Recon Reports,Vortex Messages

[Derek Ortt]

that is NOT the center

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I know it can't see the center. Just pointing out it has nice banding forming.

[cycloneye]

943
UZNT13 KNHC 101905
XXAA 60188 99250 70850 08155 99997 26820 02508 00527 ///// /////
92661 22411 01504 85399 22246 00000 88999 77999
31313 09608 81807
61616 AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 05
62626 EYE SPL 2503N08501W 1810 MBL WND 02507 AEV 20507 DLM WND 02
006 996881 WL150 02509 080 =
XXBB 60188 99250 70850 08155 00997 26820 11918 22006 22850 22246
33843 20442
21212 00997 02508 11923 02004 22891 36010 33883 01511 44881 00506
55843 19002
31313 09608 81807
61616 AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 05
62626 EYE SPL 2503N08501W 1810 MBL WND 02507 AEV 20507 DLM WND 02
006 996881 WL150 02509 080 =


This is a dropsonde dropped at OB 5.Someone decode this data.

[Wnghs2007]

URNT11 KNHC 101906
97779 18564 60233 83110 15200 21031 18178 /2478
41720
RMK AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 06

[Brent]

EYE

[loon]

Recon Time: 1856Z Lat: 23.3 Long: 83.1 Wind Dir: 210 Speed: 031 kts
Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 17C
Current in-flight weather: Rain (continuous or intermittent from cumuliform clouds)
Pressure at 850mb: 1478
Aircraft: Air Force Reserve 302 during Observation 06
on flight mission #06 investigating ARLENE

[cycloneye]

URNT14 KNHC 101920
SUPPLEMENTARY VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
INBOUND
LAT LON jHHH TTDD ddfff
01254 10870 12458 11616 04014
02254 20867 22455 21616 04013
03253 30864 32452 31616 99005
04252 40862 42451 41716 05019
05251 50859 52445 51716 02022
06250 60857 62473 61616 04015
07249 70854 72491 71917 34015
MF250 M0857 MF025
OBS 01 AT 17:22:20Z
OBS 07 AT 17:50:30Z
OBS 01 SFC WND 02020
OUTBOUND
LAT LON jHHH TTDD ddfff
01249 10848 12409 12015 22022
02247 20846 22421 21917 21027
03245 30844 32429 31817 21031
04243 40842 42437 41817 20031
05242 50840 52446 51817 21035
06240 60838 62456 61814 20038
07238 70836 72466 71815 21036
08236 80835 82471 81616 21036
09234 90833 92473 91515 20031
MF241 M0839 MF039
OBS 01 AT 18:13:20Z
OBS 09 AT 18:52:30Z
OBS 09 SFC WND 17020
AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 07


Ok let's decode this OB 07 message.

[drudd1]

Storm: undefined (Report Time: 10/1920Z)
Max Inbound Flight Level Winds: 25.0N 85.7W 025KT (28.75MPH) [17:22:20Z to 17:50:30Z]
Inbound Surface Wind Observed At 20KT (23MPH) @ 020°
Max Outbound Flight Level Winds: 24.1N 83.9W 039KT (44.85MPH) [18:13:20Z to 18:52:30Z]
Outbound Surface Wind Observed At 20KT (23MPH) @ 170°
Data # Position Height Temp Dewpoint Wind
I01 25.4N 87.0W Unknown data 16°C 16°C 014KT (16.1MPH) @ 40°
I02 25.4N 86.7W Unknown data 16°C 16°C 013KT (14.95MPH) @ 40°
I03 25.3N 86.4W Unknown data 16°C 16°C 005KT (5.75MPH) @ 990°
I04 25.2N 86.2W Unknown data 17°C 16°C 019KT (21.85MPH) @ 50°
I05 25.1N 85.9W Unknown data 17°C 16°C 022KT (25.3MPH) @ 20°
I06 25.0N 85.7W Unknown data 16°C 16°C 015KT (17.25MPH) @ 40°
I07 24.9N 85.4W Unknown data 19°C 17°C 015KT (17.25MPH) @ 340°
O01 24.9N 84.8W Unknown data 20°C 15°C 022KT (25.3MPH) @ 220°
O02 24.7N 84.6W Unknown data 19°C 17°C 027KT (31.05MPH) @ 210°
O03 24.5N 84.4W Unknown data 18°C 17°C 031KT (35.65MPH) @ 210°
O04 24.3N 84.2W Unknown data 18°C 17°C 031KT (35.65MPH) @ 200°
O05 24.2N 84.0W Unknown data 18°C 17°C 035KT (40.25MPH) @ 210°
O06 24.0N 83.8W Unknown data 18°C 14°C 038KT (43.7MPH) @ 200°
O07 23.8N 83.6W Unknown data 18°C 15°C 036KT (41.4MPH) @ 210°
O08 23.6N 83.5W Unknown data 16°C 16°C 036KT (41.4MPH) @ 210°
O09 23.4N 83.3W Unknown data 15°C 15°C 031KT (35.65MPH) @ 200°

