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URNT12 KNHC 132309
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 13/2309Z
B. 21 DEG 25 MIN N
85 DEG 03 MIN W
C. 700 MB 2323 M
D. NA
E. NA
F. 214 DEG 139 KT
G. 126 DEG 017 NM
H. 914 MB
I. 12 C/ 3114 M
J. 19 C/ 3104 M
K. 13 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. C20
N. 12345/7
O. 0.1/1 NM
P. AF980 3109A IVAN OB 31
MAX FL WIND 150 KT NE QUAD 1916Z. LIGHTNING OUTBOUND THROUGH
NORTH EYEWALL.
Vortex 2309z
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There is ice in the far upper portions of the eyewall. The reason we don't typically see t-storms there is because the instability is very low owing to the lack of surface heating, and the very warm air in the center of the storm at mid-levels. We start dealing w/ different kinds of instability here than you would think of for more continental, mid-latitude thunderstorms, where very cold air is located above warm, buoyant and moist surface air. Only very strong hurricanes typically see lightning in their inner core.
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