Pressure down to 946 mb. Not a good sign.
No, and the regular satellite images clearly show some extremely high cloud tops developing near the eye. Must be some tremendous convection going on there.
Yikes...
URNT12 KNHC 102327
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL092008
A. 10/23:06:20Z
B. 24 deg 37 min N
086 deg 12 min W
C. 700 mb 2660 m
D. 50 kt
E. 227 deg 091 nm
F. 318 deg 068 kt
G. 228 deg 035 nm
H. 947 mb
I. 11 C/ 3047 m
J. 17 C/ 3045 m
K. 13 C/ NA
L. Closed Wall
M. C8
N. 12345/ 7
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF303 2009A IKE1 OB 18
Max Flt Winds 93 KT NE QUAD 18:33:00Z
Max Outbound Winds 85KT NE QUAD 23:23:00Z