "Oct. 20, 1924, Central Pressure of 972 mb at 24.6N, 82.9W (Dry
Tortugas), 19 nmi radius of maximum wind, Parameters obtained by 
interpolation between SS Toledo (off western end of Cuba) and Miami, FL
and applied to the vicinity of Dry Tortugas, FL" (Ho et al.).  "Environmental
pressure was 1008 mb and maximum sustained surface wind estimate (at
time of closest approach to Florida Keys) was 80 kt" (Schwerdt et al.).
"The storm struck the Florida coast in the unsettled region south of 
Punta Rassa and quickly diminished in intensity, passing off into the Atlantic
just north of Miami" (MWR).

October 21: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 985 mb centered near 25.9N,
79.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 55 kt tropical storm at 26.2N, 80.2W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 26.0N, 80.2W with a 986 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 60 kt tropical storm was
centered at 26.0N, 80.1W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt WSW at 25.5N, 79.4W (MWR); 
30 kt NE and 989 mb at 28.4N, 79.1W (COA); EYE: at 1520 UTC at 
26.3N, 79.4W (MWR).  Several other strong gales.  Several other low 
pressures.  Land highlights: 975 mb at Caxambas, Marco Island at 25.9N, 81.6W
(BARNES, Climatological Data); EYE: 0 kt and 986 mb at 1250 UTC at Miami, FL at 
25.8N, 80.3W (OMR). Several other gales and low pressures.  “Remarking further on 
barometer readings, Mr. Hugh J. Goldie of Caxambas, to the south of Ft. Myers, 
reported to the Official in Change, Tampa:  ‘My three barometers fell to 28.80 
inches during the storm.  We had wind southeast to south which blew in puffs about 
90 miles per hour.’  It is assumed that these barometers were previously compared 
at Tampa.” (Climatological Data).  Miami: "passed over this station [Miami] at 
8 a.m. [13 UTC], the center apparently being only a few miles north of Miami.  The 
lowest pressure, 29.12 inches [986 mb], occurred at 7:50 a.m. [1250 UTC], and for 
a few minutes preceding and following this time the air was practically calm... 
wind shifted from east-southeast to northwest... maximum velocity recorded was 34 
miles per hour from the northwest at 1:12 pm [1812 UTC]... from the 16th to the 
21st inclusive, 12.18 inches of rain fell... damage done by strong winds to avocado 
and citrus crops, the loss however, being only about five per cent" (OMR). 
"Oct. 21, 1924, 978 mb central pressure, 21 nmi RMW,landfall point 25.9N, 81.7W" 
(Ho et al.).  "1924 Oct, FL, 1SW, Category 1 maximum for  United States, 980 mb 
central pressure at landfall" (Jarrell et al.).

October 22: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb centered near 28.1N,
73.2W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm at 28.0N, 73.5W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 26.4N, 73.8W.  Available
observations suggest that the 55 kt tropical storm was centered at 28.0N,
73.5W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt SW and 993 mb at 09 UTC at 26.5N, 74.5W (COA).
A few other gales.  Several other low pressures.  Land highlights: 10 kt N and
1002 mb at Miami at 25.8N, 80.3W (OMR).  No gales.  A few other low pressures.

October 23: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 32N,
66.3W with the west end of a W-E warm front a little northeast of the center.
HURDAT listed this as a 25 kt tropical depression at 31.8N, 66.6W.  Available
observations suggest that the 30 kt extratropical low was centered at 31.0N,
65.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

No changes were made to either the genesis or decay of this hurricane.
All track alterations are minor for this system, though a small 
counterclockwise loop was introduced from the 16th to the 18th consistent
with available observations as well as from the analysis by Perez et al.
Winds are reduced slightly on the 14th and early on the 15th, as numerous
ship and coastal observations suggest intensification into a tropical 
cyclone likely occurred around 06 UTC on the 15th rather than at genesis
at 00 UTC on the 14th.  1004 mb peripheral pressures from ships and Swan
Island at 12 UTC and 16 UTC suggest winds of at least 39 kt from the Brown et al 
south of 25N pressure-wind relationship - 40 kt chosen for HURDAT at 12 UTC (up 
from 35 kt originally) as the environmental pressures are rather low to 
support more wind.  A peripheral pressure of 983 mb (with 35 kt NW wind)
at 12 UTC on the 16th suggests winds of at least 74 kt from the south of 25N
pressure-wind relationship - 70 kt chosen for HURDAT, up from 45 kt 
originally.  A peripheral pressure of 979 mb (with 70 kt SW wind) at 11 UTC
on the 18th suggests winds of at least 79 kt from the south of 25N pressure-wind
relationship - 100 kt chosen for HURDAT, up from 75 kt previously.  The
hurricane was likely rapidly intensifying on the 18th and 19th as extremely
low pressures were recorded over the western tip of Cuba and aboard ships.
The lowest pressure observed in Cuba was 932 mb in Los Arroyos on the 19th, 
though it is not clear if this was a peripheral or central pressure.  The 
lowest ship pressures were 924 mb with 70 kt SE at 2000 UTC on the 19th, 
922 mb with 25 kt SSW wind at 2030 UTC, and 923 mb with 70 kt SSW winds
at 2055 UTC from the ship Toledo near Jutias Cay off the northwestern 
coast of Cuba.  These ship observations suggests that the hurricane made
a close pass just west of the ship's location (the ship was likely inside
the radius of maximum wind) and that the central pressure was likely to be a few mb 
lower.  The barometer was calibrated by Cuban meteorologists in Havana and was 
found to be 5 mb too high (R. Perez, 2009, personal communication) and that 917 mb 
is a corrected value from the Toledo.  This value suggests a central pressure of 
910 mb, based upon the 70 kt winds occurring with corrected pressures of 919 and 
918 mb.  A 910 mb central pressure suggests winds of 147 kt from the Brown et al. 
south of 25N  pressure-wind relationship.  145 kt is thus utilized for the winds 
at 12 and 18 UTC on the 19th, making this a landfalling Category 5 hurricane in 
Cuba.  This is an upgrade from 105 kt Category 3 hurricane in HURDAT previously.  

