FCMP Tower Locations ***NEAR REAL TIME DATA***

[Aaron Kennedy]

FCMP has intercepted the storm... here is a deployment map:

http://users.ce.ufl.edu/~fcmp/FCMP-Katrina...Landfall-LA.gif

Key tower to watch... T1. These towers update almost live with data... you can check at:

http://grove.ufl.edu/~fcmp/Katrina/

Latest Ob (I think it is in EDT) is from 9:56pm CDT...

One minute 10m wind data is 32.7mph

Aaron

 

[Anonymous]

You can bet I will be watching their data. FCMP data from Dennis was very helpful. It's nice to have a reliable source of wind measurements cause it seems like there is always a media report of XXX winds that is hard to verify.
FCMP 1 is in a pretty nice position, FCMP 0 seems like a candidate for some CAT 1 or even CAT 2 winds.

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Seems like half the asos aren't reporting, so I'll be watching T1 very closely.

Aaron

 

[B Ozanne]

Very little data coming out, but FCMP still coming in. Gusts over 100mph at T1

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

For accurate wind data, I'd look at at least 3s data.

The Latest:
3.0 Sec 40.0 m/s ( 89.6 mph) @ 38.6° @ 29/10:07:55
3.0 Sec 41.0 m/s ( 91.8 mph) @ 36.3° @ 29/10:26:54

Keep in mind this is on the NW side of the storm, so I'd add at least 10mph for inclusion of storm motion in the NE quad.

Aaron

 

[Stuart Robinson]

However the 60 second winds are still below CAT1 at this location - this I expect to increase over the next 2 hours.

10-m WM: 60.0 Sec 32.9 m/s ( 73.5 mph) @ 37.7° @ 29/10:07:56
10-m WM: 3.0 Sec 43.1 m/s ( 96.4 mph) @ 37.5° @ 29/10:26:54

 

[a7knight]

60.0 Sec 36.1 m/s ( 80.7 mph) @ 23.7° @ 29/11:26:17
3.0 Sec 47.1 m/s ( 105.3 mph) @ 20.0° @ 29/11:32:17

obviously, it's gettin stronger ...

 

[Jeff Snyder]

That should be as near the eye as that station is going to get. That's cat 1 winds (80mph sustained).

 

[B Ozanne]

Almost an hour since any updates.