Whew! that's quite a TAF!
Posted on 08/13/2004 2:53:45 PM PDT by Archangelsk
KDAB 131943Z 132018 15008KT P6SM SCT030 BKN080 OVC250
TEMPO 2022 16025G40KT 2SM +TSRA BKN020CB
FM2200 14020G30KT P6SM SCT040 BKN060 OVC100
TEMPO 2224 16030G50KT 2SM +TSRA FEW015 BKN030CB
FM0000 13040G60KT 3SM RA BKN020 OVC030
TEMPO 0003 13045G65KT 1SM +RA OVC010
FM0300 14050G70KT 2SM +RA BKN010 OVC020
TEMPO 0306 14055G75KT 1/2SM +RA OVC006
FM0600 17055G75KT 2SM +RA BKN010 OVC020
TEMPO 0609 17060G80KT 2SM SHRA BKN020
FM0900 20045G60KT 3SM RA BKN020 OVC030
TEMPO 0912 20050G65KT 2SM +RA BKN015 OVC030
FM1200 23035G50KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040 OVC100
TEMPO 1215 23040G55KT 2SM +RA BKN015 OVC030
Aviators, particulary owners of small aircraft, should position their planes so that the trailing edge faces the wind to prevent an inadvertent launch while tied down to the ramp.
Ping from the eye of the storm.
Whew! that's quite a TAF!
"Aviators, particulary owners of small aircraft, should position their planes so that the trailing edge faces the wind to prevent an inadvertent launch while tied down to the ramp."
I actually saw that happen during a heavy storm at the Airport in Waco,Tx.
I just stood there in shock. At first I thought there was a funnel cloud. It lifted the front end of the aircraft, pivoted it to the right...and then it just went back down.
Good deal of landing gear damage...that was all.
Still.....wild to see.
Part of our family is in Daytona,Maybe I will call them soon.Thanks for ping
I used to compress the nose gear so far with tiedowns that the wing actually had a negative angle of attack (facing the wind).
I'm in Sarasota. We have not seen any wind more than 30 mph.
We tied our single engine planes down this morning with a fourth tie down on the nose. Our Seminoles, however, went into the hanger.
Punta Gorda took the brunt of the Cat 4. It's now taking aim at Orlando, but you already know that. :-)
I was once so worried about my plane during a 90 MPH windstorm that I nearly got blown off the bridge into a river while driving to the airport. Car was up on two wheels. Don't do anything dumb like that...
We're nested in for the evening. I'll go out tomorrow to inspect the, hopefully not, damage.
Those of us in Hobe Sound are lucky this time - good luck Central FLA and Daytona!
Looks like it was roughest between Captiva and Ft. Myers.
Channel 2 from Ft. Myers reported roofs off a hospital and government building in Cape Coral, another hospital in Port Charlotte and a 400 radio tower down in Immokalee before they went offline for the second time.
No word on actual surge heigth, width, or center yet. The eye's track crossed between Captiva and the next island north, and then crossed the highway 41 bridge north of Punta Gorda. The inner extent of the eyewall paralleled that at between a 2 and 4 mile radius.
From the time it made landfall till an hour later, the area of winds above 64 knots extended to either side of that track by 30 miles.
I'm in Plant City. It's wet and a bit windy. We're still watching it wobble a bit. Next couple of hours should tell the tail.
This might end up classified as a category 5 storm. A NOAA discussion mentioned measured sustained winds at 148 knots at flight level, estimated at 130 kts on the surface. That translates to about 146 mph.
Unofficial measured gust of 127 mph at Punta Gorda, and as of the time of this post, 0015 UTC,local TV says current max sustained winds at 115 mph.
Looks like it intensified rapidly just as it hooked into shore. The eye rapidly contracted from 10 miles diameter to 5 miles and it was elevated from cat 2 to cat 4 within 40 minutes.
Projected course track has remained generally steady for the last 12 hours.
Here's a couple links with recently updated reports:
http://www.nbc-2.com/
http://www.news-press.com/news/cape/
Anecdotal reports indicate significant damage in Cape Coral, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Captiva. Keep in mind that early reports are often wrong.
The best radar maps that I've seen are at:
http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/wx/radar/index.html
Click on "Eastern Florida"
You think this might be a conspiracy by the Bush administration to stimulate the economy through the actions necessary to rebuild the damage?
Seriously, stay safe everyone. I survived Allen and Alicia, and it wasn't pleasant.
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