Pre-satellite era hurricanes

[HurricaneBill]

If you could somehow get a satellite image of a hurricane from before the satellite era, what hurricanes would you want pics of?

The ones I'd want to see:
1900 Galveston Hurricane
1935 Labor Day Hurricane
1938 New England Hurricane
1950 Hurricane King (I heard it was a midget storm)

[Stratosphere747]

1875 or 1886 Indianola hurricanes

[MWatkins]

1935 Labor Day Hurricane

No question about it...I would be very interested to see just exactly how quickly it evolved from a TD to a Cat 5 monster...seeing that unfold in sattelite imagery would be amazing to say the least.

Great question...

MW

[HURAKAN]

1935 Labor Day Hurricane

No question about it...I would be very interested to see just exactly how quickly it evolved from a TD to a Cat 5 monster...seeing that unfold in sattelite imagery would be amazing to say the least.

Great question...

MW

6.02 X 10^23% in agreement with you!

[mobilebay]

When was the first Satellite image taken? I would sure love to see a pic of Hurricane Audrey in 1957. I just want to see that monster in the GOM in JUNE! WOW!

[P.K.]

When was the first Satellite image taken? I would sure love to see a pic of Hurricane Audrey in 1957. I just want to see that monster in the GOM in JUNE! WOW!

This is the first one I can find:

[HurricaneBill]

Unfortunately, satellites weren't around in 1957, except for Sputnik of course!

However, there was radar.

Here's a nice radar pic of Hurricane Audrey making landfall.

[James]

I wouldn't mind seeing an image of Hurricane Dog in 1950 and one of Hurricane Hazel in 1954.

[HurricaneBill]

I wonder if there is a way to reconstruct how a hurricane probably looked? Through weather observations and such. Radar too. And storms that seemed similar.

[SouthernWx]

If you could somehow get a satellite image of a hurricane from before the satellite era, what hurricanes would you want pics of?

The ones I'd want to see:
1900 Galveston Hurricane
1935 Labor Day Hurricane
1938 New England Hurricane
1950 Hurricane King (I heard it was a midget storm)

Definitely the 1935 Labor Day hurricane....my #1 choice.

Other past hurricanes I'd love to see a satellite image of are:

1) Great Miami hurricane (1926)

2) San Felipe/ Palm Beach cat-4 (1928)

3) 1938 New England (Long Island Express)

4) 1944 Mid Atlantic-New England cat-3

5) Hurricane Hazel (1954)

6) Hurricane Janet near peak intensity (1955)

7) hurricane Camille at time of landfall (occurred at night; no IR images were available in 1969).



Hurricane King in 1950 was similar to this past season's Charley; extremely small and intense. After looking over the pressure gradient and winds of Charley, IMO King was likely a cat-4 at landfall. The eye was only 5-6 miles in diameter, and the surrouding eyewall very small. The eye passed directly over the downtown Miami WBO (Weather Bureau) where sustained winds peaked at 122 mph, with a peak gusts of 150 mph clocked...with a minimum central pressure of 28.20"/ 955 mb. Peak gusts probably occurred a few miles east and northeast of the Miami WBO....and with the pressure gradient, may have exceeded 170 mph (sustained winds IMO 130-140 mph) along the beachfronts. In Fort Lauderdale, a gust of 138 mph was clocked BEFORE the anemometer became inoperable (blew away).

PW

[isobar]

1935 Labor Day!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew92]

Definitely the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, the Long Island Express of 1938, and Hazel of 1954.

I would have also liked to have seen the Galveston Hurricanes of 1900 and 1915, The Florida Hurricanes of 1926 and 1928, and just in general images of the numerous storms of the 1933 season.

-Andrew92

[fjf31970]

I would love to see the 1935 and 1938 hurricanes,also the hurricane of 1947 that hit south Florida.

[P.K.]

Not a hurricane but I would like to see a sat image of the 1703 storm that affected the UK, and was possibly worse than the 1987 storm.

[vbhoutex]

I'm using Perry's list with some modifications. Thanks Perry!!

1) hurricane Camille at time of landfall (occurred at night; no IR images were available in 1969). Actually I would love to see Camille from infancy to landfall with all of the current technology available, but alas that will never happen.

2)1935 Labor Day hurricane

3) Great Miami hurricane (1926)

4) San Felipe/ Palm Beach cat-4 (1928)

5) 1938 New England (Long Island Express)

6) 1944 Mid Atlantic-New England cat-3

7) Hurricane Hazel (1954)

8) Hurricane Janet near peak intensity (1955)

9) Hurricane Audrey (1957)

[Rainband]

I would love to see Hurricane Easy and her erratic path through Florida

[HurricaneBill]

The Great Hurricane of 1780.

The deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history. (This was most likely a Category 5)