After impacting western Cuba, the hurricane accelerated to the northeast, weakened 
and struck southwest Florida.  A 962 mb peripheral pressure (with hurricane force 
winds) at 06 UTC on the 20th suggests winds of at least 99 kt from the south of 25N 
and 93 kt from the north of 25N Brown et al. pressure-wind relationships - 115 kt 
used in HURDAT, up from 100 kt originally.  
The hurricane made landfall near Cape Romano, Florida at 25.8N, 81.8W
around 01 UTC on the 21st.  Marco, FL recorded a 975 mb pressure which
may have been a central pressure.  The hurricane also passed over Miami
which had a 986 mb central pressure reading.  Using the Ho et al. (1989)
inland pressure decay model, this suggests about 977 mb central pressure
at landfall in southwest Florida given the time over land.  Thus 975 mb
is used as central pressure at landfall in southwest Florida, which
is slightly lower than both the Ho et al. (1987) estimate of 978 mb and
the Jarrell et al. estimate of 980 mb.  975 mb suggests winds of 84 kt from south 
of 25N and 79 kt from the north of 25N Brown et al. pressure-wind relationship.  
However, given that the cyclone was weakening from its peak, use of the 
pressure-wind relationships for filling storms would be more appropriate:  83 
and 75 kt, accordingly.   80 kt chosen for 00 UTC on the 21st (the same as HURDAT 
originally), making this a high end Category 1 hurricane at landfall in southwest 
Florida.  The 986 mb central pressure value from Miami at 1250 UTC on the 21st 
suggests winds of 70 kt from the south of 25N and 65 kt from the north of 25N 
pressure-wind relationships (68 and 62 kt for filling cyclones) - 
60 kt is chosen for HURDAT (up from 55 kt previously) as the system
was over land.  

Late on the 21st of October, the tropical cyclone moved over the Atlantic Ocean.  
A peripheral pressure of 993 mb at 09 UTC on the 22nd suggests winds of at least 
55 kt from the north of 25N pressure-wind relationship - 60 kt chosen for 06 UTC 
(up from 45 originally) and 55 kt chosen for 12 UTC (up from 50 originally).   
These values are slightly reduced from what could be used due to low environmental 
pressures on this date.  The system was absorbed within a frontal
boundary around 12 UTC on the 23rd and thus extratropical transition
is indicated at that time (which was not shown originally).  

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1924/11 - 2009 REVISION:

23525 11/05/1924 M=11  8 SNBR= 542 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23525 11/05/1924 M=10 11 SNBR= 549 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                   ** **       ***

23530 11/05*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*130 800  35    0*132 795  35    0
23530 11/05*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*125 800  35    0*128 797  35    0
                                              ***              *** ***

23535 11/06*135 790  35    0*138 786  35    0*143 783  35    0*149 781  35    0
23535 11/06*132 794  35    0*136 792  35    0*140 790  35    0*145 789  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

23540 11/07*155 778  35    0*161 777  35    0*167 775  35    0*173 774  35    0
23540 11/07*150 789  35    0*155 788  35    0*160 785  35    0*166 780  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***

23545 11/08*178 773  35    0*184 772  40    0*189 770  40    0*193 768  40    0
23545 11/08*174 773  35    0*182 768  40    0*189 765  40    0*196 763  40    0
            ***              *** ***              ***          *** ***

23550 11/09*197 765  45    0*201 763  45    0*206 760  50    0*210 757  55    0
23550 11/09*202 762  40    0*206 761  35    0*210 760  35    0*213 760  40    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***      **      *** ***  **

23555 11/10*213 755  65    0*215 752  65    0*218 748  65    0*222 742  70    0
23555 11/10*216 759  50    0*218 758  60    0*221 755  65    0*226 747  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***          *** ***

23560 11/11*225 734  75    0*228 724  80    0*232 712  80    0*238 696  85    0
23560 11/11*234 732  70    0*243 712  70    0*252 695  70    0*258 680  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23565 11/12*248 679  85    0*258 666  85    0*270 651  85    0*277 645  85    0
23565 11/12*262 665  70    0*265 657  70    0*270 651  70    0*277 645  70    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **               **               **

23570 11/13*286 639  85    0*293 634  85    0*302 627  80    0*313 618  80    0
23570 11/13*286 637  65    0*295 625  65    0*305 615  60    0*315 611  55    0
                ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **

23575 11/14*331 608  75    0*344 597  70    0*362 585  60    0*386 562  50    0
23575 11/14*326 610  50    0*338 610  45    0*350 610  40    0E365 610  40    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      *** ***  **     **** ***  **

(The 15th is removed from HURDAT.)
23580 11/15E412 530  40    0E438 505  40    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0

23585 HR                    

Major changes to the track and to the intensity shown in Neumann et al. 
(1999), originally storm number 8.  Evidence for these changes 
comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
_Monthly Weather Review_, and Perez et al. (2001). 

November 5: HWM does not analyze a closed low on this day.  HURDAT listed this
as a 35 kt tropical storm at 13.0N, 80.0W.  Available observations suggest that
the 35 kt tropical storm was centered at 12.5N, 80.0W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt
WSW and 1015 mb at 12 UTC at 9.8N, 79.5W (COA).  No other gales.  No low
pressures.

November 6: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 15N,
77.7W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 14.3N, 78.3W.
Available observations suggest that the 35 kt tropical storm was centered at
14.0N, 79.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

November 7: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1010 mb centered near 17.9N,
76.9W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 16.7N, 77.5W.
Available observations suggest that the 35 kt tropical storm was centered at
16.0N, 78.5W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

November 8: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 18.7N,
76.1W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm at 18.9N, 77.0W.
Available observations suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was centered at
18.9N, 76.5W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  Land highlights: 5
kt SW and 1005 mb at Kingston, Jamaica at 18.4N, 75.0W (HWM).  No gales.  No
other low pressures.

November 9: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 19.9N,
75.7W.  HURDAT listed this as a 50 kt tropical storm at 20.6N, 76.0W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 20.5N, 76.3W with an 1004 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 45 kt tropical storm was
centered at 21.0N, 76.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  Land
highlights: 1005 mb at 12 UTC at Guantanamo at 20.0N, 75.2W (HWM) and at
Navassa Island at 18.4N, 75.0W (HWM).  No gales.  No other low pressures.
Regarding the intensity: "On the evening of the 8th [~00 UTC on the 9th], a
tropical disturbance of slight intensity was near Santiago, Cuba" (MWR).  "On
the 8th of November a definite cyclonic circulation was noted over Jamaica,
which moved slowly north across eastern Cuba on the 9th accompanied by gales.
It then turned toward the northeast and was encountered by the U.S.S. Concord
in the southeastern Bahamas as a storm of considerable intensity.  It continued
in a northeasterly direction, passing [200 miles] southeast of Bermuda on the
13th and was last noted south of the Grand Banks on the 15th" (MWR).  
"Tropical Storm, November 8-9, 1924" (Perez et al.).

