New Category 5 record for the Hurricane Season of 2005

Boomer

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:48 PM
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New Category 5 record for the Hurricane Season of 2005

From Jeff Masters:

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=325&tstamp=200603

The astounding Hurricane Season of 2005 has extended its grip on the record for most Category 5 hurricanes in a season. According to the National Hurricane Canter report on Hurricane Emily released earlier this month, Emily is now recognized as a Category 5 hurricane. This brings the record for most Category 5 hurricanes in a season to four (Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma). The old record was two Category 5 storms, set in 1960 and again in 1961. Emily is the earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin and the only known hurricane of that strength to occur during the month of July.

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Delphinus

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:50 PM
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1. My memory fails me ...

where did Emily hit?

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Samurai_Writer

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Thu Mar-23-06 02:21 PM
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2. Emily hit the Yucatan and then mainland Mexico

www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/EMILY_graphics.shtml

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