Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Sun Sep 18 2005 02:12 PM
Re: Tropical Depression Eighteen Forms East of the Bahamas

Here's the recon on TD18 from 1:30 EDT. It looks like they didn't find her center with max FL winds of only 17kts.

723
URNT12 KNHC 181754
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 18/17:28:20Z
B. 21 deg 54 min N
072 deg 20 min W
C. NA mb NA m
D. 15 kt
E. 149 deg 040 nm
F. 212 deg 017 kt
G. 142 deg 055 nm
H. EXTRAP 1006 mb
I. 25 C/ 304 m
J. 23 C/ 323 m
K. 23 C/ NA
L. NA
M. NA
N. 134 / 1
O. 0.02 / 3 nm
P. AF304 0218A CYCLONE OB 03
MAX FL WIND 17 KT SE QUAD 17:09:40 Z
SLP EXTRAP FROM 1500 FT.
MAX FL TEMP 25 C, 142 / 55NM

And here's the recon track: http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/vortex.html

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BTW, remember all that insanity about number of systems we were discussing last night? NHC now has 7 listed...3 atlantic, 4 east pacific. Wow.