Our site runs on an older server and due to technical limitations can't directly connect using SSL to the National Hurricane Center's recon archive to download observations that our normal system misses. It moved into the Yucatan peninsula, becoming the first category 5 hurricane to make landfall in …

Barometer readings fell precipitously there the following day, … Hurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, peaked as a Category 5 strength hurricane that brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is tied with 1969's Hurricane Camille as the second-most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Atlantic Ocean. On September 10, Gilbert attained hurricane status west of the Dominican Republic. Gilbert was also one of the largest tropical … Sea, Gilbert rapidly intensified into a category 5 hurricane, with recon reports ranging between 882-885 hPa for the hurricane's surface pressure on the afternoon of the 13th. Satellite image of Hurricane Gilbert. This was the first time the island had received a direct hit from a hurricane in 37 years. We download individual obs by checking product files on a NOAA FTP server. On 12 September, Hurricane Gilbert made a direct landfall on Jamaica as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 201 km/h (125 mph) and gusts of up to 241 km/ (150 mph).