| Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC) Transmitted: 12th day of the month at 07:39Z Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 303) Storm Number & Year: 18L in 2010 Storm Name: Paula (flight in the North Atlantic basin) Mission Number: 2 Observation Number: 14 A. Time of Center Fix: 12th day of the month at 7:17:30Z B. Center Fix Coordinates: 17°28'N 85°04'W (17.4667N 85.0667W) B. Center Fix Location: 206 miles (331 km) to the E (91°) from Belize City, Belize. C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 1,337m (4,386ft) at 850mb D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 62kts (~ 71.3mph) E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 8 nautical miles (9 statute miles) to the SE (125°) of center fix F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 220° at 65kts (From the SW at ~ 74.8mph) G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 9 nautical miles (10 statute miles) to the SE (130°) of center fix H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 992mb (29.29 inHg) I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 17°C (63°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,522m (4,993ft) J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 21°C (70°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,521m (4,990ft) K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 17°C (63°F) K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available L. Eye Character: Open in the southeast M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 16 nautical miles (18 statute miles) N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature N. Fix Level: 850mb O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile Remarks Section - Remarks That Were Decoded... Maximum Flight Level Wind: 65kts (~ 74.8mph) in the southeast quadrant at 7:14:40Z Maximum Flight Level Wind Outbound: 64kts (~ 73.6mph) in the northwest quadrant at 7:19:10Z Radar Presentation: Good Remarks Section - Additional Remarks... EARLY STAGES OF EYEWALL DEVELOPMENT |