Sentences with phrase «central pressure ever»

The 2005 season was also the one that saw tremendous storms like Katrina, Rita and Wilma, the last of which holds the record for lowest central pressure ever measured in the Atlantic basin.

Not exact matches

Only rarely did we ever look troubled defensively and when put under any pressure we looked secure with the two central defenders Oliver Younger and Scott Wilson in fine form.

With a central pressure forecast to drop very low (see plot below), the storm will threaten the record set by unprecedented 2012 Superstorm Sandy as the lowest surface pressure ever measured in the North Atlantic north of Cape Hatteras (the central surface pressure of a storm is one measure of its strength).

When hurricane hunter aircraft measured its central pressure at 940 millibars — 27.76 inches — Monday afternoon, it was the lowest barometric reading ever recorded for an Atlantic storm to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.