Hurricane Earl – Day 8

Position: 27.8N 73.8W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [330°] near 18 mph [30 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 140 mph [220 kph].
Wind Gusts: 165 mph [265 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 90 miles [150 km].
Minimum central pressure: 932 mb ↓.

Currently about 520 miles [840 km] South-Southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Earl went through an eye wall replacement cycle yesterday and then sucked in some dry air, but it seems to be recovering over the very warm water.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bogue Inlet, North Carolina northeastward to the North Carolina-Virginia border including the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for North of of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Cape Henlopen, Delaware and Woods Hole to Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts including Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Cape Fear to west of Bogue Inlet, North Carolina and from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Sandy Hook New Jersey including Delaware Bay south of Slaughter Beach and the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Sandy Hook New Jersey to Woods Hole, Massachusetts including Block Island and Long Island Sound and North of Sagamore Beach to the mouth of the Merrimack River, Massachusetts.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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