It’s Friday morning and we’re still watching the progress of hurricane Dean. At 5am the National Hurricane Center is reporting:
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH…LONGITUDE 60.9 WEST OR IN THE ST. LUCIA
CHANNEL BETWEEN ST. LUCIA AND MARTINIQUE.DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 24 MPH…39 KM/HR…AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD TAKE THE
CENTER OF DEAN AWAY FROM THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH…160 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DEAN IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STRONGER WINDS…ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS…ARE LIKELY
OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
The projected path shows the system heading toward southern Hispanola and Jamaica, continuing on south of Cuba on Monday morning. On the current path it looks like Dean will miss Florida, but it could impact the people of Texas, who really don’t need any more wet weather.
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