| Storm Hunter |
| (Veteran Storm Chaser) |
| Tue Jul 22 2008 05:23 PM |
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Re: Hurricane Dolly Approaches Brownsville
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here's the flight path from AF Recon who is still on the storm... notice the classic flight pattern. The three eye passes have different pressure readings everytime... indications that Dolly is getting stronger. N42RF is south of PNS flying wsw from Tampa.
UPDATE: AFRECON is about 20miles from center coming in from the NW... will see what Dolly is up too in a 15 mins or so..
there in the eyewall a few mins ago... NW side...
Time:
21:52:30Z
Coordinates:
24.92N 95.62W
Acft. Static Air Press:
695.8 mb (~ 20.55 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt:
3,034 meters (~ 9,954 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press:
990.2 mb (~ 29.24 inHg)
D-value:
-
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s):
From 52° at 49 knots (From the NE at ~ 56.3 mph)
Air Temp:
9.0°C (~ 48.2°F)
Dew Pt:
9.0°C (~ 48.2°F)
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind:
52 knots (~ 59.8 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind:
65 knots (~ 74.8 mph)
SFMR Rain Rate:
33 mm/hr (~ 1.30 in/hr)
(*) Denotes suspect data