danielwAdministrator
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Sat Aug 18 2007 12:05 AM
Dean

Using a mapping program that I have.

For Tropical Storm force winds to occur in Key West, with a radius of 205nm.
Dean would have to pass over the Isla de Juvidad-Isle of Youth, or just to it's west.

Something strange is going on with Dean...

A Major Hurricane with 145mph winds should be more symmetrical than Dean is.
The latest IR loop from GHCC shows some strange Vortice swirls spinning off of the Eye.
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html

And the latest Dvorak enhancement shows that Dean has lost nearly 70% of his higher cloud tops over the last few hours.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/bd-l.jpg


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