November 10: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 21N,
74.7W.  HURDAT listed this as a 65 ,t hurricane at 21.8N, 74.8W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 22N, 75.1W with an 1002 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 65 kt hurricane was centered
at 22.1N, 75.5W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt NE and 997 mb at 03 UTC at 21.6N,
76.8W (COA).  Several other strong gales and several other pressures between
997 and 1000 mb.

November 11: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 25.1N,
68.9W.  HURDAT listed this as an 80 kt hurricane at 23.2N, 71.2W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 22.1N, 72.9W.  Available
observations suggest that the 70 kt hurricane was centered near 25.2N, 69.5W.
Ship highlights: 71 kt and 996 mb (near eye) at ~00 UTC at 21.6N, 74.3W (MWR).
A few other gales.  Several other low pressures.

November 12: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 26.2N,
65.8W.  HURDAT listed this as an 85 kt hurricane at 27.0N, 65.1W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 25.1N, 67.3W.  Available
observations suggest that the 70 kt hurricane was centered near the HURDAT position.  
Ship highlights: 60 kt E at 04 UTC at 31.0N, 63.0W (COA); 10 kt NW and 1000 mb 
at 12 UTC at 27.3N, 67.5W (HWM).  Several other strong gales.  A few other low 
pressures.

November 13: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 31.2N,
61.6W.  HURDAT listed this as an 80 kt hurricane at 30.2N, 62.7W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 30.3N, 63.2W.  Available
observations suggest that the 60 kt tropical storm was centered at 30.5N,
61.5W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt ESE at 08 UTC at 30.0N, 58.0W (COA); 35 kt NE
and 998 mb at 12 UTC at 32.3N, 64.8W (COA);  15 kt NNW and 998 mb 
at 12 UTC at 31.2N, 63.2W (COA).  Several other gales and several
other low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: "At noon, Nov. 13, our position
was 33.3N, 54.2W.  While the direction of the wind had not changed noticeably,
we were in the path of the storm center and decided to cross the track and
avail ourselves to the easterly wind.  We steered a northerly course,
perpendicular to the storm track and ran before the wind.  The barometer fell
and at times we had very strong squalls with rain resembling cloud bursts.  The
wind increased to force 7 [35 kts] with high, easterly swells" (River Delaware-
a British steamer).

November 14: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 32.4N,
63W at the west end of a W-E warm front and with an occluded front to the
north-northwest of this low.  A second, extratropical low was centered near 
42N 67W at the same time.  HURDAT listed the system as a 60 kt tropical storm at
36.2N, 58.5W.  Available observations suggest that there is no temperature
gradient across the low, and that this system remains tropical.  The 40 kt
tropical storm was centered at 35.0N, 61.0W.  Ship highlights: 5 kt NW and 1000
mb at 00 UTC at 31.5N, 63.5W (COA).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

No changes are made to the genesis of this hurricane.  Track alterations
are small from the 5th through the 10th and on the 12th and 13th.  The
hurricane's position is shifted substantially northeast on the 11th
based upon ship observations near its center.  The system was relocated
to the west-southwest on the 14th based upon numerous marine observations
on that date.  No changes were made to the intensity from the 5th through
the 8th.  Winds reduced on the 9th accounting for available coastal
and ship observations as well as for weakening of the slow moving
system over land (Cuba).  Hurricane intensity for this system was
confirmed from ship-based wind observations on the 11th.  However,
on the 12th the system displayed a large radius of maximum winds and 
a broad central area of low (1000-1005 mb) pressures and weak winds. 
The system may have been transitioning on this date to a hybrid-type
cyclone.  Winds are reduced on the 12th to a 70 kt Category 1 hurricane
(from 85 kt Category 2 originally) based upon a 60 kt ship report and 
the weakening pressure gradient.  A peripheral pressure of 998 mb (with 15 kt
winds) at 12 UTC on the 13th suggests winds of at least 52 kt from 
the subtropical pressure-wind relationship - winds are chosen to be 60 kt,
down from 80 kt originally.  Winds are further reduced on the 14th
based upon substantial ship observations showing weakening winds and
filling pressures - 12 UTC winds set to 40 kt down from 60 kt originally.
System is absorbed by a developing extratropical low around 00 UTC
on the 15th (by the extratropical low that was near 42N 67W on the 14th and near 
47N 45W on the 15th).  Thus the two synoptic positions on the 15th are removed.

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1924 - Additional Notes – 2009 ADDITION:

1) Historical Weather Map analyses show a residual occluded low that
became a large gale center on 17-19 January in the Eastern Atlantic, well
to the northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.  A combination of HWM and
COADS ship observations provides inconclusive verification of this storm
on the 17th since there were no available data within 750 miles of the
analyzed HWM center.  However, the observations depict a well-defined
cyclonic circulation on the 18th, particularly delineated by a cluster of
strong gales north and northwest of the center.  It then drifted slightly
to the northwest on the 19th and was absorbed by an intense maritime
frontal system early on the 20th.  Although the ambient air and
sea-surface temperatures were below what would be typical for tropical
cyclogenesis, nearly isothermal conditions existed within a few hundred km
of the center.  The strongest gale-force winds (peak of 60 kt N at 14 UTC
on the 18th [COA]), however, were measured more than 100 km away from the
center, and some large-scale baroclinicity was still present.  Therefore,
this is considered to be an extratropical system and is not added to
HURDAT.  It may though have been a subtropical storm, using modern
classification criteria.  It is also possible that the system existed
before the 18th.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Jan. 18  22N  32W     Extratropical Storm
Jan. 19  23N  33W     Extratropical Storm


2) Historical Weather Maps suggest that a Cape Verde low formed quickly in
the Tropical Eastern Atlantic on 22 August from a strong tropical wave
that had moved off of Africa.  HWM and COADS observations show that this
closed cyclonic circulation moved WNW from a position about 400 km east of
Sao Tiago in the Cape Verdes on the 22nd to about 100 km south of Sao
Vicente on the 23rd.  By the 24th, this system is no longer detectable due
to a lack of available observations; thus its status and existence is
inconclusive on and beyond this date.  A single peak wind observation of
35 kt WSW was reported by a ship (COA) at 21 UTC on the 22nd at 15.5N and
21.5W, and the lowest pressure observation was 1009 mb, as recorded by the
same ship four hours earlier.  Because there is no other evidence of gale
force winds, is considered to be a tropical depression and is not added to
HURDAT.  However, it may have been a minimal tropical storm.  (Another possibility 
is that the gale force wind was part of the monsoonal flow.)

