Did Hurricane Humberto sneak up on you?
"BASED ON OPERATIONAL ESTIMATES...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENED FROM A 30 KT
DEPRESSION AT 15Z YESTERDAY TO A 75 KT HURRICANE AT 09Z THIS
MORNING...AN INCREASE OF 45 KT IN 18 HOURS. TO PUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT IN PERSPECTIVE...NO TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE HISTORICAL
RECORD HAS EVER REACHED THIS INTENSITY AT A FASTER RATE NEAR
LANDFALL. IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW...SOMEDAY...WHY THIS HAPPENED."
-NHC's Humberto Discussion #6 Sept 13, 2007
twc_blog:
"Stu Ostro on Humberto's eruption"
At 2:10 CDT this morning Humberto became the first hurricane
to make landfall on the U.S. since Hurricane Wilma in October, 2005