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To: HAL9000; kingu
FYI - the URL auto updates, so the current track (0000Zulu on 8/31, which I think is 8PM Eastern today) is in Post 18.

kingu got Wake Island reported speed readings from somewhere (I don't know where, since there has been no NWS METAR update at Wake Airport (PWAK) since 8/28): 43 knot winds with 55 knot gusts. Was that from estimated or buoy data?
42 posted on 08/30/2006 8:53:18 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc
High-resolution Infrared image 0203Z

I'm getting a headache just looking at the eyewall on this thing.

I found some choppy animation of the storm. Judging from the last few frames, it looks like the eye will pass over Wake Island.

44 posted on 08/30/2006 9:41:11 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: conservative in nyc
05:42Z
62.98 kph wind
80.09 kph gusts
77.90 air temp
83.84 water temp
970.20 mbars pressure

Still surprised the NOAA station on the island is still reporting, it really goes to show you how well they thought out their communication system. Still waiting for a new vapor image to come down from the Navy, don't expect one before midnight, though.
52 posted on 08/30/2006 11:18:14 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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