Hurricane Maria – Day 3
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.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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