If this is not a CAT 5 then what is?

andrew_the_beast · #1 Postby **andrew_the_beast** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:45 pm

This has to be a CAT 5. There has to be winds above 175 just by looking at this. Im sorry but when and where this makes landfall it will be a real disaster. Im still sticking with my prediction and saying that this is going towards Florida. IVAN is in its own environment now and the ONLY thing that will stop it is LAND.

http://intellicast.com/Local/USNational ... e&pid=none

lilbump3000 · #2 Postby **lilbump3000** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:46 pm

If its not a Cat. 5, its a Cat. 4 or below.

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #3 Postby **senorpepr** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:05 pm

andrew_the_beast wrote:This has to be a CAT 5. There has to be winds above 175 just by looking at this. Im sorry but when and where this makes landfall it will be a real disaster. Im still sticking with my prediction and saying that this is going towards Florida. IVAN is in its own environment now and the ONLY thing that will stop it is LAND.

http://intellicast.com/Local/USNational ... e&pid=none

No, it's a category 4 with winds of 145mph. Recon wouldn't lie.

#4 Postby **dhweather** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:06 pm

lilbump3000 wrote:If its not a Cat. 5, its a Cat. 4 or below.

JQ Public · #5 Postby **JQ Public** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:10 pm

One things for sure...its one pretty storm!

chadtm80 · #6 Postby **chadtm80** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:11 pm

lilbump3000 wrote:If its not a Cat. 5, its a Cat. 4 or below.

I do agree looks like a cat 5 storm though.. But if recon says 145 there is no disputing it. However I dont see any reason as to why he wont reach cat 5 status :eek:

Please stay away.. Uncle Uncle I give.. Cant take another storm

#7 Postby **btangy** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:42 pm

Judging by the satellite appearance in the past few frames, it looks like a 7.0 storm on the Dvorak scale. Very well could be a Cat 5 right now if pressure has continued to drop.

cccmachine · #8 Postby **cccmachine** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:46 pm

JQ Public wrote:One things for sure...its one pretty storm!

or evil storm

JQ Public · #9 Postby **JQ Public** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:52 pm

menacing yet beautiful in its symmetry from a purely meteorological standpoint.

Derecho · #10 Postby **Derecho** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:57 pm

andrew_the_beast wrote:This has to be a CAT 5. There has to be winds above 175 just by looking at this.

If you look at DVORAK BD IR shots, the cloud tops aren't quite as cold as a typical Category 5; they're cold, mind you, but not typical of Mitch, Isabel, the various WPAC Cat 5, etc.

MBryant · #11 Postby **MBryant** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:59 pm

Is it possible that we have a new pilot who has not yet developed a nose for the highest sustained winds?

#12 Postby **PurdueWx80** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:07 pm

MBryant wrote:Is it possible that we have a new pilot who has not yet developed a nose for the highest sustained winds?

There is a team of people on the Recon flights - the pilot flies where the techs and meteorologists tell them. There is someone who drops the sonde through the chute at the most prefereable time for eyewall/eye penetration. A lot of finding a max wind has to do w/ chance...sometimes they'll happen to go through a max, others they may miss it a bit.

If this is not a CAT 5 then what is?

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