New Recon Data

August 28, 2005, 9:30 pm
Posted by James Spann in Tropical Weather
Rating: 0/5   Votes : 0
Pressure still very, very low... at 908 mb. Flight level winds are down to 122 knots, or 140 mph. NHC will probably lower wind speed in the next advisory... probably dropping Katrina to category four level. This is still a very, very dangerous storm.

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URNT12 KNHC 290307
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 29/02:36:10Z
B. 27 deg 34 min N
089 deg 25 min W
C. 700 mb 2289 m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg 000 nm
F. 035 deg 122 kt
G. 306 deg 015 nm
H. 908 mb
I. 13 C/ 3018 m
J. 25 C/ 3022 m
K. 17 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C30
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.03 / 2 nm
P. AF305 2012A KATRINA OB 04
MAX FL WIND 122 KT NW QUAD 02:31:40 Z
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Posted by Greg  
on August 28, 2005, 9:40 pm
HMMMMMMMMMM. Does that sound familiar folks.

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Posted by  
on August 28, 2005, 9:43 pm
You know I was reading the 1100 EDT discussion on NHC. They are not totally convinced from the NOAA Hunters and NHC Hunters. Their reports are conflicting and the eyewall replacement is not good news, according to NHC, it will only expand the wind field. So CAT 5 or CAT 4, apples, oranges.....

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Posted by  
on August 28, 2005, 9:44 pm
Even if the projected windspeed is down to 140mph, that 908mb is really really low. Let's not forget that Andrew was 922mb and landfall.

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Posted by Daniel  
on August 28, 2005, 9:48 pm
Just looked at the IR loop and it seemed to have thrown itself outward, but now it looks tighter. Looking at the loop it doesn't look weaker now.

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Posted by  
on August 28, 2005, 9:49 pm
That's true...It's all about pressure....And let's not forget, 140 KT winds, that's not winds that last for a few minutes like a Tornado then it's gone, they last for hours. If you put anything in a wind like that for an extended period of time, bad things are going to happen...So let's focus on that, not just the wind speed but the duration.

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Posted by  
on August 28, 2005, 9:54 pm
Imagine gas Monday!!

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Posted by Jagged  
on August 28, 2005, 9:55 pm
What happened to the forum?

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Posted by Mac  
on August 28, 2005, 10:01 pm
Who's in favor of dropping Greg in the path of this thing so he can give us a live report of just how weak this storm is when it strikes?

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Posted by Sanders  
on August 28, 2005, 10:02 pm
http://www.rsanders.net/wxforum/

Backup forum until TalkWeather.Com is situated.

Lets hope this doesn't do as much damage as anticipated.

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