hurricane hurricane extremely large late season atlantic hurricane atlantic hurricane season originating tropical depression near jamaica october system initially featured non tropical characteristics tracked northward november system began producing gale force winds low pressure area winds near center circulation calm november system intensified tropical storm named steadily strengthening attained hurricane intensity november eventually reaching peak intensity mph winds shortly began gradually weaken tracked cooler waters storm eventually extratropical november central atlantic directly impact land tropical storm hurricane generated large swells impacted numerous areas person killed puerto_rico coastal damages waves amounted roughly million usd meteorological history hurricane originated tropical disturbance near jamaica october navy reconnaissance plane recorded sustained winds mph found area low pressure time system classified tropical depression ship near system discovered cold core circulation feature non tropical cyclones classified tropical october depression passed near western edge haiti later crossed eastern tip cuba entering atlantic_ocean afternoon november depression moved central bahamas turned northeast time central pressure depression decreased mbar hpa inhg gale force winds recorded large area system upgraded tropical storm morning system compared low large scale subtropical cyclone forms near hawaii early november storm turned northwest response area high pressure central atlantic later day scientific mission hurricane planes took place research aircraft flew day air force aircraft high altitude jet flew storm storm executed counter clockwise loop ending november time numerous reconnaissance missions flown system time storm begun southeastward track continuing gradually intensify attained hurricane status november later day attained category status modern day saffir reaching intensity hurricane turned northeastward accelerated intensify reconnaissance mission time recorded minimum pressure mbar hpa inhg time reached peak intensity large hurricane gale diameter storm extending roughly attaining peak intensity storm began cooler waters resulting circulation elongated weaken couple days morning november transitioned exceptionally large intense extratropical cyclone preparations impact directly track land tropical storm hurricane size system contributed large waves exceeding height large atlantic impacts storm felt far away eastern united_states warned ships vicinity system precautions nearly isolated stressed emergency storm swells destroyed docks prevented ships carrying food reaching island light vessels destroyed gale force winds little carrying capacity able island coast jacksonville florida coastal structures sustained roughly million usd million usd damages puerto_rico waves caused significant damage resulted death person evacuate home swells recorded guadeloupe port installations destroyed rough seas damages amounted roughly million usd million usd
Hurricane Greta (1956)