Re: Cat 4
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 8/25/2017, 7:20 pm
Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017 600 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017
...6 PM CDT POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE... ...HARVEY BECOMES A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE... ...SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS SPREADING ONTO THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...
Air Force Reserve Reconnaissance aircraft data indicate that Harvey has become a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h).
A station at Aransas Pass run by the Texas Coastal Observing Network recently reported a sustained wind of 74 mph (119 km/h) with a gust to 96 mph (154 km/h).
SUMMARY OF 600 PM CDT...2300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...27.7N 96.7W ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM E OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS ABOUT 50 MI...85 KM SSW OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...941 MB...27.79 INCHES
$$ Forecaster Blake
I think that station mentioned is here: http://www.cbi.tamucc.edu/dnr/station/ From: http://www.cbi.tamucc.edu/cbi/data/
Edit: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=anpt2 That seems to be the station. |
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