Right from the start, Eugene has been impressive. It has great organization and this shear the NHC keeps talking about in the discussions doesn't seem to do anything. They mentioned that the center was displaced at 11:00 am PDT yesterday but its one of those storms that doesn't look like there is anything in its way. I hope it explosively intensifies and the track adjustments to the south keep coming. I estimate it's 60-64 knots, right in line with the Dvorak CI numbers.
What is comical is that there is nearly 140 pages of discussion on Invest 91L which hasn't even formed yet but then Eugene which is nearly a hurricane...there is only 2. In addition, Invest 91L was very close to a TD when what is now Eugene hardly even existed yet. TS Eugene is close to 'cane status now but 91L did nothing during that timeframe!!
Here are the latest numbers:
----- Current Analysis -----
Date : 01 AUG 2011 Time : 161500 UTC
Lat : 12:23:04 N Lon : 104:06:25 W
CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
3.8 / 992.1mb/ 61.0kt
Final T# Adj T# Raw T#
3.7 3.8 3.8
Center Temp : -76.5C Cloud Region Temp : -74.2C
Scene Type : UNIFORM CDO CLOUD REGION
Positioning Method : FORECAST INTERPOLATION
Ocean Basin : EAST PACIFIC