Hurricane Sam – Day 4
Position: 13.5N 49.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 145 mph [230 kph].
Wind Gusts: 170 mph [275 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [165 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 943 mb.
Currently about 990 miles [1595 km] East-Southeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
A small storm but now a Major Hurricane. Moved up from Cat Three to Cat Four in 6 hours.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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