[steveegg]

Nothing like coming in behind a storm.

How many of those are new ones like the SS Minnow (42059), which took a lickin' and kept on tickin', versus old ones like all those that failed in 2005?

[steveegg]

Just as Dean tightened up, here comes another ERC to (hopefully) keep Dean below a Cat 5...

000
URNT12 KNHC 200408
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL042007
A. 20/03:42:50Z
B. 17 deg 30 min N
  079 deg 00 min W
C. 700 mb 2467 m
D. 105 kt
E. 226 deg 8 nm
F. 342 deg 104 kt
G. 226 deg 016 nm
H. 927 mb
I. 7 C/ 3069 m
J. 15 C/ 3044 m
K. 15 C/ NA
L. CLOSED
M. C15
N. 12345/7
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF304 1104A DEAN         OB 16
MAX FL WIND 142 KT NW QUAD 02:25:20 Z
MAX FL WIND OUTBOUND 145 KT N QUAD 03:48:30 Z
MAX SWS 125 KT N QUAD 03:47:00 Z
DOUBLE EYEWALL STRUCTURE OUTBOUND N QUAD

- Motion over the last 1:23 275 degrees at 20.7 mph.
- Pressure unchanged from the previous VDM.