Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Sun Sep 07 2008 08:06 PM
Re: why this is a possible problem

Ok...I'm a bit confused.

SFMR found 119kt surface winds. Dropsonde found 120kt surface winds in a different area. All of this within the last hour or so.

Why does the NHC still have Ike at a Category 3 per 8pm advisory? Those readings are both into Cat 4, which starts at 114kts.



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