Position: 15.5N 61.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 160 mph [260 kph].
Wind Gusts: 190 mph [305 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 125 miles [205 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 924 mb ↓.

Currently about 270 miles [ 435 km] Southeast of St. Croix and about 0 miles [ 0 km] Northwest of Dominica.

At 6:45PM CDT A Hurricane Hunter found that Maria was now a Category 5 hurricane near Dominica. Maria made landfall on Dominica at 8:35PM CDT.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Kitts, Nevis, & Montserrat; U.S. Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico, Vieques, & Culebra.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Antigua & Barbuda; Saba & St. Eustatius; St. Maarten; Anguilla; St. Lucia; Martinique.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Saba & St. Eustatius; St. Maarten; Anguilla; St. Martin & St. Barthelemy; the coast of the Dominican Republic from Isla Saona to Puerto Plata.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for St. Vincent & the Grenadines; the coast of the Dominican Republic from west of Puerto Plata to the northern Dominican Republic-Haiti border.

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Position: 35.2N 71.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 975 mb ↑.

Currently about 420 miles [ 675 km] South of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Hull, Massachusetts, including Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the coast of Long Island from Fire Island Inlet to Port Jefferson, and from New Haven, Connecticut, to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

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Position: 15.1N 43.0W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1007 mb.

Currently about 1265 miles [2035 km] West of the Cabo Verde Islands.

This is the final NHC advisory.

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

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