| Margie |
| (Senior Storm Chaser) |
| Fri Aug 26 2005 01:43 PM |
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Re: Direction
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Yeah I'm wondering if that drier air to the NNW of the storm is impacting the NW side?
Well the 17:02Z vortex msg lowers the pressure from 971mb to 969mb, temp gradient between the eye and eyewall has increased from 5 to 7 deg, max flt winds incr from 83kt to 87 kt in SE quad...however eye has gone eliptical (as can be seen on radar) and pilot's comments: EYE WALL OPEN AT 10,000FT IN NW, CLOSED AT SURFACE.
The latest wv sat image does show a little drying out on the W side.