Hurricane Dog developed on August 30 to the east of Antigua. After passing through the northern Lesser Antilles, it turned to the north and intensified into a Category 4 hurricane. Dog reached its peak intensity with winds of 145 mph over the open Atlantic, and after weakening it passed within 200 miles of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The storm became extratropical on September 12.
About Hurricane Dog (1950) in brief
Hurricane Dog was the most intense hurricane in the 1950 Atlantic hurricane season. Dog developed on August 30 to the east of Antigua. After passing through the northern Lesser Antilles, it turned to the north and intensified into a Category 4 hurricane. Dog reached its peak intensity with winds of 145 mph over the open Atlantic, and after weakening it passed within 200 miles of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The storm became extratropical on September 12. Hurricane Dog caused extensive damage to the Leeward Islands, and was considered the most severe hurricane on record in Antiguan. In the United States, the hurricane caused moderate coastal damage, including damage to several boats, and resulted in 11 offshore drownings. There were twelve people missing and assumed dead offshore Nova Scotia. Damage across its path totaled about USD 3 million. The exact origins of Hurricane Dog are obscure, due to sparse ship and land observations over the eastern Atlantic Ocean; the storm may have originated from an easterly wave on August 24 near the Cape Verde islands, but there are no observations to support such development.
In 2014, a reanalysis of HURDAT by the Hurricane Research Division found that the peak winds in Hurricane Dog were more likely 145 mph, marking a reduction in the intensity of Dog from Category 5 to Category 4. The cyclone maintained its intensity for two more days, but on September 4 it began to re-intensify as it turned northwestward. On September 7, the cyclone attained 948 mbar, which was the lowest pressure association with the hurricane. A building ridge caused it to weaken steadily for it to decelerate steadily for unknown reasons. By September 9, the intensity had decreased to 100 mph. On September 10, Hurricane Dog began turning to the northwest, and then headed north and then northeast. Late that day, it briefly re-ensified slightly to 75 mph before transitioning into an extratopical cyclone before transitioning to a remnant tropical cyclone. It is now estimated to have been less intense than assessed operationally in 1950, while over the western Atlantic, producing wave heights of over 100 feet.
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