Heads up!!! Frances now Cat 5!
Recon reporting storm still moving west...the 5 pm update should be a doozy...my God...a 5...and still has yet to face the gulf stream.
Great Seneca Highway!!! That is a big storm!
frances is not a cat 5 storm...it is a cat 4 with winds of 140mph...cat 5 is 155mph.
137kt flight level winds correspond to 135-140mph at surface.
940mb doesn not correlate to a cat 5 either.
where did you get the info to post this was a cat 5 storm?
Good Grief - I've been out all afternoon and am now trying to play catch-up..........Thanks for the ping.