Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Sat Jul 16 2005 03:14 AM
Re: Emily Category 4, Hurricane Warnings up for Jamaica

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I'm guessing that means the eyewall replacement cycle is over!! It's amazing that winds can strenghten by 20 mph in 3 hours!!!




How about in two hours.

From Discussion 21, just in:

"Very recent maximum 700 mb flight level winds from the aircraft were as high as 128 kt in the northeastern quadrant...up from 108 kt in that same quadrant just a couple of hours ago."



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