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Aug. 22  15N  20W     Tropical Depression
Aug. 23  16N  25W     Tropical Depression


3) In the latter part of November, Historical Weather Maps shows evidence
of an area of disturbed weather lingering in the Southwestern Caribbean
Sea with an analyzed closed low of at most 1010 mb.  HWM and COADS ship
observations suggest that a tropical depression possibly formed between
Jamaica and eastern Panama on 22 November.  Over the next two days, it
became better organized as it tracked generally westward.  It then moved
inland and dissipated over Nicaragua during the afternoon of the 24th.
The highest observed winds were 25 kt, recorded by two ships at 13 UTC on
the 23rd at 11.4N, 82.1W and at 01 UTC on the 24th at 13.2N, 82.2W (COA).
Since no gale force winds are present and the lowest pressure observations
associated with this system were 1008 mb (COA), it is not added to HURDAT.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Nov. 22  14N  78W     Possible Tropical Depression
Nov. 23  13N  80W     Tropical Depression
Nov. 24  13N  83W     Tropical Depression

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1925/01 - 2009 ADDITION:

23588 08/18/1925 M= 4  1 SNBR= 550 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23588 08/18*290 755  25    0*295 748  25    0*300 740  30    0*305 732  35    0
23588 08/19*310 723  40    0*315 714  45    0*320 705  50    0*328 693  55    0
23588 08/20*339 676  60    0*352 651  70    0*365 615  70    0*378 585  70    0
23588 08/21*391 565  65    0E405 555  60    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
23588 HR                    

This is a new hurricane, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series,
the COADS ship database, and the Monthly Weather Review.

August 16 and 17:  HWM analyzes a frontal boundary between the southeast
United States and Bermuda.  No closed low could be discerned on either
day.  One gale force wind (south 35 kt near Bermuda) was observed
on the 17th.

August 18: HWM analyzes a SW-NE stationary front, with the SW end at 29N, 76W.
HURDAT did not previously include this system in its database.  The MWR Tracks
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 29.7N, 74.2W.  Available
observations suggest that there was a closed low, and the tropical
depression was centered at 30.0N, 74.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low
pressures.

August 19:  HWM analyzes a very elongated closed low of at most 1015 mb
extending from 29N, 72W to 40N, 63W along a SW-NE stationary front.  The MWR Tracks 
for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 32.1N, 70.5W.  Available observations 
suggest that the tropical storm was centered at 32.0N, 70.5W.  Ship
highlights: No gales or low pressures.

August 20: HWM analyzes a bending frontal boundary, but no closed low.  The MWR 
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 37.2N, 60.6W.  Available 
observations suggest that the low is closed and the Category 1 hurricane was 
centered at 36.5N, 61.5W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt and 994 mb at 0630 UTC at 34.6N, 
63.1W (MWR).  No other observed gales or low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: 
"Early in the morning on the 20th, the American S.S. Antinous, about 150 miles to 
the northeast of the islands [Bermuda], ran into a gale of short duration that 
attained hurricane force.  No storm logs have as yet been received from any other 
vessel near the Antinous- and there were several not far away- although a heavy and 
confused sea was reported" (MWR).  "The S.S. Antinous at 2:30 a.m. of August 20 in 
latitude 34.6N, and 63.1W passed near the center of a small hurricane (the wind and 
pressure are indicated above in ship highlights).This storm began to form in the 
remnants of a low-pressure trough on the 18th,about halfway between Bermuda and the 
Florida peninsula, moved thence slowly northeastward and apparently reached its 
greatest intensity while in the vicinity of the S.S. Antinous.  It merged with a 
more extensive disturbance to the north, but could still be identified on the 
morning of the 21st near latitude 41N, and longitude 52W" (MWR).

August 21: HWM analyzes a frontal boundary, but no closed low.  Available 
observations suggest that the system became extratropical around 06 UTC at 40.5N, 
55.5W. This is the last position analyzed by HURDAT.  Ship highlights before 
12 UTC: 35 kt SSW and 1016 mb at 03 UTC and 35 kt SSW and 1014 mb at 07 UTC at 
42.5N, 62.5W (COA); 20 kt WSW and 995 mb at 00 UTC at 49.5N, 62.5W (COA).  No 
other gales.  One other low pressure.

Genesis for this new hurricane occurred around 00 UTC on the 18th, as
it was determined that a closed low was discernible at that time.
The system formed along on old frontal boundary, but the baroclinicity
had diminished by the 18th and it is suggested that the system
began as a tropical cyclone on that date.  Intensification to a tropical
storm likely occurred late on the 18th or early on the 19th, though
few observations were obtained near the system's center around this time.
Evidence for hurricane force was from a ship with 70 kt (Beaufort 12)
and 994 mb at 0630 UTC on the 20th.  994 mb suggests winds of at least
58 kt from the north of 25N pressure-wind relationship - 70 kt chosen for HURDAT, 
which was also the system's peak intensity.  The system moved quickly to the 
northeast on the 20th and 21st and by 06 UTC on the 21st was being absorbed into a 
large extratropical storm. By 12 UTC on the 21st the system no longer had a closed 
circulation.

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1925/02 - 2009 ADDITION:

23589 08/25/1925 M= 4  2 SNBR= 551 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
23589 08/25*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*300 780  25    0*306 777  30    0
23589 08/26*312 774  30    0*318 770  35    0*325 765  35    0*332 756  35    0
23589 08/27*338 742  35    0*344 723  35    0*350 700  35    0*355 675  35    0
23589 08/28E360 645  30    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0
23589 TS                    

This is a new tropical storm, previously not documented in Neumann et al. 
(1999).  Evidence for this system comes from the Historical Weather Map series,
the COADS ship database, and the Monthly Weather Review.

August 25: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1015 mb centered near 30.4N,
78.1W.  HURDAT did not previously contain this system in its database.  The
MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 30.9N, 77.4W with an
1017 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the tropical
depression was centered at 30.0N, 78.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low
pressures.

August 26: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1015 mb centered near 30.8N,
75.9W.  HURDAT did not previously contain this system in its database.  The
MWR Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 32.6N, 74.6W with an
1016 mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the tropical
storm was centered at 32.5N, 76.5W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt SE and 1015 mb at
12 UTC at 32.8N, 75.3W (COA); 35 kt NE at 12 UTC at 34.8N, 75.1W (COA).  No
other gales.  No low pressures.

