[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.

[janetjanet998]

UW - CIMSS ADVANCED OBJECTIVE DVORAK TECHNIQUE AODT - Version 6.3 Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm

----- Current Analysis ----- Date : 21 SEP 2005 Time : 121500 UTC Lat : 24:20:24 N Lon : 85:18:00 W

CI# /Pressure/ Vmax 7.1 / 917.1mb/143.0kt

Latitude bias adjustment to MSLP : -0.9mb

Eye Temp : +9.8C Cloud Region Temp : -73.6C Scene Type : CLEAR EYE Ocean Basin : ATLANTIC

[RDTF]

For some reason Janet gets beat up on these threads - but her info is very accurate