hurricane hurricane referred initially subtropical storm long tracked category hurricane caused little damage existence early october originating tropical wave developed coast hispaniola october precursor slowly developing week october october surface low formed system convective activity increased system eventually classified subtropical depression october upgraded subtropical storm shortly increasingly tropical day intensified following reconnaissance mission storm october deemed fully tropical upgraded hurricane time renamed hurricane rapidly tracked northeast response area low pressure october hurricane attained peak winds mph lowest barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg bypassing azores islands situated cold waters transitioned extratropical cyclone late october neared french coastline shortly reaching land system absorbed cold existence little effect land meteorological history hurricane originated tropical wave associated area convection north hispaniola october system tracked westward mph gained little strength national_hurricane_center nhc development storm october system interacted mid trough near southeast united_states resulting formation surface low tracking eastward showers thunderstorms began develop circulation structure system fully tropical october ships vicinity low reported decreasing barometric pressures indicating strengthening system satellites monitoring system depicted disorganized storm mainly subtropical characteristics late october cyclone sufficiently organized classified subtropical depression cold air remnants cold circulation cold air gradually warmed october winds increased gale force depression upgraded subtropical storm time given october intensified substantially hurricane hunters recorded hurricane force winds roughly center storm following finding national_hurricane_center reclassified system tropical system renamed dropping previous designation tropical developed strong outflow convective bands additionally storm developed wide eye steered generally eastward deep surface low accelerated storm traveled rapid pace mph continued organize october hurricane began undergo extratropical transition continued unusually fast northeast time attained peak winds mph shortly bypassing azores islands october system moved area sea surface temperatures required tropical cyclone development later day central pressure decreased mbar hpa inhg lowest recorded relation hurricane shortly reaching intensity hurricane transitioned extratropical cyclone quickly merged cold coast france preparations impact passed near azores hurricane winds islands reached mph damage recorded october french ship encountered storm recording sustained winds mph air pressure mbar hpa inhg ships near english french coastlines recorded winds mph extratropical remnants passed region
Hurricane Fran (1973)