[janetjanet998]

BREAKING...CAT 5(unoffically) DVORAK TECHNIQUE estimating 160-165 MPH winds now and a presuure of 917mb..will be interesting to see how the NHC handles this..will they upgrade to CAT 5 now or wait until recon gets in there

[NautiNurse]

Yowser - please let me know when you find official statement.

Thanks.

[Strategerist]

BREAKING...CAT 5(unoffically) DVORAK TECHNIQUE estimating 160-165 MPH winds now and a presuure of 917mb..

Which agency? SAB and AFWA both have T 6.0 at 8AM, which is 115 knots, and they only do a Dvorak analysis every 6 hours.

And there's only one other official agency, TAFB, that does them.

[LikeLight]

Thanks for the info, jj. CAT 5 - then what? Is there some upper limit where physics prevents further intensification?

[laz]

BREAKING...CAT 5(unoffically)

If true, then she went from TS to Cat 5 in less than 24 hours. I'm speechless.