It looks as if Florida may dodge Ike.
AT 500 AM EDT…0900Z…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES… 65 KM…EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAMAGUEY CUBA.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH…24 KM/HR..AND A WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL CUBA TODAY…AND EMERGE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH…165 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS IKE MOVES OVER CENTRAL CUBA TODAY.
The current forecast track has the storm traveling across Cuba for the next day or two and then continuing north west toward landfall with the United States. The “Cone of Uncertainty” puts the eye anywhere from the Texas/Mexico border to the Alabama/Florida border with the center of the predictions pointing to south east Texas next weekend.
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