Hurricane Dean Recon Discussion

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Anyone know why there is recon coming out of Wallops Island, VA?

SXXX50 KWAL
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/ ... XXX50.KWAL
Showing up seemingly very garbled in recon FTP server:
ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/products/nhc/recon/

Is the NHC possibly having problems converting SXXX50 messages to URNT15 messages for distribution?

[pojo]

Any new information from the plane as it has been almost three hours since the last ob.

Pojo,what is going on?

SATCOM problems onboard. No I'm not flying... I have ground duties this time around.

[pojo]

One thing I learned when I flew Rita was that the flow of data requires sat communications. Probably some technical difficulties in the sat coms

that is correct.

[artist]

will you be flying tomorrow?

[pojo]

will you be flying tomorrow?

no... its my turn for ground duties.

[cycloneye]

Peak wind so far is 77kts.

[Thunder44]

They found a peak FL wind of 83kts in the NW Quad and they just made pass over the center. They also found a wind of 83kts in the SE Quad, which they are in now.

Reduction is 90%

[westcoastfl]

Product: Air Force High Density (HDOB) Message (URNT15 KNHC)
Transmitted: 17th day of the month at 10:51Z
Date: August 17, 2007
Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last digit of aircraft registration number is 304)
Storm Number: 04
Storm Name: Dean (in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 4
Observation Number: 10

Time (Z) / Coordinates / Acft. Static Air Press. / Acft. Geo. Hgt. / Extrap. Sfc. Press. / Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s) / Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind / SFMR Peak (10s) Sfc. Wind / SFMR Rain Rate
10:44:00 14.63N 61.53W 696.9 mb 3,060 m 992.1 mb From 59° (ENE) at 78 kts (89.7 mph) 80 kts (~ 92.0 mph) 60 kts 6 mm/hr
10:44:30 14.62N 61.52W 696.1 mb 3,054 m 990.8 mb From 61° (ENE) at 79 kts (90.8 mph) 81 kts (~ 93.1 mph) 58 kts 9 mm/hr
10:45:00 14.60N 61.50W 696.8 mb 3,038 m 991.9 mb From 62° (ENE) at 82 kts (94.3 mph) 83 kts (~ 95.4 mph) 59 kts* 50 mm/hr*
10:45:30 14.57N 61.48W 696.0 mb 3,035 m 989.4 mb From 56° (NE/ENE) at 80 kts (92.0 mph) 83 kts (~ 95.4 mph) 62 kts* 44 mm/hr*
10:46:00 14.55N 61.47W 695.9 mb 3,028 m 989.9 mb From 57° (ENE) at 71 kts (81.6 mph) 74 kts (~ 85.1 mph) 61 kts* 17 mm/hr*
10:46:30 14.53N 61.45W 696.6 mb 3,009 m 989.3 mb From 61° (ENE) at 72 kts (82.8 mph) 72 kts (~ 82.8 mph) 62 kts* 48 mm/hr*
10:47:00 14.52N 61.43W 696.5 mb 2,994 m 985.4 mb From 57° (ENE) at 74 kts (85.1 mph) 75 kts (~ 86.2 mph) 63 kts* 7 mm/hr*
10:47:30 14.48N 61.42W 696.6 mb 2,976 m 982.0 mb From 54° (NE) at 71 kts (81.6 mph) 72 kts (~ 82.8 mph) 67 kts 10 mm/hr
10:48:00 14.47N 61.40W 696.1 mb 2,955 m 978.6 mb From 46° (NE) at 66 kts (75.9 mph) 68 kts (~ 78.2 mph) 72 kts 10 mm/hr
10:48:30 14.43N 61.38W 697.1 mb 2,919 m 974.0 mb From 47° (NE) at 60 kts (69.0 mph) 64 kts (~ 73.6 mph) 72 kts 9 mm/hr
10:49:00 14.42N 61.37W 696.0 mb 2,913 m 969.0 mb From 39° (NE) at 45 kts (51.7 mph) 50 kts (~ 57.5 mph) 67 kts* 7 mm/hr*
10:49:30 14.40N 61.33W 697.2 mb 2,879 m 968.5 mb From 33° (NNE/NE) at 34 kts (39.1 mph) 39 kts (~ 44.8 mph) 54 kts* 5 mm/hr*
10:50:00 14.38N 61.32W 696.9 mb 2,879 m 968.5 mb From 59° (ENE) at 13 kts (14.9 mph) 18 kts (~ 20.7 mph) 26 kts* 5 mm/hr*
10:50:30 14.37N 61.28W 696.6 mb 2,880 m 969.3 mb From 121° (ESE) at 4 kts (4.6 mph) 6 kts (~ 6.9 mph) 13 kts 5 mm/hr
10:51:00 14.35N 61.27W 696.9 mb 2,891 m 970.2 mb From 203° (SSW) at 11 kts (12.6 mph) 16 kts (~ 18.4 mph) 27 kts* 6 mm/hr*
10:51:30 14.32N 61.25W 696.8 mb 2,898 m 971.0 mb From 212° (SSW) at 26 kts (29.9 mph) 34 kts (~ 39.1 mph) 52 kts* 7 mm/hr*
10:52:00 14.30N 61.22W 696.0 mb 2,927 m 974.7 mb From 212° (SSW) at 46 kts (52.9 mph) 52 kts (~ 59.8 mph) 64 kts 18 mm/hr
10:52:30 14.28N 61.20W 697.4 mb 2,932 m - From 210° (SSW) at 68 kts (78.2 mph) 75 kts (~ 86.2 mph) 71 kts* 24 mm/hr*
10:53:00 14.27N 61.18W 698.0 mb 2,946 m - From 201° (SSW) at 80 kts (92.0 mph) 83 kts (~ 95.4 mph) 68 kts 32 mm/hr
10:53:30 14.25N 61.17W 694.6 mb 3,010 m 988.5 mb From 203° (SSW) at 75 kts (86.2 mph) 76 kts (~ 87.4 mph) 71 kts 18 mm/hr
At 10:44:00Z (first observation), the observation was 30 miles (49 km) to the W (274°) from Fort-de-France, Martinique (FRA).
At 10:53:30Z (last observation), the observation was 21 miles (34 km) to the NW (324°) from Castries, Saint Lucia.

