Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Fri Sep 23 2005 10:57 PM
Re: Hurricane Local Statement- 8:30 PM CDT

Quote:

Radar is clearly showing a very open eye, but IR is showing deep convection fully wraping the core now, with some very cold cloudtops embedded. This thing's trying to reestablish it's core



I know! Especially evident on the Dvorak IR. It really is amazing...but maybe not so surprising considering the pressure is still solidly in the Cat 4 range, never left it, and the temp diff at the eyewall is very strong, and outflow is still very strong.

From the 11pm NHC discussion:

"The eyewall remains intact and intense... especially in the northern semicircle... with a radius of maximum winds of about 20 N mi... surrounded by dense and well-developed spiral banding. Velocities from the radar suggest that the surface winds have not fallen off much "


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