#4564 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:44 pm
Some notes in there:
1) I brought it down to 35 kt for a bit in the long stretch at 40 kt, when it appeared to weaken a bit.
2) The intensity in its first strengthening episode appears to be too high based on aircraft data (Dvorak given extra weight then). During that long stretch at Cat 4, I brought it down to Cat 3 for all but 6 hours (when it was 931mb).
3) The apparent slow strengthening up to landfall was taken into account. I made the assumption it weakened to a TS when Recon left, then quickly bounced back. That has some uncertainty though, it may have remained a hurricane.
4) Recon gaps were smoothed out and pressures adjusted, especially before the first Recon flight.
5) For the most part, track points are unchanged.
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