99 mph wind gust on an Oil Rig NE of Ctr.

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99 mph wind gust on an Oil Rig NE of Ctr.

#1 Postby Dean4Storms » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:49 pm

Cindy has to be a Hurricane with this recent explosion of convection.
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#2 Postby jkt21787 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:52 pm

This was observed at a 150 foot tower, the standard observations seen for official data is 10m.

This is highly skewed because of the height it was taken.

*Corrected*
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#3 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:54 pm

This is about as close to a 75 mph hurricane. 99 Mph gust at 150 feet. Yes it is screwed but that is not likely to be under the strongest part of the storm. Its pretty hard or lucky/Unlucky to get into the area of strongest winds.
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#4 Postby Sean in New Orleans » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:57 pm

Why didn't the NHC not post Hurricane Watches or even Warnings?? Reports are coming in from Louisiana's Coastline and they are truly getting hammered right now. I definitely think that we have a Category 1 approaching our shore, and to be honest, I'm pretty conservative in my analysis.
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#5 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:58 pm

I agree sean in New orleans.
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#6 Postby Lowpressure » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:43 pm

I agree, based on a 99 mph gust report and the structure, this is very close to cat 1. Would not be at all surprised to see 80 mph reports somewhere in the landfall area. Eye still appears to be trying to form on IR.
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#7 Postby drezee » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:49 pm

gkrangers wrote:
drezee wrote:
gkrangers wrote:
drezee wrote:128
WTNT63 KNHC 051917
TCUAT3
TROPICAL STORM CINDY TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
220 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005

DATA FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM
WINDS IN CINDY ARE NEAR 70 MPH. LITTLE ADDITIONAL CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO
LANDFALL.

FORECASTER PASCH
That about sums things up...they are going to keep Cindy as a TS.


no matter what? :roll: :roll: :wink:
Thats what it sounds like. The NHC guys probably are expecting a ton of hurricanes this season and they don't want to bust on their predictions, so Cindy stays a TS. ;)

I guess they could upgrade it if they found really strong winds (over 80mph), but I don't think they will after a statement like that.


I guess they wanted 100 mph?? :roll: :roll: :roll:
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