MississippiWx wrote:The good thing about recon data is it doesn’t care about opinions. Barry was a hurricane and there is plenty of evidence to prove it. Coastal Louisiana residents on the east side of the center would be happy to enlighten anyone one who doubts this was a hurricane. They have been battered for 24 hours straight by high winds and surge.
Technically, recon didn't find any >64kt surface winds as mentioned in the discussion. Highest flight level wind at 850mb layer is only 72kt which converts to ~58kt at surface. SFMR readings were recorded very near the coast which could've been inflated somewhat. The upgrade was based on assumption that the strongest winds may not have been sampled. There were probably a few small areas of transient hurricane force winds existed early this morning but I'm not sure they are representative of the actual intensity of the storm
(talking in academic perspective not regarding to the effects or damage potential)