Storm Hunter
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Sun Sep 02 2007 09:09 PM
Re: Watching Category 4 Hurricane Felix and Area off Georgia

i thought this was pretty neat

A DROPSONDE RELEASED IN THE SOUTHWEST
QUADRANT LANDED IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT...
AND THIS DROP YIELDED A
SURFACE ESTIMATE OF 139 KT BASED ON THE LOWEST 150 M LAYER AVERAGE.
BASED ON THESE DATA...THE PEAK SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AT
LEAST 145 KT. AN EYE SONDE MEASURED A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 936 MB
WITH SURFACE WINDS OF 24 KT.

so its quite possible that the pressure was even lower, with the 30 mph winds at the surface?



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