902 mb just reported by hurricane hunters in USAF jet, per WWL TV

[steve2470]

folks, that is bad. Maybe not 888 mb yet, but bad.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

1. What happens at 888? Is that the record? nt

[Endangered Specie]

2. Yup, its THE record.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. What's the lowest recorded for any storm?

As I understand it from reading about the hurricane today, the lower the mb reading, the more intense the storm.

[JesterCS]

4. The Record Is

888 is the lowest.. Gilbert in 1988 i beleive

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

5. What's a mb?

[steve2470]

7. millibars nt

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

8. I don't know what those are

are we talking pressure, is it high or low and what's desirable?

[steve2470]

9. mbs are units of barometric pressure of the atmosphere

1000 mbs, I think, is considered "normal".

[geomon666]

10. The lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. n/t

[steve2470]

6. 892- Labor Day 1935, 909- Camille, 925- Andrew

those are landfall pressures

[theHandpuppet]

11. Sustained wind speed is up to 187 mph!

Dear God, this is a monster.

[Mutley]

12. This thing is going to be a killer.

Cat V, 175+/mph sustained winds with gusts over 210mph,900 or less mb, and I've heard as much as 50" of rain locally... this thing is way beyond Andrew, and maybe even Camille.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/