Did hurricane Andrew hit florida as a 4 or 5 cataqory?

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me && my motherr are has debate over this XD

->> some1 tell us; cuz i was almost a year old when andrew hir [sept.5th is my birthday]<<-

&& anywayz well we are havinq a discussion about when it hit florida was it a cat. 4 or 5; she says 5 [but then aqain she is over-dramatic about everythinq but i say it was a 4 when it actually* hit us.

yes! it was* a 5 out in the ocean riqht before it us; but then from the waters it went down to a 4; shes still standinq as it was a 5 lol

can some one anser or debate haha =]

thanx <333

Answer 1

Yes, it was updated by the National Hurricane Center as a CAT 5 in Feb 2005 after a research paper found enough data to support the higher classification.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew_add.h...

From the link above found at the NHC web site:

&quot;Addendum

Hurricane Andrew

16 - 28 August, 1992

Ed Rappaport

National Hurricane Center

7 February 2005&quot;

&quot;In their 2004 paper, Landsea et al. (Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 (11), 1699-1712 document a reanalysis of the intensity of Hurricane Andrew. Their paper discusses the reasons for the reanalysis, the process used, supporting references, and the resulting changes to the &quot;Best Track&quot; estimates of the hurricane&#039;s maximum sustained wind speed. In particular, Hurricane Andrew is now indicated to have made landfall on the lower Florida east coast with Category 5 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The revised best track table for Hurricane Andrew appears below.

This addendum also provides two unofficial observations that were not included in previous National Hurricane Center reports on Hurricane Andrew:

1. A minimum pressure of 28.75 inches at 11011 SW 140th Ave., Miami.

2. A wind gust of 103 kt at 4:55 am at 12970 Southwest 2nd St., Miami. &quot;

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Answer 2

It was a Category 4 when it crossed Florida. See here for more information: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/his...

(Update) Oops!  I never noticed that addendum that was done in 2005.  Yes it was changed to a Cat 5.  My mistake :(

Answer 3

Initially it was a 4, but then they changed it to a 5.

&quot;Top sustained winds reached 165 mph, not 145 mph as previously estimated, according to new research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Under the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Category 5 hurricanes have maximum sustained wind speeds of at least 156 mph. &quot;

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/conte...

*cyswxman, I&#039;m beginning to think you were never a meteorologist.