Talk:Hurricane Greta (1956)

Rainfall
It might be interesting to see what kind of rainfall amounts fell over the Greater Antilles during Greta before it moved off into the Atlantic. This weekend, I'll get the data from NCDC and see what happened rainfall-wise. Thegreatdr (talk) 03:46, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That would be neat, thanks DR Cyclonebiskit (talk) 04:35, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Initial attempts to get this data in comma delimited format have failed. Will have to look it up in another manner.  Thegreatdr (talk) 23:49, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. The West Indies publication isn't available between 1953 and 1959.  Thegreatdr (talk) 05:57, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Daw, thanks for searching though DR. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 13:07, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * All hope is not lost however. Just because it wasn't available online doesn't mean it was never produced.  I'll check on this the next time I go to the NOAA Central Library.  I was pretty sure the publication ran unbroken for about 30 years (about 1937 to 1966), at least in paper/book form.  At the very least, if this is one of the larger storms of record, it is worth the extra effort to get the information.  Thegreatdr (talk) 01:01, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Largest?
I removed the bit about this being the largest hurricane. First, it's based off HURDAT's raw data (which we agreed not to do), and second, wasn't it broken by Igor or Olga 01? --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 19:09, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I've scanned surface maps relating to Greta during my week down at NHC. While it will tackle ROCI/POCI...I believe the NHC storm wallet (public advisories) for the system talks about gale force winds up to 400 miles from the center.  I'm too lazy at the moment to see if that is larger than Igor.  Thegreatdr (talk) 21:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably best to remove the "largest" tidbit anyways...no real direct source for it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 12:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The ROCI/POCI for the system is now online in the usual place. There was enough data on one of the maps to sketch out gale/50 kt/64 kt radii, which is also included during that one hour.  That map had three ships with 100+ knot winds, which is remarkable.  Thegreatdr (talk) 06:48, 24 December 2011 (UTC)