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With one-minute sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 913 mbar (27.0 inHg), the NHC noted that Dorian was the strongest hurricane in modern records to affect the northwestern Bahamas. [26] Hurricane Dorian as seen from the International Space Station on September 2, 2019
By August 28, the NHC was forecasting for Dorian to pass near the northern Bahamas as a major hurricane. [3] On August 30, the government of The Bahamas issued a hurricane watch, and later that day a hurricane warning, for the northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence.
A ship near Mayaguana recorded a pressure of 930 millibars (27 inHg), however, the ship was not in the eye of the hurricane. September 6–8, 1965 - Hurricane Betsy smashes the northern Bahamian islands as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, with one station in Green Turtle Cay recording winds clocked at 151 mph (243 km/h).
Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas en route to the U.S.
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English: Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity as a Category 5 hurricane making landfall on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, September 1, 2019. In the left of the image is the coast of Florida. In the left of the image is the coast of Florida.
Parrish told CBS that the ship’s captain said winds had jumped from 46 miles per hour to 86 miles per hour, which is strong enough to be considered hurricane-force winds if sustained.
Additionally, Dorian is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the highest sustained winds at landfall in an Atlantic hurricane. [46] With Dorian, 2019 became the fourth consecutive year to produce at least one Category 5 hurricane. [47] [nb 4] Dorian's slow forward motion near The Bahamas also set several records.