Re: Latest Okinawa Updates...(our time)...Thursday.
Posted by hanna on 9/28/2012, 1:01 am
What were Andrew's top winds?

AFTER 10 YEARS, HURRICANE ANDREW GAINS STRENGTH


In the record books, it's still one of America's costliest hurricanes, and today National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
scientists announced Hurricane Andrew was even stronger than originally believed when it made landfall in south Florida 10 years
ago this week. Based on new research, scientists upgraded the storm from a Category 4, to a Category 5, the highest on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.


In their re-analysis of Hurricane Andrew's maximum sustained surface-wind speeds, NOAA's National Hurricane Center Best Track
Committee, a team of hurricane experts, concluded winds were 165 mph - 20 mph faster than earlier estimated - as the storm made
landfall. Herbert Saffir, a structural engineer who co-designed the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, joined the committee as an observer and
reviewed the team's results.


http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2002/aug02/noaa02107.html


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