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Hurricane Season:1978

Individual hurricane/tropical storm summary.
Including all wind speed, central pressure, position, tracking chart, and storm category information for each hurricane or tropical storm advisory issued.
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Maximum Wind speed:133mph (115 knots) mph (miles per hour) for GRETA
Lowest central pressure:947 mb (millibars) for GRETA
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Storm name:GRETA
Maximum wind speed:133 mph, (115 knots)
Lowest central pressure:947
Advisory Start Date:1978/9/14/0000Z
Advisory End Date:1978/9/20/0000Z



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Storm name:GRETA
Maximum wind speed:133 mph, (115 knots)
Lowest central pressure:947
Advisory Start Date:1978/9/14/0000Z
Advisory End Date:1978/9/20/0000Z

Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/14/0000Z/Latitude:11.5/Longitude:-64.5/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/14/0600Z/Latitude:12/Longitude:-66/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/14/1200Z/Latitude:12.5/Longitude:-67.5/Wind:41mph (35 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/14/1800Z/Latitude:13/Longitude:-69/Wind:41mph (35 knots) /Central Pressure:1004/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/15/0000Z/Latitude:13.3/Longitude:-70.4/Wind:47mph (40 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/15/0600Z/Latitude:13.4/Longitude:-71.7/Wind:47mph (40 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/15/1200Z/Latitude:13.5/Longitude:-73.1/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/15/1800Z/Latitude:13.7/Longitude:-74.2/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:1000/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/16/0000Z/Latitude:13.8/Longitude:-75.3/Wind:64mph (55 knots) /Central Pressure:995/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/16/0600Z/Latitude:13.8/Longitude:-76.7/Wind:70mph (60 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/16/1200Z/Latitude:14/Longitude:-77.7/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:989/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/16/1800Z/Latitude:14.3/Longitude:-78.7/Wind:87mph (75 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/17/0000Z/Latitude:14.6/Longitude:-79.6/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:982/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/17/0600Z/Latitude:14.9/Longitude:-80.5/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/17/1200Z/Latitude:15.2/Longitude:-81.6/Wind:104mph (90 knots) /Central Pressure:974/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/17/1800Z/Latitude:15.5/Longitude:-82.6/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:968/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/18/0000Z/Latitude:15.6/Longitude:-83.4/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:952/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/18/0600Z/Latitude:15.8/Longitude:-84.3/Wind:133mph (115 knots) /Central Pressure:947/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/18/1200Z/Latitude:16.4/Longitude:-85.6/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:957/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/18/1800Z/Latitude:16.6/Longitude:-86.9/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:964/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/19/0000Z/Latitude:17/Longitude:-88.2/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:964/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/19/0600Z/Latitude:17/Longitude:-89.4/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/19/1200Z/Latitude:16.7/Longitude:-90.7/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/19/1800Z/Latitude:16/Longitude:-92/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GRETA/Date:1978/9/20/0000Z/Latitude:15.7/Longitude:-93/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm


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