The Max Factor: August 2006

Ain't Looking to Good - For Florida

From Private Sources

Hour	Valid	Lat	Lon	Max Winds	Max Gusts	Category	Size	Intensity	Total
0	27th 7am CDT	17.40N	73.50W	65kts	87kts	Cat 1	3	5	8
12	27th 7pm CDT	18.50N	75.50W	74kts	96kts	Cat 1	3	6	9
24	28th 7am CDT	19.90N	77.30W	83kts	109kts	Cat 1	3	8	11
36	28th 7pm CDT	21.30N	79.30W	91kts	117kts	Cat 2	5	9	14
48	29th 7am CDT	22.60N	81.20W	78kts	104kts	Cat 1	4	7	11
60	29th 7pm CDT	23.60N	82.70W	74kts	96kts	Cat 1	5	6	11
72	30th 7am CDT	24.80N	83.70W	87kts	113kts	Cat 2	6	8	14
84	30th 7pm CDT	26.00N	84.10W	100kts	126kts	Cat 3	9	11	20
96	31st 7am CDT	27.60N	83.90W	104kts	130kts	Cat 3	10	12	22
108	31st 7pm CDT	29.40N	82.70W	100kts	126kts	Cat 3	9	11	20
120	1st 7am CDT	30.90N	79.50W	74kts	100kts	Cat 1	4	6	10

Ernesto may take a similar path as Cahrlie in 2004. Good luck, Florida.

# posted by Max Creel @ 08:41 |

Private Source

Hour	Valid	Lat	Lon	Max Winds	Max Gusts	Category	Size	Intensity	Total
0	26th 3pm CDT	15.70N	71.50W	48kts	65kts	TS	1	3	4
12	27th 3am CDT	16.60N	73.90W	48kts	65kts	TS	1	3	4
24	27th 3pm CDT	17.60N	76.20W	56kts	74kts	TS	2	4	6
36	28th 3am CDT	18.80N	78.60W	61kts	83kts	TS	2	4	6
48	28th 3pm CDT	20.10N	80.80W	65kts	96kts	Cat 1	3	5	8
60	29th 3am CDT	21.40N	82.80W	74kts	96kts	Cat 1	5	6	11
72	29th 3pm CDT	22.90N	84.60W	78kts	104kts	Cat 1	5	7	12
84	30th 3am CDT	24.20N	86.30W	91kts	113kts	Cat 2	8	9	17
96	30th 3pm CDT	25.40N	87.40W	100kts	122kts	Cat 3	9	11	20
108	31st 3am CDT	27.10N	88.10W	104kts	126kts	Cat 3	9	12	21
120	31st 3pm CDT	28.90N	88.00W	104kts	126kts	Cat 3	9	12	21

As of 1500 CDT... tracking further east.

# posted by Max Creel @ 19:06 |

Private Source

Below is private source information.

Hour	Valid	Lat	Lon	Max Winds	Max Gusts	Category	Size	Intensity	Total
0	26th 9am CDT	15.10N	71.00W	48kts	65kts	TS	1	3	4
12	26th 9pm CDT	16.10N	73.90W	52kts	70kts	TS	2	3	5
24	27th 9am CDT	17.40N	76.60W	56kts	74kts	TS	2	4	6
36	27th 9pm CDT	18.80N	79.00W	65kts	83kts	Cat 1	3	5	8
48	28th 9am CDT	20.20N	81.10W	65kts	87kts	Cat 1	4	5	9
60	28th 9pm CDT	21.40N	82.90W	74kts	96kts	Cat 1	5	6	11
72	29th 9am CDT	22.60N	84.60W	78kts	104kts	Cat 1	5	7	12
84	29th 9pm CDT	23.70N	86.00W	87kts	109kts	Cat 2	5	8	13
96	30th 9am CDT	24.80N	87.50W	96kts	117kts	Cat 2	8	10	18
108	30th 9pm CDT	25.80N	88.80W	100kts	122kts	Cat 3	10	11	21
120	31st 9am CDT	27.10N	90.00W	104kts	126kts	Cat 3	10	12	22