Hrd surface winds for Arlene.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

62 knots At its max on the 10th...Which is just under hurricane.
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2 ... l04deg.png

At landfall this shows that it was tighting at the coast. Going from 43 knots earlier to 56 knots at landfall.

Earlier
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2 ... l04deg.png

Landfall
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/hwind/2 ... l04deg.png

So by this data this thing was not only looking better.

1# It was one LLC.
2# Convection had started to form over that center.
3# It was trying to form a closed eye.

But was by this getting stronger!!!

[Droop12]

I love thse graphics from the HRD. Only bad thing about them is I was under the strongest windfield for both Ivan and Arlene. But I'll take a system like Arlene any day of the week over Ivan.
By the way, my location says Pensacola, Im actually about 7 miles SE of there.

[vbhoutex]

I love thse graphics from the HRD. Only bad thing about them is I was under the strongest windfield for both Ivan and Arlene. But I'll take a system like Arlene any day of the week over Ivan.
By the way, my location says Pensacola, Im actually about 7 miles SE of there.

That is Gulf Breeze or the Holly/Navarre area unless you don't use downtown P'cola as ground zero.

[Swimdude]

1950 - 2004 =

~33 named storms in June [61% of seasons began with a June storm.]
~10 Hurricanes
~2 Major Hurricanes

I was wishing for Arlene to bump that number up to 11. Ah well, she had a good run for a June storm.

[mobilebay]

I think Arlene could have been a lot worse had she not had all that dry air to contend with. I don't think wind shear played a big role here. My example of this is the convection on the west side and not on the east. That would go against any theory on westerly shear. I think the dry air was her demise.