Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Wed Aug 24 2011 10:55 AM
Re: Irene Turning More Northwest Over the Bahamas

Kermit is on the way in. We should have a eye pressure within the next 15 to 30 minutes. Airforce AF303 is also heading in, but a little further out still.

SSD Dvorak is up to T5.5 (indicates generally a cat 3 storm)
CMISS Advanced Dvorak Technique is up to T6.3 (indicates a cat 4 storm)

Going to be interesting to see what Recon finds. Storm presentation is good, but has degraded a little over the past hour as it appears the center is filling in a little.

Edit:
Kermit just passed through the center. HDOB data shows surface pressure extrapolated to 951mb, generally associated with a category 3 storm.



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