Storm Hunter
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Mon Jul 21 2008 07:09 PM
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Re: Recon

Vortex from center should be in shortly.. next few mins... dropsonde from about 60miles out came in about 10 mins ago... NOAA3 is well to the SW of center now... they flew through from NE to SW.

Flight LEVEL center was at:

Time:
22:38:00Z
Coordinates:
22.97N 91.63W
Acft. Static Air Press:
759.0 mb (~ 22.41 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt:
2,391 meters (~ 7,844 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press:
998.6 mb (~ 29.49 inHg)
D-value:
-
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s):
From 39° at 7 knots (From the NE at ~ 8.0 mph)
Air Temp:
14.5°C (~ 58.1°F)
Dew Pt:
14.5°C (~ 58.1°F)
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind:
9 knots (~ 10.3 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind:
23 knots (~ 26.4 mph)
SFMR Rain Rate:
7 mm/hr (~ 0.28 in/hr)

**see close up attachment image

UPDATE: Just got a dropsonde.. but it was to the southwest of the CoC...