August 27: HWM analyzes a SW-NE front in the area, but no closed low.  HURDAT
did not previously contain this system in its database.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 37N, 69.1W.  Available observations
suggest that the tropical storm was centered at 35.0N, 70.0W.  Ship
and station highlights: No gales near center.  No low pressures.

August 28: HWM analyzes (at 12 UTC) a frontal system and a very large area of
low pressure of at most 1010 mb all north of 34N and all east of 62W.  HURDAT
did not previously contain this system in its database.  Available
observations suggest that the system became extratropical at 00 UTC at
36.0N, 64.5W, and this is the last position to be included in the HURDAT
reanalysis.  Ship highlights: 25 kt N and 1005 mb at 12 UTC at 40.8N, 58.5W
(COA).  No gales.  No other low pressures.

This system began along a stationary frontal boundary off of the Georgia-
Florida coast.  By the 25th, the system had developed a closed circulation
and had a small amount of baroclinicity (~5F across the center).  
It is considered to have become a tropical depression around 12 UTC
on the 25th, though the system may still have had some hybrid 
characteristics.  By the 26th, the system had lost all of its surface temperature 
gradient and thus became completely tropical at the same time that
two separate ships reported gales near the center.  It is estimated
that it reached tropical storm strength around 06 UTC on the 26th.  On the
27th a NE-SW frontal boundary is depicted near the vicinity of the
storm.  However, it instead appears that the front around 12 UTC was
substantially farther north and west of the storm and that the system was
still likely a tropical cyclone.  By the 28th at 12 UTC, the strong
front had overtaken and absorbed the system.  The last estimated
position for the system is at 00 UTC on the 28th, becoming extratropical.
Overall, this is a short-lived (42 hours as a tropical storm), relatively
weak (35 kt peak wind) tropical storm, though it was confirmed as
such through two separate ship reports.


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1925/03 - 2009 REVISION:

23590 09/06/1925 M= 2  1 SNBR= 543 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=0
23590 09/06/1925 M= 2  3 SNBR= 552 NOT NAMED   XING=0 SSS=0
                       *       ***                  *

23595 09/06*213 912  40    0*235 939  40    0*245 952  40    0*253 962  40    0
23595 09/06*220 932  30    0*227 942  35    0*235 952  40    0*243 962  45    0
            *** ***  **      *** ***  **      ***              ***      **

23600 09/07*260 973  40    0*268 983  35    0*275 993  35    0*2831000  30    0
23600 09/07*251 973  45    0*259 983  40    0*267 993  35    0*2771000  30    0
            ***      **      ***      **      ***              ***

23605 TS                    

Major changes to the track and minor alterations to the intensity shown in Neumann 
et al. (1999), originally storm number 1.  Evidence for these changes 
comes from the Historical Weather Map series, the COADS ship database, 
_Monthly Weather Review_, the Original Monthly Records from NCDC,
and Dunn and Miller (1960).

September 6: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  HURDAT listed this
as a 40 kt tropical storm at 24.5N, 95.2W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows a center near 25.9N, 96W, with an 1006 mb pressure.  Available
observations suggest that the tropical storm was centered at 23.5N,
95.2W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt E at 22.9N, 93.6W (MWR).  No other gales.  No
low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: "On the 5th of September, the S.S.
Baja California in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico experienced a storm with
winds shifting from north through east to southeast.  The storm moved rapidly
northwest to the mouth of the Rio Grande by the evening of the 6th, and caused
heavy rains and moderate gales over the lower Rio Grande valley" (MWR).
"Date: September 6-7; Intensity: Minor; center entered Mexico" (Dunn and 
Miller).

September 7: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  HURDAT listed this
as a 35 kt tropical storm at 27.5N, 99.3W.  The MWR Tracks for Centers of
Cyclones shows a center near 27.3N, 99.3W.  Available observations suggest
that the tropical storm was centered at 26.7N, 99.3W.  Ship highlights:
No gales or low pressures.  Land highlights: 37 kt S at 08 UTC at Brownsville
at 25.9N, 97.4W (OMR); 1002 mb at 0450 UTC at Brownsville at 25.9N, 97.4W 
(OMR).  A few other gales.  No other low pressures.  Regarding the intensity: 
"Heavy rains in the lower portion of the watershed again raised the river to 
above flood stage at Rio Grande City and San Benito on the 8th and 9th" (MWR).

No significant changes were made to either the genesis or dissipation
of this tropical storm.  The track was altered slightly - the most
noteworthy change was to show landfall in northeast Mexico, rather
than Texas, based upon hourly observations from Brownsville.  A peripheral
pressure of 1002 mb from Brownsville at 0450 UTC on the 7th suggests
winds of at least 40 kt from the north of 25N Brown et al. pressure-wind 
relationship.  Winds are thus boosted slightly from 40 to 45 kt at 00 UTC on the 
7th just before landfall in Mexico.  Highest observed winds for this system
were a ship of 35 kt E on the 6th and Brownsville with 37 kt S and
Corpus Christi with 36 kt SE both on the 7th.  It is estimated that
45 kt was the peak intensity of this tropical storm.

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1925/04 - 2009 REVISION:

23610 11/29/1925 M= 6  2 SNBR= 544 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
23610 11/27/1925 M= 9  4 SNBR= 553 NOT NAMED   XING=1 SSS=1
         **         *  *       ***                        

(The 27th and the 28th are new to HURDAT.)
23612 11/27*202 859  30    0*201 858  30    0*200 857  35    0*199 856  35    0
23613 11/28*198 854  35    0*197 852  35    0*195 850  35    0*193 847  35    0

23615 11/29*  0   0   0    0*162 835  35    0*175 840  35    0*185 844  35    0
23615 11/29*191 842  35    0*190 837  35    0*190 835  35    0*193 837  35    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***  

23620 11/30*197 848  35    0*209 853  40    0*223 857  45    0*240 854  50    0
23620 11/30*199 841  35    0*208 846  40    0*220 847  45    0*237 843  50    0
            *** ***          *** ***          *** ***          *** ***  

23625 12/01*259 837  65    0*278 819  60    0*292 808  65    0*302 799  75    0
23625 12/01*255 830  65    0E275 815  60    0E290 805  65    0E300 795  75    0
            *** ***         **** ***         **** ***         **** ***   

23630 12/02*310 792  85    0*320 783  80    0*333 775  65    0*344 768  55    0
23630 12/02E310 787  80    0E320 781  75    0E333 775  70    0E344 769  65  980
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *         **     *    ***  **  ***

