Hurricane Hunter airplane denied access to Venezuelan airspace

[Gman]

From the 11 pm TS Earl advisory...

000
WTNT45 KNHC 160237
TCDAT5
TROPICAL STORM EARL DISCUSSION NUMBER 10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004

IF NOT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST ADVISORY ON EARL...AT LEAST FOR NOW. THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE EARL THIS EVENING WAS DENIED ACCESS TO VENEZUELAN AIRSPACE. HAD THEY BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE STORM...I DOUBT THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND A CLOSED CIRCULATION...AS THE QUIKSCAT AMBIGUITIES AT 22Z LOOK MORE LIKE AN OPEN WAVE.
HOWEVER...THERE IS ENOUGH DOUBT TO KEEP ADVISORIES GOING UNTIL THE NEXT AIRCRAFT ARRIVES TOMORROW MORNING...AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT THAT MISSION WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED.
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Wonder if this has anything to do with what appears to be a good deal of chaos over the Chavez deal.

If you're interested in Earl, which may be headed for the Texas coast by next weeekend, here's the full advisory:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT5+shtml/160237.shtml?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. Are you referring to the multiple attempts by the U. S. to assist a coup..

....against Chavez? If I were the Venezuelans, I wouldn't let ANY American plane inside my airspace.