Storm Hunter
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Wed Jun 30 2010 09:28 PM
Re: strength

looks like for the record... alex will have made landfall with 947mb and winds of 100mph?

recon heading out... but here's the last pass.. about 7 miles to the coast from the center of the eye!

Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)
Transmitted: 1st day of the month at 01:14Z
Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 304)
Storm Number & Year: 01L in 2010
Storm Name: Alex (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 12
Observation Number: 31
A. Time of Center Fix: 1st day of the month at 0:54:00Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 24°15'N 97°29'W (24.25N 97.4833W)
B. Center Fix Location: 116 miles (187 km) to the S (180°) from Brownsville, TX, USA.
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 973m (3,192ft) at 850mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 87kts (~ 100.1mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 7 nautical miles (8 statute miles) to the E (93°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 202° at 82kts (From the SSW at ~ 94.4mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 8 nautical miles (9 statute miles) to the E (100°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 947mb (27.96 inHg)
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 17°C (63°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,524m (5,000ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 23°C (73°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,507m (4,944ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 20°C (68°F)
K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Closed
M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles)
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
N. Fix Level: 850mb
O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
Remarks Section:
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 107kts (~ 123.1mph) in the north quadrant at 23:37:50Z