(Meteorologist)

Thu Aug 25 2005 03:43 PM

Re: Pressure drop?

They are going off of a recon report at about 11:05am that stated that the pressure had fallen to 990mb, so it is indeed correct. Flight level winds have kicked up as well and it is possible that Katrina's surface winds are slightly higher than estimated -- 65 to 70mph.

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