Talk:1968 Atlantic hurricane season

Strongest storm
Picking the strongest storm this year is a little tricky. Abby nominally achieved a pressure of 965 mbar, which is quite low considering it wasn't even a hurricane at the time and had pressures in the 990s immediately before and after. Gladys also achieved 965 mbar, along with 85 mph winds (again an odd relationship). No other storm had a lower pressure (though records are incomplete) or a higher windspeed (though all records must be considered suspect). &mdash; jdorje (talk) 07:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Button bar up
I have put up the 1968 button bar.The 3 TD are marked 5,7,11.HurricaneCraze32 20:54, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * And again you mis-named it. &mdash; jdorje (talk) 21:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Subtrop 1
There's some conflicting information here on Subtropical Storm 1. The table and tracking information indicate it reached hurricane strength, and name it Hurricane 1. --Spiffy sperry 15:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, the article mentions that the subtropical storm reached hurricane strength. However, the proper naming for a 75+ mph storm that has subtropical characteristics is a 75+ mph subtropical storm, not a hurricane or a subtropical hurricane. Because the MWR says it was a subtropical storm, that is how I indicated it in the article. Hurricanehink 00:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Unisys is wrong here. As hink says, the subtropical storm did reach "hurricane strength" but it is still not a hurricane.  A hurricane is by definition a tropical cyclone, not a subtropical cyclone.  If you look in the best track data (upon which the unisys programs take their data) the storm is called just "SUBTROP 1". — jdorje (talk) 03:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Got it. The same thing happened in 1979 (subtrop reaching hurricane strength).  1979 Atlantic hurricane season has a helpful phrase that I've added to this 1968 season.  I suppose Unisys is wrong on the 1979 storm also; while they don't call it a hurricane, the tracking info lists some time as a tropical storm and hurricane. --Spiffy sperry 15:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I can find no other source acknowledging this storm's existance other than HURDAT. It is never mentioned in the Monthly Weather Review. It wasn't on the original season track map released after the season (included in MWR). I have found discussions on curious quasi-tropical systems in February and early September, but not the Sep 14-23 storm listed in HURDAT. I've Googled it, I've searched NHC's Storm Wallets...I have no idea where this storm came from. It just appeared on HURDAT seemingly out of nowhere. I'd very much like to know the story behind that. -- Hurricane ERIC - Class of '08: XVII Maius MMVIII 06:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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What should the format be?
Should it be subtropical hurricane one for ss 1, because it was hurricane force, or just subtropical storm 1? Hurricanehuron33 (talk) 17:33, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * How about "September subtropical cyclone"? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 17:41, 20 October 2020 (UTC)