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Highest flight level winds found to date in storm

Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/3/2016, 11:11 pm

Though surface winds are still lower than when it was a category five.

SE Quadrant:

Lowest Extrapolated Sfc. Pressure: 934.4 mb (27.60 inHg)
Flight Level Wind (30 sec. Avg.): 140 knots (161.1 mph)
Peak (10 sec. Avg.) Flight Level Wind: 142 knots (163.4 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s Avg.) Sfc. Wind: 105 knots (120.8 mph)

Next to that SFMR reading was 108 knots (124.3 mph), marked as suspect, though the 30s flight level was 135 knots and 10s flight llevel 140 knots at that time.

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11pm EDT Monday: 145mph; N at 7 mph; 934mb - Chris in Tampa, 10/3/2016, 10:59 pm

Sonde where averaged wind from surface to approximately 500 feet was 157mph - Chris in Tampa, 10/4/2016, 12:27 am
Highest flight level winds found to date in storm - Chris in Tampa, 10/3/2016, 11:11 pm
- Center pass at 11:48pm EDT - Chris in Tampa, 10/3/2016, 11:59 pm
  - Recon image - Chris in Tampa, 10/4/2016, 12:14 am
- Recon image of high wind location - Chris in Tampa, 10/3/2016, 11:29 pm

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