Category 2 Hurricane Alex Makes Landfall along Northeast Mexican Coastline

looks like for the record... alex will have made landfall with 947mb and winds of 100mph?

recon heading out... but here's the last pass.. about 7 miles to the coast from the center of the eye!

Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)
Transmitted: 1st day of the month at 01:14Z
Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 304)
Storm Number & Year: 01L in 2010
Storm Name: Alex (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 12
Observation Number: 31
A. Time of Center Fix: 1st day of the month at 0:54:00Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 24Â°15'N 97Â°29'W (24.25N 97.4833W)
B. Center Fix Location: 116 miles (187 km) to the S (180Â°) from Brownsville, TX, USA.
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 973m (3,192ft) at 850mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 87kts (~ 100.1mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 7 nautical miles (8 statute miles) to the E (93Â°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 202Â° at 82kts (From the SSW at ~ 94.4mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 8 nautical miles (9 statute miles) to the E (100Â°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 947mb (27.96 inHg)
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 17Â°C (63Â°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,524m (5,000ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 23Â°C (73Â°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,507m (4,944ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 20Â°C (68Â°F)
K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Closed
M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles)
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
N. Fix Level: 850mb
O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
Remarks Section:
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 107kts (~ 123.1mph) in the north quadrant at 23:37:50Z

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Edited by Storm Hunter (Wed Jun 30 2010 09:29 PM)

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