meteorological history meteorological history spanned seventeen days september october began tropical wave moved coast africa mid september tracking westward wave spawned area low pressure days later quickly strengthened tropical depression september depression upgraded hurricane day days eye developed deep atmospheric convection persisted strong outflow warm sea surface temperatures allowed storm intensify tracked west northwest storm reached peak intensity september winds mph category status saffir simpson hurricane scale barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg following days hurricane tracked making category hurricane category shortly entering caribbean weakened slightly shortly crossing puerto_rico storm attained major hurricane status weakening slightly storm rapidly organized near dominican_republic defined eye formed outflow established allowing storm reach intensity mph prior landfall passage hispaniola circulation severely disrupted maintained hurricane intensity september storm landfall southeastern cuba minimal hurricane september entered gulf_of_mexico intensified category hurricane storm organized gulf eye fully reforming deep convection center circulation september reached intensity mph hours prior landfall day hurricane weakened slightly tracked inland near mississippi winds mph landfall hurricane forward motion slowed executing brief clockwise loop maintaining eastward drift gradually weakening hurricane tropical depression afternoon september days later fully dissipated near atlantic coast florida formation intensification late september tropical wave exited west coast africa following day system featured large area organized deep convection dvorak technique initiated september ships vicinity wave reported surface circulation developed utc national_hurricane_center nhc estimated tropical depression seventh season situated miles kilometres south southwest depression tracked roughly west response mid level ridge building westward north cyclone day banding features developed system deep convection consolidated center circulation roughly hours declared depression nhc upgraded system tropical storm gave following days maintained general west northwest track days persistent mid upper level ridge gradual intensification took place system developed strong outflow warm sea surface temperatures aided development easterly wind shear caused disruption storms outflow center previously surrounded deep areas convection situated underneath area thunderstorm activity late morning hours september eyewall developed circulation indicating nearing hurricane status peak intensity lesser antilles later september banding eye feature appeared satellite imagery leading nhc upgrade hurricane utc day day anticyclone began develop hurricane enhancing storms outflow hours later attained category status sustained winds eye increased mph ahead storm nhc reported factors intensification anticipated strengthen category hurricane reaching lesser antilles concentric eyewall began develop late september briefly strengthening storm resulted eyewall replacement cycle led formation larger eye september underwent period rapid intensification winds increased mph hour span end phase attained peak intensity winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg category status time peak intensity hurricane hunter mission storm recorded flight level winds mph measured surface winds mph readings disregarded recorded winds mph lower levels eyewall reading disregarded hurricane hunters high representative actual intensity hurricane_hunters noted large increase radius tropical storm force winds prompting issuance tropical storm warnings lesser antilles time peak intensity eye roughly diameter shortly attaining peak intensity september began weaken upper level vertical wind shear caused eye cloud filled longer visible satellite imagery convection associated storm nature spite factors remained major hurricane september continued weakening took place shear restricted portion hurricane outflow utc september initial landfall antigua winds mph hours later storm passed directly shortly passing island storm weakened category status winds decreased mph caribbean islands storm approached puerto_rico late september wind shear began allowing organize outflow unable fully proximity land utc storm category intensity landfall puerto_rico winds mph weakening hours later storm entered began approached dominican_republic unexpectedly developed defined eye began intensify attaining winds mph satellite imagery suggested attained category intensity landfall dominican_republic utc september category hurricane hispaniola mountainous terrain large factor expected weakening storm hours landfall storm eye maintained structure outflow remained strong banding features organized september center ill defined hurricane_hunters unable fly storm moved water hurricane core severely disrupted mountains hispaniola exceptionally disorganized retained minimal hurricane intensity passage island later september storm entered passage maintaining broad circulation defined banding eye like feature little change occurred day storm fifth landfall near cuba winds mph storm began northwesterly track response mid- upper level high pressure area northeast mid- upper level low yucatán_peninsula passage cuba maintained defined outflow pattern despite having ill defined center september storm moved water north cuba eyewall quickly began gulf_of_mexico dissipation hurricane neared florida keys september eye reformed pronounced satellite imagery reorganization led increase intensity utc landfall near winds mph hurricane forward motion shifted west northwest forecast models indicated attain category status making landfall northern gulf_coast slow motion storm led erratic track mainly caused westward eye vertical wind shear estimated mph restricting outflow hurricane intense convection eastern circulation september storm continued slow turning northwestward wind field afternoon september hurricane force winds present eastern later day winds center increased mph short major hurricane status possibility rapid intensification time low central barometric pressure continued decrease september mbar hpa inhg time storm visible new_orleans louisiana radar imagery depicted incomplete eyewall storm continued slow neared final landfall winds eyewall slightly decreased utc landfall near mississippi winds mph hours moving ashore weakened category status quasi stationary storm slow movement led extreme amounts rainfall southeastern united_states peaking florida september weakened tropical storm completed small clockwise loop southern mississippi subsequently storm began tracking west northwestward faster pace utc weakened tropical depression nhc issued final advisory system time initiated public advisories depression maintained defined circulation tracked close gulf_of_mexico center circulation remained inland large quantities tropical moisture fed storm allowing produce torrential rainfall september low level circulation began upper level circulation issued final advisory depression early october neared atlantic_ocean fully dissipated hours later
Meteorological history of Hurricane Georges