senorpepr wrote:Well, remember that dropsondes don't report sustained winds. That is exactly why the NHC didn't upgrade at 8pm. All the data shown that sustained winds, even 30-sec winds remained under cat 5 status. The dropsonde can't produce a one-minute wind, thanks to gravity. The time it spends measuring a parcle of atmosphere is faster than you can blink. Those winds in the dropsonde were gusts until proven otherwise by flight level winds.
Oh, ok. I just assumed it was stronger than indicated because people were going around on boards all over the place saying this meant it was a cat 5 cane now (that 192, 181 dropsonde ob). Thanks for the info.




