craigm
(Storm Tracker)
Tue Sep 02 2008 02:22 PM
Re: Big Surprise!!!-Center of Hannah totally reformed

Those wind speeds are not inflated looks like Hanna is back up to hurricane force:

Time:
18:06:00Z
Coordinates:
20.5833N 72.1W
Acft. Static Air Press:
842.7 mb (~ 24.88 inHg)
Acft. Geopotential Hgt:
1,438 meters (~ 4,718 feet)
Extrap. Sfc. Press:
997.0 mb (~ 29.44 inHg)
D-value:
-
Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s):
From 159° at 51 knots (From the SSE at ~ 58.6 mph)
Air Temp:
13.3°C (~ 55.9°F)
Dew Pt:
13.3°C (~ 55.9°F)
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind:
51 knots (~ 58.6 mph)
SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind:
100 knots (~ 115.0 mph)--- Not sure why sfc winds are higher than flight level but the data is not suspect, there are several more readings confirming these wind speeds
SFMR Rain Rate:
13 mm/hr (~ 0.51 in/hr)
(*) Denotes suspect data