"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
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There's an excellent satellite loop of Charley at

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/rams.../RSOgeflt.html

It is updated approximately every 10 minutes.


.... thanks for that: am also keeping an eye on CNN - no doubt some
'interesting' pictures about to appear from the Tampa area shortly.

This was issued a short while ago:-


WTNT61 KNHC 131716
TCUAT
BULLETIN
HURRICANE CHARLEY UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

AT 115 PM EDT...1715Z...A U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT MEASURED 10000 FT FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS OF 162 MPH AT A
DISTANCE OF 8 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE. THIS GIVES
AN ESTIMATED SURFACE WIND OF 145 MPH...CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.