Re: Must Watch Loop... Evolution of a Cat 4... do I hear 5?
Posted by
Doorman on 9/1/2010, 9:47 pm
Ms Storm
put the cheerleader uniform back in the closet no need for the Cat Five Talk on Cane Talk
000 WTNT42 KNHC 012051 TCDAT2 HURRICANE EARL DISCUSSION NUMBER 30 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 500 PM EDT WED SEP 01 2010
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE EYE HAS BECOME VERY DISTINCT...WITH OJECTIVE T-NUMBERS OSCILLATING AROUND 6.0 FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. AN AIR FORCE PLANE MEASURED FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 138 KNOTS AND A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 941 MB IN THE LAST FIX. HOWEVER...SFMR MEASUREMENTS WERE A LITTLE LOWER. A COMPROMISE OF THESE DATA SUPPORTS AN INITIAL INTENSITY OF 115 KNOTS. HOWEVER...EARL COULD FLUCTUATE IN INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT REACHES COOLER WATERS AND MOVES INTO HIGHER SHEAR BEYOND 36 HOURS. BY DAY 5 THE HURRICANE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE WELL NORTH OF CANADA.

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