23635 12/03*355 760  45    0*365 752  40    0*376 735  40    0*379 725  35    0
23635 12/03E355 762  60    0E365 754  60    0E372 745  55    0E377 735  55    0
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     **** ***  **     **** ***  **

23640 12/04*379 717  35    0*378 708  30    0*376 700  30    0*371 689  25    0
23640 12/04E379 724  50    0E378 712  50    0E376 700  45    0E372 690  45    0
           *    ***  **     *    ***  **     *         **     **** ***  **

(The 5th is new to HURDAT.)
23642 12/05E368 682  40    0E364 677  35    0E360 675  30    0*  0   0   0    0

23645 HRBFL1                

U.S. Continental Hurricanes:
----------------------------
#/Date         Time  Lat    Lon    Max  Saffir RMW   Central   States
                                   Wind Simpson      Pressure  Affected
12/1/1925      0400Z 26.5N  82.2W  65kt  1    -----   (985mb)   SWFL1

Major changes to the track and to the intensity shown in Neumann et al. 
(1999), originally storm number 2.  Genesis was begun two days earlier and 
dissipation was indicated one day later for this cyclone.  A transformation to 
an extratropical cyclone was newly indicated, which occurred five days before 
dissipation.  Evidence for these changes comes from the Historical Weather Map 
series, the COADS ship database, _Monthly Weather Review_, the Original Monthly 
Records from NCDC, Dunn and Miller (1960), Schwerdt et al. (1979), Ho et al. 
(1987), Barnes (1998), and Kasper et al. (1998).

November 27: HWM does not analyze an area of low pressure.  HURDAT did not
previously analyze the system on this day.  Available observations suggest
that the tropical storm was centered at 20.0N, 85.7W.  Ship highlights:
35 kt NE and 1013 mb at 13 UTC at 20.7N, 85.8W (COA).  No other gales.  No low
pressures.

November 28: HWM analyzes an open trough in the northwest Caribbean Sea.
HURDAT did not previously analyze the system on this day.  Available
observations suggest that the tropical storm was centered at 19.5N,
85.0W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.

November 29: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered near 19.6N,
82.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 35 kt tropical storm at 17.5N, 84.0W.
Available observations suggest that the tropical storm was centered
at 19.0N, 83.5W.  Ship highlights: No gales or low pressures.  Regarding the
track and intensity: "The tropical cyclone...was central a short distance east
or southeast of Swan Island at 8 a.m.  It was of slight intensity at the time,
but increased rapidly in intensity after passing through the Yucatan Channel
during the following night, and by 8 p.m. of the 30th the barometer at Key
West, Fla., had fallen to 29.62 inches (1003 mb) and the wind had shifted to
southwest" (MWR).

November 30: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 995 mb centered near 23.4N,
79.6W.  HURDAT listed this as a 45 kt tropical storm at 22.3N, 85.7W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 22.5N, 85.6W with an 1004
mb pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 40 kt tropical storm was
centered at 22.0N, 84.7W.  Ship highlights: 45 kt E and 1010 mb at 12 UTC at
25.5N, 79.5W (COA); 15 kt WSW and 1002 mb at 22 UTC at 23.5N, 83.5W (COA); 35
kt NE and 1004 mb at 21 UTC at 25.4N, 85.6W (MWR).  One other gale.  A few
other low pressures.  Land highlights: 1004 mb at 17 UTC at Tampa, FL at
28.0N, 82.5W (OMR).  No gales.  No other low pressures.  Regarding the
intensity: "At 3:00 pm on the 30th... a disturbance of tropical origin central
slightly west or northwest of the Tortugas.  The disturbance moved
northeastward with increased intensity across the Florida peninsula, passing
near and south of Tampa.  It was attended by heavy rains, especially in the
right front quadrant, a fall of 14.08 inches occurring at Miami" (MWR).
"Area: S. Fla.; Intensity: Minimal; 50 killed, damage $1,600,000" (Dunn and
Miller). "The bottom of Tampa Bay was reportedly visible in some locations 
due to extreme low water levels.  In Florida, there were four storm related 
deaths" (Kasper et al.).  Tampa: "The chief property damage was to electric, 
telegraph and telephone wires and poles, trees, signs, windows, tents, automobiles, 
cheap roofing, old and flimsy building and buildings under construction. Between 
5000 and 6000 telephones were down in Tampa alone, and most of the long distance 
wire went down.  Electric current was cut off on account of the grounding of many 
live wires and danger therefrom.  Many big oaks went down in the wind, and in some 
cases damaged automobiles and roofs.  Electric lights were out in some sections of 
the city until the 2nd" (OMR).

December 1: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 990 mb centered near 29.7N,
77.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 29.2N, 80.8W  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 29N, 80.1W with a 992 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the extratropical low was
centered at 29.0N, 80.5W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt W and 994 mb at 17 UTC at
28.5N, 79.5W (MWR); 60 kt SW and 996 mb at 09 UTC at 27.7N, 79.0W (MWR); 50 kt
NE and 992 mb at 17 UTC at 29.7N, 79.2W (MWR).  A few other gales.  Several
other low pressures.  Land highlights: 45 kt N at 1753 UTC at Key West, FL at
24.5N, 81.8W (OMR); 999 mb at 06 UTC at Tampa, FL at 28.0N, 82.5W (OMR); 45 kt
NE at 0609 UTC at Tampa, FL at 28.0N, 82.5W (OMR); 1000 mb at 08 UTC at 
Miami, FL at 25.8N, 80.3W; 45 kt N at Jacksonville at 30.4N, 81.7W (OMR).  
Several other gales and several other low pressures.  Key West: "The 
maximum velocity for the day (30th), and for the month, was 36 miles per 
hour from the southwest at 9:25 p.m.  However, the wind rapidly veered 
from southwest to northwest between 11 p.m. and midnight, and although
it increased in force to a strong gale of 52 miles an hour (5 minute) and 62
miles an hour (one-minute) shortly before 2 p.m. on December 1st, no damage
resulted" (OMR).  Regarding the rainfall: "As the month closed, a tropical 
storm passing over the Florida Peninsula gave some of the heaviest rains ever 
known over the more southern portions.  At Miami, total fall of more than 15 
inches occurred, 14.10 inches falling in 14 hours" (MWR).  "At Tampa the 
barometer fell to 29.50 inches (999 mb) and the wind reached a maximum 
velocity of 52 miles from the northeast about 1 a.m. of December 1.  About 
8 a.m. of December 1 the storm was centered a short distance east of 
Titusville, and the pressure at the center was somewhat under 29.50 inches.  
Jacksonville reported a maximum wind velocity of 48 miles from the north" 
(MWR).  Regarding the damage and loss of life: "Fruit was blown from trees... 
lowlands were flooded...structures in process of completion suffered 
considerably... many small boats were damaged or sunk at anchor.  As a result 
of the phenomenally high tides and seas, damage to beaches and beach property 
from the mouth of the St. Johns southward was very great- only in the millions 
can the computation be made...pavilions, small cottages, and even pretentious 
structures were undermined, and hotels, whose safety hitherto had never been 
questioned, were in imminent danger.  The Citrus Exchange estimated the loss 
at 300,000 boxes, which, at $2 per box, evidences a formidable sum."  At least 
55 lives were lost at sea (MWR).  Savannah, GA: "The passage of a tropical 
storm northward on the 1st and 2nd was attended by a rather heavy rain of 
1.71 inches and a high wind of 51 miles NW" (OMR).

