| Psyber |
| (Storm Tracker) |
| Mon Aug 20 2007 08:50 PM |
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Re: Dean vortex
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Quote:
HURRICANE DEAN TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
835 PM AST MON AUG 20 2007
DATA FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING HURRICANE DEAN INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE INCREASED TO 160 MPH...MAKING DEAN A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.
Unbelievable. And he's intensifiying. Makes you wonder what he would have topped out at if the Yukitan Penninsula wasn't in the way. :/ It's not surprising...talk about perfect conditions for a perfect storm.
Cat3 back over water intensifying to a strong Cat4 before landfall?