[loon]

sorry, max flight winds screwed up...I'll just shut up now

edit: fixed...just posting for no good reason....I had a variable backwards...

543
Report sent to the National Hurrican Center
On day 10 of this month at 1920Z
SUPPLEMENTARY VORTEX DATA MESSAGE

Inbound Flight
Block: 01 Lat: 25.4 Long: 87.0 850mb Pressure: 1458 Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 040 degrees Wind Speed: 014 knots

Block: 02 Lat: 25.4 Long: 86.7 850mb Pressure: 1455 Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 040 degrees Wind Speed: 013 knots

Block: 03 Lat: 25.3 Long: 86.4 850mb Pressure: 1452 Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: Variable Wind Speed: 005 knots

Block: 04 Lat: 25.2 Long: 86.2 850mb Pressure: 1451 Temp: 17C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 050 degrees Wind Speed: 019 knots

Block: 05 Lat: 25.1 Long: 85.9 850mb Pressure: 1445 Temp: 17C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 020 degrees Wind Speed: 022 knots

Block: 06 Lat: 25.0 Long: 85.7 850mb Pressure: 1473 Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 040 degrees Wind Speed: 015 knots

Block: 07 Lat: 24.9 Long: 85.4 850mb Pressure: 1491 Temp: 19C Dewpoint: 17C
Wind Direction: 340 degrees Wind Speed: 015 knots

Max Flight Winds @ Lat: 25.0 Long: 85.7 Speed: 025
Block 01 was completed at 17:22:20Z
Block 07 was completed at 17:50:30Z
Block 01 had surface winds of 020 kts @ 020 degrees

Outbound Flight
Block: 01 Lat: 24.9 Long: 84.8 850mb Pressure: 1409 Temp: 20C Dewpoint: 15C
Wind Direction: 220 degrees Wind Speed: 022 knots

Block: 02 Lat: 24.7 Long: 84.6 850mb Pressure: 1421 Temp: 19C Dewpoint: 17C
Wind Direction: 210 degrees Wind Speed: 027 knots

Block: 03 Lat: 24.5 Long: 84.4 850mb Pressure: 1429 Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 17C
Wind Direction: 210 degrees Wind Speed: 031 knots

Block: 04 Lat: 24.3 Long: 84.2 850mb Pressure: 1437 Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 17C
Wind Direction: 200 degrees Wind Speed: 031 knots

Block: 05 Lat: 24.2 Long: 84.0 850mb Pressure: 1446 Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 17C
Wind Direction: 210 degrees Wind Speed: 035 knots

Block: 06 Lat: 24.0 Long: 83.8 850mb Pressure: 1456 Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 14C
Wind Direction: 200 degrees Wind Speed: 038 knots

Block: 07 Lat: 23.8 Long: 83.6 850mb Pressure: 1466 Temp: 18C Dewpoint: 15C
Wind Direction: 210 degrees Wind Speed: 036 knots

Block: 08 Lat: 23.6 Long: 83.5 850mb Pressure: 1471 Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 16C
Wind Direction: 210 degrees Wind Speed: 036 knots

Block: 09 Lat: 23.4 Long: 83.3 850mb Pressure: 1473 Temp: 15C Dewpoint: 15C
Wind Direction: 200 degrees Wind Speed: 031 knots

Max Flight Winds @ Lat: 24.1 Long: 83.9 Speed: 039
Block 01 was completed at 18:13:20Z
Block 09 was completed at 18:52:30Z
Block 09 had surface winds of 020 kts @ 170 degrees
AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 07

[loon]

Recon Time: 1957Z Lat: 26.8 Long: 83.0 Wind Dir: 130 Speed: 046 kts
Temp: 16C Dewpoint: 15C
Current in-flight weather: Rain (continuous or intermittent from cumuliform clouds)
Pressure at 850mb: 1497
Aircraft: Air Force Reserve 302 during Observation 08
on flight mission #06 investigating ARLENE