December 2: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 985 mb centered near 33N,
76.8W.  HURDAT listed this as a 65 kt hurricane at 33.3N, 77.5W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 33.5N, 77.4W with a 979 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the strong extratropical low was
centered at 33.3N, 77.5W.  Ship highlights: 70 kt ENE and 1006 mb at 08 UTC at
36.8N, 73.4W (MWR); 70 kt E at 12 UTC at 36.8N, 73.4W (COA) (same ship as
previous); 70 kt at 29.2N, 81.2W (MWR); and 45 kt E and 979 mb at 13 UTC 
near the NC coast (MWR).  Land highlights: 61 kt NE at Atlantic City,
NJ at 39.4N, 74.5W (MWR); 988 mb at 1745 UTC at Wilmington, NC at 34.3N, 77.9W
(OMR).  Several other strong gales and several other low pressures.  Regarding
the track and intensity: "8 p.m. (01 UTC)...the hurricane center, which was
apparently about 150 miles due east of Savannah, Ga., at that time.  The wind
had increased to 42 miles an hour at both Savannah and Charleston.  At 8 a.m.
(13 UTC) the hurricane was central about 100 miles south-southeast of
Wilmington, N.C.  The storm center passed inland between Wilmington and Cape
Hatteras at about 6 p.m., and out to sea again a short distance south of Cape
Henry during the night" (MWR).  "Area: N.C. capes; Intensity: Minimal; Damage
slight" (Dunn and Miller).  "In Florida and along the coastal waters of the
eastern states, over fifty lives were lost to the storm" (Barnes).  "Landfall
point: 34.9N, 76.3W.  Central pressure of 980 mb. 54 nmi RMW.  Forward
speed of 15 kt.  WB Technical Paper No. 55 implies that this storm was
becoming extratropical and did not have hurricane-force winds when it struck
the NC coast" (Ho et al.).  "Environmental pressure 1012 mb, 75 kt maximum
sustained surface wind estimate" (Schwerdt et al.)  

December 3: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1000 mb centered near 36.6N,
74.3W.  HURDAT listed this as a 40 kt tropical storm at 37.6N, 73.5W.  The MWR
Tracks for Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 37N, 75W with an 1001 mb
pressure.  Available observations suggest that the 55 kt extratropical low was
centered at 37.2N, 74.5W.  Ship highlights: 60 kt ENE at 38.4N, 74.8W (MWR);
20 kt NW and 1000 mb at 12 UTC at 36.7N, 75.8W (COA); 50 kt ENE and 1003 mb at
08 UTC at 38.4N, 74.8W (MWR).  Several other strong gales.  A few other low
pressures.  Land highlights: 52 kt NE at Block Island at 41.2N, 71.6W (MWR);
26 kt S and 997 mb at 00 UTC at Cape Hatteras, NC at 35.3N, 75.6W (OMR).
Several other gales and several other low pressures.  "Area Va. Capes to N.J.;
Intensity: Minor; 2 killed" (Dunn and Miller).  Norfolk, VA: "The storm caused
winds of strong gale force, but no serious damage was reported in this
immediate vicinity" (OMR).

December 4: HWM analyzes two separate closed lows, one of at most 1005 mb near
37.3N, 71W, and the other of at most 1010 mb near 29.9N, 60.5W.  HURDAT listed
this as a 30 kt tropical depression at 37.6N, 70.0W.  The MWR Tracks for
Centers of Cyclones shows a center near 38N, 69W.  Available observations
suggest that the 45 kt extratropical low was centered at 37.6N, 70.0W.  Ship
highlights: Several observations of 45 kt.  Several low pressures between 1002
and 1005 mb.

December 5: HWM analyzes a closed low of at most 1005 mb centered at 36N,
67.3W.  HURDAT did not previously analyze the system on this day.  Available
observations suggest that the 30 kt extratropical low was centered at 36.0N,
67.5W.  Ship highlights: 35 kt ENE and 1000 mb at 08 UTC at 34.5N, 57.5W
(COA).  A few other gales before 12 UTC.  A few other low pressures.
Regarding the track and intensity: "Its center passed close to Horta (Azores)
at 4 a.m. of the 9th, with a barometer reading of 29.32 inches (993 mb) and a
maximum wind velocity of 40 miles an hour from the northeast" (MWR).

Genesis of this system is begun two days earlier than HURDAT, as observations
from HWM and COADS show a well defined vortex on the 27th.  Gale force
winds were also observed on the 27th, so the system is analyzed to have
reached tropical storm intensity by 12 UTC on the 27th.  For the next two days,
the storm meandered slowly to the east-southeast and a major northward
adjustment to its track is made on the 29th, with no detectable change in 
intensity.  In the 30th, the system intensified as it began accelerating to the 
north and northeast before reaching the southwest Florida coast early on the 1st.  

Landfall is estimated to have occurred around 04 UTC on the 1st near 26.5N 82.2W.  
Peak observations in the Gulf were a ship at 00 UTC on the 1st with 50 kt NNW and 
1002 mb, Key West with 1003 mb minimum pressure at 03 UTC, and Tampa with 999 mb 
minimum pressure and 45 kt NE maximum wind at 06 UTC.  As the system was making 
landfall in Florida, it was interacting with a strong pre-existing baroclinic zone.  
However, HWM did not analyze any frontal features from the 30th through the 5th 
with the system, which is consistent with the original HURDAT that kept the system 
as a tropical cyclone all the way through December 4th.  Reanalysis of this event, 
though, suggests that the storm reached the frontal boundary and became 
extratropical around 06 UTC, just after landfall of the storm in Florida.  
Observations near the center of this system are sparse both in the Gulf of Mexico 
and in southwestern Florida near landfall.  However, the wind-caused impacts in 
Tampa and inland, the storm surges noted (both substantially below normal in Tampa 
and above normal near Jacksonville), and 60 kt/996 mb ship observations just off of 
the Florida east coast are consistent with a minimal hurricane making landfall.  
Intensity at landfall is maintained at 65 kt from the original HURDAT, making this 
a Category 1 hurricane for southwest Florida (“BFL1”). 

