Re: Sonde used for that was 921mb, 12 knots of surface wind
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 9/6/2017, 2:49 pm
And it remains strong. Highest estimated 10 second surface wind from SFMR instrument that was not suspect was 156 kts (179.5 mph) at 12:23:00pm EDT.

Just in case someone is going over raw obs, a suspect reading was 172 knots (197.9 mph) from SFMR right after that. That point is over a small island and the SFMR does not work on land. That 180 mph estimate was well over water.
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2pm AST Wed: 185mph; 920mb; WNW at 16mph; Extremely dangerous core of cat 5 over N. Virgin Islands - Chris in Tampa, 9/6/2017, 2:37 pm
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