Editing Hurricane David (section)

== Meteorological history ==
{{Storm path|David 1979 path.png|colors=new}}
On August 25, the US [[National Hurricane Center]] reported that a tropical depression had developed within an area of disturbed weather, which was located about {{convert|1400|km|mi|round=5|abbr=on|order=flip}} to the southeast of the Cape Verde Islands.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hebert, Paul J|title=Tropical Depression Advisory: August 25, 1979 2200 UTC|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/cdmp/dvd0088-jpg/1979/atlantic/david/public/pub08252200z.jpg|work=National Hurricane Center|publisher=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service|access-date=October 3, 2021}}</ref> During that day the depression gradually developed further as it moved westwards, under the influence of the subtropical ridge of high pressure that was located to the north of the system before during the next day the NHC reported that the system had become a tropical storm and named it David. Becoming a hurricane on August 27, it moved west-northwestward before entering a period of [[rapid intensification]] which brought it to an intensity of {{convert|150|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} on August 28. Slight fluctuations in intensity occurred before the hurricane ravaged the tiny [[windward Islands|windward Island]] of [[Dominica]] on the following day.<ref name="mwr">{{cite journal|author=Hebert, Paul J |access-date=October 3, 2021 |title=Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1979 |journal=Monthly Weather Review |date=July 1, 1980 |volume=108 |issue=7 |pages=973–990 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<0973:AHSO>2.0.CO;2 |publisher=American Meteorological Society |url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1979.pdf |bibcode=1980MWRv..108..973H |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104020243/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1979.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2011  }}</ref> David continued west-northwest, and intensified into a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane in the northeast [[Caribbean Sea]], reaching peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of {{convert|175|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} and minimum central pressure of {{convert|924|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|lk=on}} on August&nbsp;30. An upper-level trough pulled David northward into [[Hispaniola]] as a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane on the August 31. The eye passed almost directly over [[Santo Domingo]], the capital of the [[Dominican Republic]]. David crossed over the island and emerged as a weak hurricane after drenching the islands.<ref name="mwr"/>

[[File:David 1979-09-03 2330Z.jpg|right|thumb|Hurricane David making landfall in Florida on September 3]]
After crossing the [[Windward Passage]], David struck eastern [[Cuba]] as a minimal hurricane on September&nbsp;1. It weakened to a tropical storm over land, but quickly re-strengthened as it again reached open waters. David turned to the northwest along the western periphery of the subtropical ridge, and re-intensified to a Category&nbsp;2 hurricane while over the [[Bahamas]], where it caused heavy damage. Despite initial forecasts of a projected landfall in [[Miami, Florida]], the hurricane turned to the north-northwest just before landfall to strike near [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], on September&nbsp;3. It paralleled the Florida coastline just inland until emerging into the western Atlantic Ocean at [[New Smyrna Beach, Florida]], later on September&nbsp;3. David continued to the north-northwest, and made its final landfall just south of [[Savannah, Georgia]], as a minimal hurricane with {{Convert|80|mph|km/h}} winds on September&nbsp;5. It turned to the northeast while weakening over land, and became extratropical on September&nbsp;6 over New York. As an [[extratropical storm]], David continued to the northeast over [[New England]] and the [[Canadian Maritimes]].<ref name="mwr"/> David intensified once more as it crossed the far north Atlantic, clipping northwestern [[Iceland]] before moving eastward well north of the [[Faroe Islands]] on September&nbsp;10.{{Atlantic hurricane best track}}