Pretty dire at Key West

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xmetman

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Sep 10, 2017, 10:36:24 AM9/10/17
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Hurricane Irma must have been pretty close to Key West at 12 UTC, the pressure had fallen to 953.7 hPa and the anemometer had packed in. They did report a 6 hourly rainfall total of 40 mm.

xmetman

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Sep 10, 2017, 10:40:38 AM9/10/17
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ZCZC MIATCUAT1 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

Hurricane Irma Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL112017
1000 AM EDT Sun Sep 10 2017

...1000 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...IRMA'S EYE BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...

A 93 mph (150 km/h) gust was recently measured at Carysfort Reef
Light near Key Largo.  A National Ocean Service station in Key West
just reported a sustained wind of 67 mph (107 km/hr) and a gust to
89 mph (143 km/h).

SUMMARY OF 1000 AM EDT...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...24.8N 81.5W
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM NE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...929 MB...27.43 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Landsea/Mello

NNNN

xmetman

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