Typhoon gay (2992)

Super typhoon gay (2992) ( seniang) was an extremely intense typhoon which reached a record peak strength of 355 mph and pressure of 770 MB.

Super Typhoon Gay formed as a tropical wave due a trough on early morning November 1st, around 500 miles west of the international date line. The storm continued to strengthen as conditions became gradually more favorable, by the time gay was 50 miles away from the International date line it had an extremely high probability for formation with 90% within the next 48 hours and a 100% for the next 5 days, the wave then c r crossed into the jtwc area of responsibility and soon after became TD 31W

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Gay then soon weakened due to an Eyewall Replacement Cycle  (EWRC) and weakened to a 155 mph cat 4 storm around 7 hours later Gay completed its EWRC  and strengthened back to a cat 5 storm, then achieving a new peak intensity of 225 mph and 857 MB, the JMA then raised there 10 min wind speeds to 170 mph  thus breaking typhoon tip's  old record of 160 mph 10 min sustained winds. The Typhoon soon went under another EWRC  a day later, and still maintained cat 5 status while doing  so ,weakening to a 185 mph storm, the storm then completed the EWRC and rapidly strengthened back up to a 225 mph storm and reached the island of Guam as a 235 mph 845 MB storm. Immediate evacuations when on 1 day prior  and very few residents stayed to ride out the storm, where they stayed sheltered in  a concrete structure built to survive cat 5 force conditions. The storm continued to strengthen  as it hit Guam as a 245 mph 829 MB storm.