ATL: EARL - Recon Discussion

[gotoman38]

927 mb - yikes! Continues to strengthen

A tad lower around 926 mb.

926.4 - right you are.

CAT5 would be under 920?

[SouthFloridawx]

2am not in time for the NE quad, 'eh...

[hurricaneCW]

Earl could be a bit stronger, maybe 145 mph.

[Dave]

We're on hold waiting for hdobs to update.

[gotoman38]

We're on hold waiting for hdobs to update.

Looks to me like they're one set behind now.... win your argument with GE?

[SunnyThoughts]

Hope the flight isn't having communication problems. Just our luck they'd have to turn around and go home grrrrrrrr

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Thanks Chris! - still waiting on that VDM - is it archived somewhere?

It'll probably come across shortly. It's not in the archive yet:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/recon/2010/REPNT2/

I am wondering why they did a pressure extrap. I wonder what happened to the sonde.

[gotoman38]

Thanks Chris! - still waiting on that VDM - is it archived somewhere?

It'll probably come across shortly. It's not in the archive yet:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/recon/2010/REPNT2/

I am wondering why they did a pressure extrap. I wonder what happened to the sonde.

Thanks Chris. You. Are. The. Man.

[stormhunter7]

AFR getting beat up tonight!

URNT12 KNHC 020605
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL072010
A. 02/05:29:00Z
B. 28 deg 26 min N
074 deg 18 min W
C. 700 mb 2494 m
D. 79 kt
E. 136 deg 15 nm
F. 230 deg 125 kt
G. 137 deg 17 nm
H. 931 mb
I. 16 C / 3063 m
J. 21 C / 3054 m
K. 10 C / NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C24
N. 12345 / 7
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF300 1207A EARL OB 06
MAX FL WIND 125 KT SE QUAD 05:24:10Z
MAX OUTBOUND SFC WIND 111 KTS NE QUAD AT 05:31:30 Z
FREQUENT SVR TURBC NW EYEWALL TO 10 NM FURTHER OUT.

[senorpepr]

FREQUENT SVR TURBC NW EYEWALL TO 10 NM FURTHER OUT.

I wonder if that's why we had the delay in observations...

[SunnyThoughts]

Well I hope they made it through safely with this pass, I would think they'd find even stronger flight level winds

[Brent]

FREQUENT SVR TURBC NW EYEWALL TO 10 NM FURTHER OUT.

I wonder if that's why we had the delay in observations...

That's what I was thinking.

924 extrap this time, headed for the NE quad!

[SunnyThoughts]

pheww thats 145mph at the surface if my calculations are correct, well almost 145 thats probably our peak... g'nite everybody

[stormhunter7]

seen a ft. lv wind of 158mph? NE quad at 10kft?

[stormhunter7]

Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)
Transmitted: 2nd day of the month at 07:30Z
Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 300)
Storm Number & Year: 07L in 2010
Storm Name: Earl (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 12
Observation Number: 10
A. Time of Center Fix: 2nd day of the month at 7:05:40Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 28°47'N 74°32'W (28.7833N 74.5333W)
B. Center Fix Location: 310 miles (499 km) to the NE (34°) from Nassau, Bahamas.
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 2,488m (8,163ft) at 700mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 104kts (~ 119.7mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 6 nautical miles (7 statute miles) to the WSW (245°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 333° at 111kts (From the NNW at ~ 127.7mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 8 nautical miles (9 statute miles) to the WSW (243°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 929mb (27.43 inHg)
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 11°C (52°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,051m (10,010ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 22°C (72°F) at a pressure alt. of 3,057m (10,030ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 10°C (50°F)
K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Closed Wall
M. Eye Shape: Elliptical (oval shaped)
M. Orientation of Major Axis in Elliptical Eye: 340° to 160° (NNW to SSE)
M. Length of Major Axis in Elliptical Eye: 32 nautical miles (37 statute miles)
M. Length of Minor Axis in Elliptical Eye: 22 nautical miles (25 statute miles)
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
N. Fix Level: 700mb
O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
Remarks Section - Remarks That Were Decoded...
Maximum Wind Outbound: 141kts (~ 162.3mph) in the northeast quadrant at 7:10:50Z
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 141kts (~ 162.3mph) in the northeast quadrant at 7:10:50Z
Maximum Surface (likely estimated by SFMR) Wind Outbound: 117kts (~ 134.6mph) in the northwest quadrant at 7:10:10Z
Remarks Section - Additional Remarks...
INFRQT MDT TURBC SW AND NE EYEWALLS

[gotoman38]

NOAA flight is rolling - can someone do it? I've gotta cut out soon

[JonathanBelles]

Live Tweeting from Hurricane Earl about to begin. NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory is a few minutes from west edge of storm. Stay tuned! <---Tweets from NASA and NASAhurricane

[cycloneye]

Those who are posting questions at the recon thread, lets post here as is important to have it cleaned for the data comming in.

[artist]

anyone able to do the images for the second plane going into the system. Not that knowledgable on how to do that yet!
I will continue with the one I have been doing.

[gotoman38]

YO Chris in Tampa - we have two flights rolling, are we updating?

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