danielwAdministrator
(Moderator)
Sun Aug 03 2008 07:26 PM
Re: Tropical Storm Edouard

That VORTEX message would indicate that the Flight Level Winds are mixing all the way down to the surface!! That's is not a Normal Observation.
Surface winds are normally estimated to be 90% of the 700mb or 10000ft Flight Level Wind.

Strange Storm. That surface wind... if it's correct, is just 10 mph or so, shy of Hurricane Force winds.



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