Hurricane Hanna – Labor Day
Position: 21.8 N 72.5 W. [10 PM CDT]
Movement: Nearly Stationary
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph.
Wind Gusts: 95 mph.
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles.
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles.
Minimum central pressure: 978 mb.
It is near the Caicos Islands waiting for a steering current.
[10 AM] Hanna is getting its act together and strengthening. It may actually be stronger than shown, but the forecasters are awaiting the arrival of a Hurricane Hunter aircraft shortly before making a major changes.
[12:30 AM] The pressure dropped like a rock and it spun up. A very nasty surprise for the Bahamas.