HURRICANE EARL INTERMEDIATE FORECAST UPDATE 8B
TROPICAL FORECAST CENTER
9:00 PM EDT MONDAY AUGUST 30, 2010
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES
* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
* TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
INTEREST FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO NEW ENGLAND NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EARL.
AT 9:00 PM EDT/0100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.7 N 65.5 W OR 100 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN. EARL IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 135 MPH. EARL IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND EARL COULD APPROACH CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH ON TUESDAY. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT IS 938 MB/27.70 IN.
THE NEXT COMPLETE UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 PM EDT.
JACKSON
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