craigm
(Storm Tracker)
Mon Sep 01 2008 12:02 PM
Re: Gustav Approaching Louisiana, Hanna Slowly Drifting Westward, TD#9 Forms in Atlantic

Hanna surface winds over 100MPH in SE Quad !!! Although it is marked as suspect data.

Time:
15:53:00Z
Coordinates:
21.6333N 71.4833W
Acft. Static Air Press:
843.6 mb (~ 24.91 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt:
1,485 meters (~ 4,872 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press:
1002.2 mb (~ 29.59 inHg)
D-value:
-
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s):
From 197° at 60 knots (From the SSW at ~ 69.0 mph)
Air Temp:
14.5°C (~ 58.1°F)
Dew Pt:
14.5°C (~ 58.1°F)
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind:
61 knots (~ 70.1 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind:
91 knots* (~ 104.6 mph*) This is looking like bad data as they are not finding anything near this strength as they start their northward leg
SFMR Rain Rate:
48 mm/hr* (~ 1.89 in/hr*)
(*) Denotes suspect data