Ed Mahmoud wrote:JB's rant today said official wind for Dolly, at 964 mb, was the lowest wind for that pressure ever in Gulf of Mexico, and no matter what anyone says, he is convinced that it made landfall between 100 and 105 mph, and somehow nobody measured the peak wind.
I don't know if he is correct or not.
I think it is possible that there was a "area" of 100 mph winds at landfall. You can't catch the highest winds unless you are super lucky, with a small "tube" out of the back of the plane. So it is possible he could be right. What is observable based on the data that was collected is what the nhc uses as a storms "max" winds. But a cyclone like Dolly covers hundreds if not thousands of square miles in area; it would be insane to expect to find the highest winds. So it is hard to say was it 95 or 100 mph. It is kind of dumb to scream or fight over this. I personally believe there "could" of been a cat2 area of winds at landfall.
Also Derek, Science is always questionable and being updated as new data is added to it. Unless its a LAW. In which case some "people" could fight over that to.