HURRICANE EARL FORECAST 5A
TROPICAL FORECAST CENTER
8:00 PM EDT SUNDAY AUGUST 29, 2010
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...MONTSERRAT...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...AND ANGUILLA
SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY
ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
A HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
PUERTO RICO INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE NEARING COMPLETION.
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS
CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
AREAS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EARL.
AT 8:00 PM EDT/0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.7 N 60.3 W OR 100 MILES EAST OF BARBUDA. EARL IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...EARL WILL CROSS NEAR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND EARL WILL LIKELY BE A MAJOR HURRICANE ON MONDAY. CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECON AIRCRAFT IS 972 MB/28.70 IN.
A COMPLETE UPDATE ON EARL AT 11 PM EDT.
JACKSON
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