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166 knots flight wind

#1 Postby Solaris » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:32 am

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#2 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:35 am

That is 172 mph at the surface!!!

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#3 Postby lester » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:37 am

Brent wrote:That is 172 mph at the surface!!!

:shocked!:


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#4 Postby truballer#1 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:38 am

I thought it was 191mph at surface
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#5 Postby lwg8tr » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:38 am

Man and think even if we have a ERC and a little dry air intrusion we can only expect a 20=30 mph drop in surface winds. So we are still with best case scenario looking at a strong 4 or at minumum Andrew type strom. And that's the best case, if we go below 900mbs we could be looking at 175mph with 200+ mph gust. Holy cr*p.
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#6 Postby canegrl04 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:38 am

Yes thats 191 mph!! :eek:
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#7 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:41 am

They need to up it to 170 mph...
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#8 Postby mtm4319 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:41 am

191 mph flight wind. 172 mph surface.
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#9 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:41 am

No... 166 kt is 191 mph but it's at FLIGHT LEVEL. You must reduce 90%.

Either way... it's bad. REALLY bad.
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#10 Postby WindRunner » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:42 am

166kts = 191 mph, but that is at flight level.

You can use 90% reduction to get estimated surface winds.

166*.9=149.4kts and 191*.9 = 172 mph

So surface winds are 172mph/149kts.
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#11 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:48 am

175 mph... 215 mph gusts at 11am.
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#12 Postby HurricaneGirl » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:50 am

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#13 Postby wx247 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:51 am

Brent wrote:175 mph... 215 mph gusts at 11am.


I am speechless. There are no words. Prayer is all that can be needed now.
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#14 Postby cccmachine » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:53 am

God what have we done to our planet? :eek:
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#15 Postby lwg8tr » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:56 am

What is the strongest recorded tropical cyclone in history. Katrina has just passed Camille in terms of power and intensity. The 1935 keys storm, some western Pacific Typhoon? I am curious.
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#16 Postby djtil » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:56 am

at least the cloudtops appear to be warming somewhat...hey...its a start.....

also.....thankfully she is still 24 hours from landfall.....still hope for a miracle...or at least an erc.
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