NOAA studies hurricane formation | Main | FLORENCE REACHES HURRICANE STRENGTH
September 8, 2006
Florence churns...
Florence is still out in the Atlantic, churning away. The NHC still says she will become a hurricane. Although the Caribbean and US seems out of harm's way on this one, Bermuda seems to be dead center of the current projected path.
...FLORENCE SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE...
THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE WILL LIKELY ISSUE WATCHES OR WARNINGS
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.6 WEST OR ABOUT 445
MILES...720 KM...NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT
830 MILES...1340 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ALTHOUGH FLORENCE HAS NOT STRENGTHENED...CONDITIONS APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR INTENSIFICATION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 405 MILES...650 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...22.1 N...57.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.