x-y-no wrote:If you don't mind ... could someone explain T numbers to me?
SSD dvorak T numbers are used to estimate the wind profile of a system.Below is a chart that illustrates those T numbers from 1.0 to 8.0 from weak to very strong.For example 1.0 means 25 kts of winds.Charley has now 5.0 T number means 90 kts.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/CI-chart.html