LOCATION...36.2N 76.0W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSE OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA
ABOUT 340 MI...545 KM SSW OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
That’s Kitty Hawk NC—
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNC0362
Feels Like: 75°
Wind Chill: 75° Ceiling: 1500
Heat Index: 75° Visibility: 0.75mi
Dew Point: 72° Wind: 58mph
Humidity: 89% Direction: 190° (S)
Pressure: 28.35” Gusts: 74mph
Report Text: KMQI 272035Z AUTO 19050G64KT 3/4SM
Closer- but no cigar, gusting to 74mph. That is not a sustained wind of 80MPH. Propaganda anyone?
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/260900.shtml?
A different take:
That link says the flight-level winds are 85, but puts surface speeds at an estimated 70kt.
The discussion goes on to say this storm is unique in the difference between surface speeds, and flight level speeds.
Definition of a hurricane: 64kt or higher.