Hurricane Earl – Day 9

Position: 33.8N 74.4W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [015°] near 18 mph [30 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 125 mph [195 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 951 mb ↑.

Currently about 115 miles [185 km] South-Southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Slightly cooler water and higher wind shear are starting to weaken Earl, but it is already affecting the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While it is not as bad as it was earlier, Earl is still a large hurricane.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bogue Inlet, North Carolina northeastward to the North Carolina-Virginia border including the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds and Westport, Massachusetts eastward around Cape Cod to Hull including Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Island

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for North of of the North Carolina-Virginia border to Cape Henlopen, Delaware and Nova Scotia from Medway Harbour to Digby.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Surf City to west of Bogue Inlet, North Carolina; 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; the coast of Long Island, New York from Fire Island Inlet eastward on the South Shore and Port Jefferson Harbor eastward on the North Shore; from New Haven Connecticut to west of Westport including Block Island; north of Hull, Massachusetts to the Merrimack River; and Stonington, Maine eastward to Eastport, Maine.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for north of the Merrimack River to west of Stonington, Maine; the coast of Long Island west of Fire Island Inlet on the South Shore and west of Port Jefferson Harbor on the North Shore; New Brunswick from the U.S.-Canada border eastward to Fort Lawrence and from Tidnish westward to Shediac; Nova Scotia from Fort Lawrence southwestward to Digby, Medway Harbour northeastward to Point Tupper and Aulds Cove westward to Tidnish; and Prince Edward Island.

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

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