[NautiNurse]

Nearly nil, based on buoys lost in the GOM in 2005.

[steveegg]

We ought to start a pool on when we lose it.

[steveegg]

This will be my last VDM post of the night...

491 
URNT12 KNHC 180328
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL042007
A. 18/02:58:10Z
B. 14 deg 53 min N
  065 deg 55 min W
C. 700 mb 2547 m
D. 126 kt
E. 148 deg 007 nm
F. 245 deg 117 kt
G. 141 deg 005 nm
H.        935  mb
I.  11 C/ 3049 m
J.  20 C/ 3028 m
K.  10 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. C15
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 /  2 nm
P. AF302 0504A DEAN OB 17
MAX FL WIND 138 KT NE QUAD 01:12:20 Z
MAX FL WND OUTBOUND FROM CNTR 129KT @ 03:00:50Z

Motion over the last 1:43 was 274 degrees (just north of west) at approximately 17 mph. Pressure down slightly (2 mb) to 935 mb. This was a SE-to-NW run so the 138-knot flight-level wind in the northeast quadrant holds for now.