[steveegg]

Dunno if NHC is holding out with us, but they haven't updated the Max Flt Level Winds in the last 2 Vortex Data Messages - they're still reporting 2:32 pm CDT/161 kt in the NE quadrant).

Changes from the previous one (with a fix 1 hour 53 minutes ago) -

- Movement 7 minutes north, 14 minutes west
- Pressure down 5 mb to 899 mb
- Reporting AC now NOAA3 (was AF300)

[ReyDM]

Something else I noticed, the NHC is still reporting the motion as due West yet the vortex message seems to indicate more like a WNW heading (300). Storm has also made it to 24.5N as of 00GMT, 6 hours earlier than the 5PM advisory predicted it would.

Me thinks Lake Charles/SW Louisiana not out of the woods yet ...

[Prolifeconservative]

Could you give me the link to that info you are getting? THX!

[raygun]

There could be two different aircraft - AFR HH and a NOAA - loitering simultaneously, and both having had the same max winds in the same location. If the mission number changes (or a higher MAX FL is recorded), then a MAX FL WIND remark should be reported with a different time.

ITEM P always begins with mission ID:

AFXXX AABBC NAME where AA is mission number, BB is depression number and NAME=RITA

Remember, the P3-O's can loiter up there at least 10 hours (especially when they're going downhill, they get really really good gas mileage).