knotimpaired wrote:I was just reading online the "Vocero" one of PR's top newspapers.
It said that hurricane hunters were going out at 2 a.m. (a few hours ago) and again at 8 a.m. this morning.
Has anyone heard what they found at 2?
Last VDM has a pressure of 1005mb
000
URNT12 KNHC 020819 CCA
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL062009
A. 02/07:42:20Z
B. 16 deg 25 min N
059 deg 11 min W
C. 850 mb 1487 m
D. 26 kt
E. 325 deg 76 nm
F. 055 deg 31 kt
G. 326 deg 81 nm
H. EXTRAP 1005 mb
I. 21 C / 1527 m
J. 18 C / 1525 m
K. 15 C / NA
L. NA
M. NA
N. 13 / 8
O. 0.02 / 10 nm
P. AF305 0206A ERIKA OB 07 CCA
MAX FL WIND 34 KT SE QUAD 08:12:30Z
SLP EXTRAP FROM 850 MB
MAX FL TEMP 21 C 323 / 65 NM FROM FL CNTR
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But like I said the center is further southwest then they had thought when preparing for the mission. They got into the system and started setting up for their first pass and almost as soon as they started they went through the center.