now we switch over to the air force reconnaissance flight that out there at the moment. they are also picking up category 5 strength winds at this point reaching up around the 160 miles per hour range. so let's get some more information on this. we want to bring in major chris dike, an aerial reconnaissance officer with the u.s. air force reserve. we've talked about this. when you look at the new numbers coming in, what sort of factors impact this data and information coming in? >> hey, allison, good morning. so we're looking at this data. there's a variety of different things that can be impacting, especially as the storm is strengthening or on the upswing, so a lot of times when we're going through storms like this, we'll experience significant updrafts and downdrafts and the thunderstorms as we're going through the feeder bands and into the eye wall, so this -- you know, some of these readings, you know, in and of themselves could be things like bursts of thunderstorm activity