Thunderbird12
(Meteorologist)
Sat Sep 10 2005 10:53 AM
Re: Ophelia Moves Away For Now

The recon flight is now flying at 700 mb and recently found 78 knot flight-level winds, which corresponds which converts to a 70 knot surface wind, which I assume is the basis of the intensity. It'll be interesting what they have to say about the dropsonde winds.


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