NOAA Recon just finished a pass thru Lake Borgne, across the Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain, across the causeway to Kenner and then back out again. Did not report surface winds but found plenty of flight level winds of 60+ mph. They flew higher than normal at 10K feet.
NOAA recon flights always fly at 10K feet, that is why I don't care for their reports so much.
little over 100 mph am i right? or close to 100....
106 mph to be exact, but the anometer is 240+ feet above ground, these are the winds that could easily be experienced by the high rise buildings in downtown if Isaac follows the forecasted track.
NOAA Recon just finished a pass thru Lake Borgne, across the Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain, across the causeway to Kenner and then back out again. Did not report surface winds but found plenty of flight level winds of 60+ mph. They flew higher than normal at 10K feet.
NOAA recon flights always fly at 10K feet, that is why I don't care for their reports so much.
This is not the G-IV which normal flies at 10K. They have been flying their missions into Isaac at 4,700K thus far.
little over 100 mph am i right? or close to 100....
106 mph to be exact, but the anometer is 240+ feet above ground, these are the winds that could easily be experienced by the high rise buildings in downtown if Isaac follows the forecasted track.
Could make the ground too thats not to far up....hope not just sayin....
After watching him spin around slowly offshore, Plaquemines parish is getting some really rough weather now for going on 8+ hours. I hope the people that stayed are safe.
HRD/AOML/NOAA (@hrd_AOML_NOAA) 8/28/12 3:42 PM #NOAA42 here, flying at 10,000 ft, heading west. We plan to circumnavigate Lake Ponchartrain as part of our flight pattern.
