| Thunderbird12 |
| (Meteorologist) |
| Fri Oct 21 2005 06:07 PM |
Re: Wilma Approaching the Yucatan Peninsula
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Dropsonde into the northern eyewall measured 118 knot winds at the surface, which was actually slightly higher than the winds at any level above that. Given the presence of mutilple wind maxima, it's possible that the normal flight-level to surface wind profile is not the same as you would normally see, though as one of my colleagues pointed out to me yesterday, the winds measured by the dropsonde may be more indicative of gusts than sustained winds.