(Weather Guru)

Tue Aug 21 2007 08:20 AM

Re: Dean Makes Landfall in Mexico as a Category 5 Hurricane

"178 KT AVERAGED OVER THE LOWEST 150 METERS OF THE SOUNDING."
Would be interesting to hear, what kind of things have to be taken into account, if you want to make an estimation of the surface wind with the help of this data!
145 kt by the NHC seems to be very conservative!?

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