cieldumort
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Fri Oct 24 2025 07:14 PM
Re: Melissa in the Caribbean

Product: NOAA Vortex Message (URNT12 KWBC)
Transmitted: 24th day of the month at 23:03Z
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Aircraft: Lockheed WP-3D Orion (Reg. Num. N42RF)
Storm Name: Melissa
Storm Number & Year: 13 in 2025 (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 9
Observation Number: 05

A. Time of Center Fix: 24th day of the month at 22:35:51Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 16.14N 74.69W
B. Center Fix Location: 191 statute miles (308 km) to the SE (133°) from Kingston, Jamaica.
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: Not Available
D. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 993mb (29.33 inHg)
E. Dropsonde Surface Wind at Center: From 225° at 3kts (From the SW at 3mph)
F. Eye Character: Open in the northwest
G. Eye Shape: Elliptical (oval shaped)


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