[cycloneye]

83kts the highest so far.VDM comming.

[Chacor]

Anyone know how to read UZNT13? There are decoders for URNT11 and 15 and the VDM (URNT12) is fairly straightforward, but I'm lost on UZNT13.

[cycloneye]

970 mbs and a closed wall is the data from the VDM.83kts NW Quad.Lets see when they go to the NE quad.

[HenkL]

New GoogleEarth file for this flight: http://wxgr.nl/tmppic/WXRecon.kml.
Shows wind direction (degrees) and high windspeed (knots) at flight level. Latest position in red.
File is self refreshing every 5 minutes.

First part of the flight is missing, I'm sorry.

[HURAKAN]

970 mbs and a closed wall is the data from the VDM.83kts NW Quad.Lets see when they go to the NE quad.

So, 100+ mph winds are still very possible in the NE quadrant.

[cycloneye]

They found winds up to94kts in NE QUAD.

[DESTRUCTION5]

CAT 3

[WmE]

CAT 3

Ehhm, no. Cat 3 = 100kts.

[DESTRUCTION5]

CAT 3

Ehhm, no. Cat 3 = 100kts.

Your right..94Kts is close

[WmE]

CAT 3

Ehhm, no. Cat 3 = 100kts.

Your right..94Kts is close

Yep, I looked it up. Officially Cat 3. starts with 96kts. Are these flightlevel winds?

[Thunder44]

They found max FL wind of 101kts

101 x .90 = 90.9Kts at the surface

[DESTRUCTION5]

They found max FL wind of 101kts

101 x .90 = 90.9Kts at the surface

This is CAT 3 now folks..MAJOR HURRICANE..