Hurricane Force?
The Air Force Hurricane Hunter plane is finding a large area of +70 knot flight level winds on the southwest side of the storm in that large convective mass.
I saw one 72 knot flight level wind, which would discount to a little over 65 knots, which is hurricane force.
We may see Isaac upgraded to a hurricane shortly.
Category: Tropical
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