[Thunder44]

URNT12 KNHC 102112
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 10/20:55:00Z
B. 25 deg 38 min N
085 deg 23 min W
C. 850 mb 1406 m
D. 045 kt
E. 78 deg 069 nm
F. 144 deg 069 kt
G. 66 deg 088 nm
H. 996 mb
I. 15 C/ 1519 m
J. 19 C/ 1524 m
K. 17 C/ NA
L. NA
M. NA
N. 1 345/ 8
O. 0.02 / 3 nm
P. AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 09
MAX FL WIND 69 KT NE QUAD 20:17:00 Z
MAX FL TEMP 20 C, 95 / 49NM

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

996 millibars...With a flight level wind of 69 or around 78 mph. Reduce to the surface is around 72 mph? Just 3 mph more!!!

[Anonymous]

Storm ARLENE: Observed By AF #302
Storm #01 in Atlantic Ocean
Maximum Flight Level Winds Were 69KT (79.35mph) In NE Quadrant At 20:17:00 Z
Date/Time of Recon Report: NaN
Position of the center: 25° 38' N 085° 23' W
Minimum Height Measured At Standard Level Of 850mb: 1406m (Normal: 1457)
Maximum Surface Winds Were Estimated At: 045KT (51.75MPH)
Estimated Surface Winds Were Measured 069nm (79.35miles) From Center At Bearing 78°
Maximum Flight Level Winds Near Center Were 069KT (79.35mph) From 144°
Maximum Flight Level Winds Were Measured 088nm (101.19999999999999miles) From Center At Bearing 66°
Minimum pressure: 996mb (29.41in)
Eye Wall Was < 50% Closed
Eye Did Not Have A Definable Form
Center Fix Established Using: Penetration Wind Pressure Temperature
Center Fix Established At Level(s): 850mb
Navigational Accuracy Measured At 0.02nm
Meteorological Accuracy Measured At 3nm

There is the easier to read one for us that do not know how to read them!

[feederband]

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

So it has a half closed eye wow.

So 79 mph flight level which is close to 73 or 74 mph at surface. This is so close.

[Thunder44]

So it has a half closed eye wow.

So 79 mph flight level which is close to 73 or 74 mph at surface. This is so close.

That wind speed was inputed into the 5pm advisory, if you read the discussion. They are apparently using an 80% reduction, so 65mph is correct. The 996 pressure was not inputed into that advisory though.

Also I don't see a eye being reported in the L or M lines.

You can look here too decode vortex messages:
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/vortex.htm

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

000
URNT11 KNHC 102158
97779 21444 60280 85409 15300 10051 14148 /2469
RMK AF302 0601A ARLENE OB 11



28.0 north/85.4 west 100 degrees at 51 knots.

[Thunder44]

URNT12 KNHC 102345
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 10/2322Z
B. 26 DEG 32 MIN N
C. 85 DEG 33 MIN W
D. 850 MB 1366 M
E. 55 KT
F. 030 DEG 52 NM
G. 105 DEG 75 KT
H. 992 MB
I. 22 C/ 1413 M
J. 22 C/ 1409M
K. 19 C/ 26 C
L. POORLY DEFINED
M. NA
N. 1345/8
O. 1/2
P. NOAA3 0701A ARLENE OB
MAX FLT LVL WIND 75KTS NE QUAD 2307Z
MAX SFC WND FROM SFMR.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Thats about strong enough for the upgrade.

[senorpepr]

URNT12 KNHC 102345
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 10/2322Z
B. 26 DEG 32 MIN N
C. 85 DEG 33 MIN W
D. 850 MB 1366 M
E. 55 KT
F. 030 DEG 52 NM
G. 105 DEG 75 KT
H. 992 MB
I. 22 C/ 1413 M
J. 22 C/ 1409M
K. 19 C/ 26 C
L. POORLY DEFINED
M. NA
N. 1345/8
O. 1/2
P. NOAA3 0701A ARLENE OB
MAX FLT LVL WIND 75KTS NE QUAD 2307Z
MAX SFC WND FROM SFMR.

[VORTEX | ARLENE (01L) Mission VII, OB #16] Time: 2322Z; Lat: 26.5°N; Long: 85.6°W; Central Pressure: 992 mb; Eye Character: Poorly defined; Eye Shape: FALSE; Eye Diameter mi; Max Flt Wnd: 86 mph (NE quad); Est Sfc Winds (using 90% reduction): 77 mph; Remarks: Maximum surface wind from SFMR