Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Sat Jul 16 2005 09:07 PM
Re: notice eye

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Thats flight level wind = 174 mph. Surface winds would equate to ~ 150 - 160 MPH.

Still 155 MPH at 5PM.




Yes but that's going on the recon from just after noon today CDT, right? We should be seeing the results of another recon by around dinnertime?




I would assume that they are pretty much in and out all the time.




No, I think they have a schedule and I think it is every six hours. I am not sure if I am understanding it correctly but it looks like right now it takes them about five hours just to get there, after taking off.

I was reading about what they do with those C-130s. They take the entire center of the plane where you'd normally have cargo or people, and turn it into one huge gas tank.



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