HURRICANE EARL SPECIAL FORECAST 7
TROPICAL FORECAST CENTER
2:00 PM EDT MONDAY AUGUST 30, 2010
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ANGUILLA
* SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY
* ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
* PUERTO RICAN ISLANDS OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
AREAS FROM THE CAROLINAS TO NEW ENGLAND NEED TO CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EARL.
AT 2:00 PM EDT/1800Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.0 N 64.0 W OR 75 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ST. THOMAS. EARL IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...EARL WILL PASS NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...EARL IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY AND EARL COULD BECOME AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER TODAY...WITH A CHANCE OF EARL APPROACHING CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH BY TUESDAY. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECON AIRCRAFT IS 955 MB/28.20 IN.
COMPLETE UPDATE COMING UP AT 5 PM EDT.
JACKSON
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