BillD
(User)
Fri Sep 10 2004 12:54 AM
Re: Vortex translation

Not unless they also had a typo in line G, which is the direction and distance from the eye that the wind was detected, and 325 is NW.

But anything is possible without analyzing all the obs they made, as to what the path of the plane might have been between the last two vortex messages. It could well be they didn't make it to the NE quadrant between the two. Hurricanes are very dynamic systems, and as good a job as they do, it is difficult for the recon planes to stay at an exact altitude, exact course and make a perfect reading every time.

Besides it is not the spot readings that are looked at, but trends and averages.

Bill



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