After passing through Florida and transition to an extratropical storm, the system 
re-intensified  over the Atlantic Ocean.  Three hurricane force ship observations, 
a ship  peripheral pressure reading of 979 mb, and Wilmington's peripheral pressure 
reading of 988 mb confirm that the extratropical system reached hurricane intensity 
late on the 1st and early on the 2nd.  Peak intensity for this cyclone actually 
occurred as an extratropical cyclone, with estimated peak of about 80 kt at 00Z on 
the 2nd (down slightly from 85 kt originally in HURDAT) based upon numerous ship and 
land based observations.  The system made a second landfall in North Carolina as an 
extratropical storm late on the 2nd with a central pressure of about 980 mb and 
minimal hurricane-force winds.  While the system weakened on the 3rd and 4th, 
coastal and ship observations indicate a stronger extratropical storm than 
originally listed:  55 kt at 12 UTC on the 3rd (up from 40 kt) and 45 kt at 12 UTC 
on the 4th (up from 30 kt).  An additional 18 hours were added to HURDAT for this 
system as the occluded and weakening low was still identifiable on the 5th. Despite 
the Monthly Weather Review stating that the cyclone continued eastward to near the 
Azores on the 9th, daily analysis including the Historical Weather Maps indicates 
that a second, extratropical system which formed east of Bermuda on the 4th was the 
system that moved toward the Azores.

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1925 - Additional Notes - 2009 ADDITION:

1) Historical Weather Maps depict an unusual March storm that persisted
nearly three weeks over much of the Subtropical and Central Atlantic.
HWM and COADS observations show a frontal low developing on 5 March about
225 km east of GA.  This low moved ENE, quickly intensified into a strong
baroclinic gale center on the 6th, became occluded on the 7th, and then
tracked ESE through the 8th, passing about 200 km south of Bermuda.  It
next moved rapidly eastward through the 10th and transitioned to a
quasi-barotropic system, exhibiting nearly isothermal conditions within a
few hundred km of the center even though air and sea-surface temperatures
were much cooler than those typically inherent of a tropical cyclone.  It
then decelerated in the Central Atlantic as it moved SE through the 12th.
Following that, it apparently tracked faster towards the ESE, E, and then
ENE until the 17th, passing 675 km WNW of the Canary Islands.  On the
17th, the S.S. "El Cantara" reported 50 kt WSW-SW winds and a pressure of
998 mb near the center (MWR and COA).  The low turned to the north on the
18th and weakened as it traversed over colder waters.  It then moved
quickly to the WNW, W, and WSW through the 20th, passing about 500 km
south of the Azores.  Strong gale force winds were observed several
hundred km to the north and west of the system, resulting from a strong
pressure gradient that had developed between the low and a strong polar,
maritime air mass over the North Atlantic.  It then decelerated again and
became quasi-stationary through the 23rd, during which time it made a
small cyclonic loop.  Finally, it started moving to the WNW on the 24th
and was absorbed by a potent extratropical system early on the 25th in the
Central Atlantic.  Although this system had barotropic characteristics for
much of its existence and strong winds in its inner-core on the 17th,
there is insufficient evidence to classify it at any point as a tropical
cyclone.  Therefore, it is not added to HURDAT; but it might be partially
considered a possible hybrid or subtropical storm.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Mar. 5   31N  78W     Extratropical Storm
Mar. 6   33N  73W     Extratropical Storm
Mar. 7   32N  71W     Occluded Low
Mar. 8   30N  67W     Occluded Low
Mar. 9   30N  62W     Occluded Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 10  29N  55W     Occluded Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 11  28N  54W     Occluded Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 12  28N  53W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 13  27N  48W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 14  27N  43W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 15  28N  38W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 16  29N  31W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 17  31N  24W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 18  34N  24W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 19  35N  32W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 20  34N  37W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 21  33N  38W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 22  32N  37W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 23  33N  37W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid
Mar. 24  34N  40W     Non-Tropical Low/Possible Hybrid

2) Michael Chenoweth obtained observations from Dominica in the Lesser
Antilles that suggested that a strong wave or possible tropical
depression came through the region on the 25th and 26th of September
with pressure dropping to 1010 mb.  Historical Weather Maps showed
substantial rainfall and pressure drops in the Lesser Antilles on
the 25th and 26th but no evidence of a closed low.  COADS ship data 
likewise showed no closed circulation but did have ship observations
of 20 kt ENE on the west side of the system and 25 kt ESE on the east
side of the system.  While the system could have been a tropical cyclone,
without confirmation of a closed circulation and because of a lack
of gale force winds this will not be counted as a tropical storm and
not included into HURDAT.

3) Historical Weather Maps show evidence of a cyclonic circulation forming
around the southern extent of a decaying frontal system ENE of Bermuda at
the end of September.  A combination of HWM and COADS ship observations
indicates that a broad, elongated area of low pressure with a small degree
of baroclinicity was developing along a NNE-SSW oriented trough axis in the
West Central Atlantic on the morning of the 29th.  This system was over an
area of SSTs of 25-27 C, and by the afternoon, a tropical depression
formed as it acquired tropical characteristics.  It moved to the west until
early on 1 October, then merged with an approaching frontal system from
the west, and became extratropical.  The depression had a peak observed
wind of 25 kt (COA), measured by multiple ships on the 29th and 30th; once
it became extratropical, gale force winds of 35-50 kt were observed.  The
lowest pressure reading was 1006 mb on the 30th, which would imply a 32 kt
wind speed using the north of 25N pressure-wind relationship.  Since all
the available wind observations were under gale force during the
tropical phase, it is not added to HURDAT.  It may though have been a
minimal tropical storm from the 30th until the frontal merger on the 1st.

DAY      LAT  LON     STATUS
Sept. 29 31N  56W     Developing Tropical Depression
Sept. 30 31N  59W     Tropical Depression
Oct. 1   36N  55W     Extratropical Storm

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