cieldumort
(Moderator)
Tue Jul 22 2008 03:47 AM
Re: HDOB Wind Speeds

Yeah, this 985 can be tossed out. It's sitting in between some other pressure extraps that were in the high 990s. The wind measurement is supposedly a mere 10-second average at flight level, so I'm not sure what to make of that, other than at least it is a little believable.. perhaps they flew through a tight little meso, etc. etc., etc.

I do take some issue with the "NO EYE" meme going around, however. Clearly, there is an attempt to sync up the MLC and LLC, and should/once this complete, based on some of the more recent microwave passes, it shouldn't take long at all for an eyewall to complete forming. You can see for yourself in the Composite, 37V, 85H ranges in particular that thunderstorm banding is tightening up quite well.



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