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To: steveegg

Where do they get a speed of 2 mph? Didn't you calculate 4.6 based on the hunters' report? I was expecting her in the GOM tonight, and suddenly she's on the coast.


51 posted on 10/22/2005 2:06:49 PM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: laz
Where do they get a speed of 2 mph? Didn't you calculate 4.6 based on the hunters' report? I was expecting her in the GOM tonight, and suddenly she's on the coast.

They use a 6-hour average to average out the wobbles, while I simply use the last 2 vortex data reports.

54 posted on 10/22/2005 2:10:48 PM PDT by steveegg (Tagline withheld until we know whether Miers will be a younger O'Connor or Roberts' soulmate)
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From the 1000 to the 1600 Advisory, Wilma moved 9.23 miles at 317.9 degrees magnetic (NW = 315) for a blazing forward speed of 1.53 mph.


61 posted on 10/22/2005 2:17:35 PM PDT by jeffers
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