actual data:
From:
http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/wp0106.tcw
SUBJ: TYPHOON 01C (IOKE) WARNING NR 048
1. TYPHOON 01C (IOKE) WARNING NR 048
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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WARNING POSITION:
311800Z --- NEAR 20.2N 165.3E
MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 300 DEGREES AT 11 KTS
POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 025 NM
POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE
PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT
RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 070 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
050 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
055 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT
...
==155mph gusts to 190mph
N.B.: radius of hurricane force winds = the eye of this sucker is 140nm = 160 miles in diameter!!!
Also:
REMARKS: 312100Z POSITION NEAR 20.5N 164.8E. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 311800Z IS 48 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 010300Z, 010900Z, 011500Z AND 012100Z. //
102 posted on
08/31/2006 7:30:25 PM PDT by
AFPhys
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