Hurricane Dean’s path has been revised and is looking less likely to impact the U.S. directly, although the southeastern Texas coast is sure to see some of the rain from the system. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center:
AT 800 AM EDT…1200Z…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH…LONGITUDE 74.3 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES…
295 KM…EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH…30 KM/HR…
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK…THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE VERY NEAR
JAMAICA LATER TODAY.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH…230 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DEAN IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are still in the path of this Category 4 storm. From there the prediction is for Dean to impact the Yucatan Peninsula.
UPDATE: I should have waited a few more minutes for the 11:00am update.
AT 1100 AM EDT…1500Z…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH…LONGITUDE 75.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES…
210 KM…EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 215 MILES…
345 KM…WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI.DEAN IS MOVING WEST NEAR 18 MPH…30 KM/HR. A MOTION BETWEEN WEST
AND WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF DEAN WILL BE VERY NEAR THE ISLAND OF
JAMAICA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH…230 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DEAN IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE COMMON IN MAJOR HURRICANES AND
ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
There. Two updates in one post.
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