Thunderbird12
(Meteorologist)
Mon Oct 24 2005 02:21 AM
Re: Category 3 Wilma, Strengthening, Moving Rapidly Toward Florida

Quote:

I was watching Brian Norcross and he mentioned that there was some sort of technical issue and NHC is now pulling info from Key West radar, would that have anything to do with it?



I'm not sure what the problem is... the latest recon from 0554Z put the center at 25.0N, 83.2W:

URNT12 KNHC 240615
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 24/05:54:00Z
B. 25 deg 02 min N
083 deg 12 min W
C. 700 mb 2716 m
D. NA kt
E. NA deg nm
F. 059 deg 080 kt
G. 309 deg 024 nm
H. 955 mb
I. 11 C/ 3049 m
J. 15 C/ 3046 m
K. 15 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C60
N. 1234 / 7
O. 0.02 / 3 nm
P. AF305 2424A WILMA OB 33
MAX FL WIND 112 KT SW QUAD 04:11:30 Z
MAX FL TEMP 18 C, 301 / 14NM


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