| Margie |
| (Senior Storm Chaser) |
| Mon Apr 24 2006 01:03 AM |
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Re: Australia - "Very Severe" Tropical Cyclone Monica
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Ok the SSMIS just came up on the NRL web site (attached). The core is something else...completely symmetric (also looking similar on Dvorak IR).
I just reviewed the (short) archive of CI#s on CIMSS and this is the first TC that has maxed out their scale (at 8.0)...not Isabel nor Rita nor Wilma came close.
JTWC forecast #15 is out.
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Well that was the last hurrah, looking at more recent IR and microwave. Still pretty much steady state, and still impressive, but it appears it has topped out on the intensity earlier this evng as expected.