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2pm Update: Pressure up a lot to 938mb. Weakened to a Cat 4 now. Still moving 1mph. Crazy
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Hurricane Dorian Intermediate Advisory Number 37A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019
200 PM EDT Mon Sep 02 2019
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND CATASTROPHIC WINDS CONTINUE
OVER GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...
SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.8N 78.4W
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM NE OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM E OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...938 MB...27.70 INCHES
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Dorian was located
near latitude 26.8 North, longitude 78.4 West. Dorian is moving very
slowly toward the west-northwest near 1 mph (2 km/h). A slow
westward to west-northwestward motion is forecast during the next
day or so, followed by a gradual turn toward the northwest and
north. On this track, the core of extremely dangerous Hurricane
Dorian will continue to pound Grand Bahama Island through much of
today and tonight. The hurricane will then move dangerously close
to the Florida east coast late tonight through Wednesday evening and
then move dangerously close to the Georgia and South Carolina coasts
on Wednesday night and Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 150 mph (240 km/h) with higher
gusts. Dorian is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Although gradual weakening is
forecast, Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during
the next couple of days.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from
the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km). Sustained winds of 56 mph (91 km/h) with a gust to
69 mph (111 km/h) was recently reported at a NOAA Coastal Marine
observing site at Settlement Point on the west end of Grand Bahama
Island. A wind gust to 48 mph (78 km/h) was recently report at
Juno Beach Pier, Florida.
The latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is 938 mb (27.70 inches).
I remember people using hatchets and other tools to break out of their attics onto their roofs during the flooding after Katrina...wouldn't surprise me to see this again, except the winds are still roaring while the water rises this time. Terrible situation.
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