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#61 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:44 pm

Those who live down the west coast from Ft Myers southward can see the plane pass by so go out.
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#62 Postby tracyswfla » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:46 pm

cycloneye wrote:Those who live down the west coast from Ft Myers southward can see the plane pass by so go out.


lol I did... A prop job just went overhead! :wink:
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#63 Postby brunota2003 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:47 pm

cool, the hunters fly a prop plane, wonder if it was them...
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#64 Postby tracyswfla » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:48 pm

brunota2003 wrote:cool, the hunters fly a prop plane, wonder if it was them...


lol
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#65 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:50 pm

tracy now they are 17 miles south of Ft Myers so what you saw were them. :)
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#66 Postby brunota2003 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:59 pm

tracyswfla wrote:
brunota2003 wrote:cool, the hunters fly a prop plane, wonder if it was them...


lol
ur lucky, I've seen the NOAA planes, since I live next to a marine corps air base, but never on a mission...
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#67 Postby MiamiensisWx » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:00 pm

They are now approaching Key West... getting closer to Wilma...
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#68 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:00 pm

Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:I see what could be a small eye. I think they will find a 75 mph with 984 millibars.


Pressure gradient is too weak... I doubt you'll see a hurricane on this mission.
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#69 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:26 pm

Mike (senorpepr) is interesting that they are now close to the north coast of Cuba.Will they cross that country or go around to the Yucatan Channel?
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#70 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:30 pm

cycloneye wrote:Mike (senorpepr) is interesting that they are now close to the north coast of Cuba.Will they cross that country or go around to the Yucatan Channel?


They must have a special clearance or something... they're over Cuba now: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=22.8,+-81 ... oc=A&hl=en
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#71 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:33 pm

Wow that is important news.I think the goverment there is very worried about Wilma.
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#72 Postby Brent » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:34 pm

cycloneye wrote:Wow that is important news.I think the goverment there is very worried about Wilma.


They better be.
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#73 Postby gotoman38 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:35 pm

senorpepr wrote:
cycloneye wrote:Mike (senorpepr) is interesting that they are now close to the north coast of Cuba.Will they cross that country or go around to the Yucatan Channel?


They must have a special clearance or something... they're over Cuba now: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=22.8,+-81 ... oc=A&hl=en


Yeah.... I don't think this is very common... don't they fly around Cuba on most missions?

Perhaps the vicinty allowed the flight to go over.

Back in the early 90s I flew over on commercial flight from TPA-GCM... but I think the Cuban govt recinded commercial clearances, and for an Air Force flt tonight? interesting....
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#74 Postby Stratosphere747 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:35 pm

Did'nt they deny the airspace for Dennis?
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#75 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:37 pm

Typically they will allow NOAA flights to fly through Cuban airspace, but not AF birds. This is very interesting... they were restricted during Dennis, but not Wilma.
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#76 Postby gotoman38 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:34 pm

Getting close now..... bump
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#77 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:39 pm

The aircraft is descending...
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#78 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:40 pm

Plane is now decending to operational altitud which means that very soon the data from Wilma will start to come in including a vortex message.
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#79 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:41 pm

Maybe they learned that they should after what Dennis did to them. :wink:
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#80 Postby Aquawind » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:05 pm

Give me Vortex... :Pick:

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