(Meteorologist)

Thu Sep 08 2005 08:36 PM

Re: Ophelia

Well, I guess we'll find out for sure whether they are using 10% or 20% reduction in the flight-level winds, because 74 kts corresponds to hurricane force (67 kts) in the first case, but only a strong tropical storm (59 kts) in the latter case.

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