New vortex fix: 23.1N/ 64.6W 940 mb

[JetMaxx]

VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 14/0543Z
B. 23 DEG 06 MIN N
64 DEG 34 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2576 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 294 DEG 116 KT
G. 199 DEG 025 NM
H. 940 MB
I. 10 C/ 3068 M
J. 17 C/ 3074 M
K. 13 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C35
N. 12345/7
O. .1 /1 NM
P. AF963 0613A ISABEL OB 04
MAX FL WIND 116 KT SW QUAD 0536Z.


Isabel is a little left of forecast track (I'm plotting recon fixes on my chart).....23.1N and 64.6W....pressure is up a few mb's to 940...but that's still a very potent hurricane and now it's getting over warmer sst's again.

The max flight level winds of 116 kts are from the SW quadrant...I bet they'll be at least 140-150 kts in the NE eyewall...still a very large and dangerous hurricane..

[Stormsfury]

Before the eclipse period it appeared that the NW quad was intensifying again with a lot of deeper reds showing up. Strongly doubt, Isabel's a Cat 5 right now, but still a 4 IMO. A storm like this just doesn't wind down easily.

SF

[Tommedic]

Perry... Your thoughts on how far east the NHC has Isabel getting before hitting coast. I'm still not quite comfortable with that yet. I know they have access to more data. But Isabel seems to be left of projected path consistently.