| Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC) Transmitted: 29th day of the month at 17:38Z Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 306) Storm Number & Year: 07L in 2010 Storm Name: Earl (flight in the North Atlantic basin) Mission Number: 2 Observation Number: 20 A. Time of Center Fix: 29th day of the month at 17:21:40Z B. Center Fix Coordinates: 17°22'N 58°47'W (17.3667N 58.7833W) B. Center Fix Location: 203 miles (327 km) to the E (85°) from Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda. C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 1,248m (4,094ft) at 850mb D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 65kts (~ 74.8mph) E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 35 nautical miles (40 statute miles) to the SE (141°) of center fix F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 202° at 60kts (From the SSW at ~ 69.0mph) G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 37 nautical miles (43 statute miles) to the SE (141°) of center fix H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 978mb (28.88 inHg) I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 18°C (64°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,531m (5,023ft) J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 22°C (72°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,523m (4,997ft) K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 17°C (63°F) K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available L. Eye Character: Open in the northwest M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles) N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature N. Fix Level: 850mb O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile Remarks Section - Remarks That Were Decoded... Maximum Flight Level Wind: 79kts (~ 90.9mph) in the northeast quadrant at 15:24:00Z Remarks Section - Additional Remarks... MOAT 8NM WIDE CENTERED 16NM RADIUS AROUND EYE NW THRU EAST |