Woah... 118 kt ...

[Anonymous]

VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 07/1930Z
B. 11 DEG 54 MIN N
61 DEG 31 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2708 M
D. 55 KT
E. 046 DEG 098 NM
F. 146 DEG 118 KT
G. 054 DEG 011 NM
H. 956 MB
I. 11 C/ 3099 M
J. 16 C/ 3080 M
K. 8 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C14
N. 12345/7
O. .1 /1 NM
P. AF984 0509A IVAN OB 11
MAX FL WIND 118 KT NE QUAD 1926Z.

[B-Bear]

Flight level.

[nolecaster]

yea, I was gonna say...

[Anonymous]

Yeah... but that is the strongest flight-level I have seen all day.

[artinla]

Could one of you explain or link to an explanation of the vortex data? In particular, I remember reading that lines I, J and K are important since the differential in temperatures between inside and outside the eye are indicative of the potential strengthening of the storm in the short term. I forget which lines are which.

Someone on another forum posted a small program that would automatically convert the vortex data into layman's terms.. if any of you have it I would love to find a copy.


Thanks

[Wallcloud]

Don't know about a stand alone, but they are decoded here.

http://weather.net-waves.com/td09.php

[CFLCaneWatcher]

Could one of you explain or link to an explanation of the vortex data? In particular, I remember reading that lines I, J and K are important since the differential in temperatures between inside and outside the eye are indicative of the potential strengthening of the storm in the short term. I forget which lines are which.

Someone on another forum posted a small program that would automatically convert the vortex data into layman's terms.. if any of you have it I would love to find a copy.


Thanks


Try this link. This will explain all of the individual lines of data.

http://www.hurricanehunters.com/vortex.htm

[artinla]

Thanks, that is another good site for my favorites.

Unfortunately, they failed to explain (or even mention) lines I, J and K. Those are the ones I am trying to get information on.

I have a friend who works with the hurricane hunters at Keesler AFB. I may be able to get the information from him. If I do, I will certainly post it here.

[artinla]

Thanks Canewatcher, I posted the reply to wallcloud while you were responding to my post.. looks like I was talking to you.

Your site gave me the info I needed. Thanks again.

[CFLCaneWatcher]

You're welcome Artinla. Everything is buried deep in the internet somewhere. Glad that helped.