Hurricane Rafael – Day 4
Position: 25.1N 65.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [010°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 974 mb.
Currently about 500 miles [ 805 km] South of Bermuda.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.
An aircraft found that the storm had achieved hurricane strength, as it has been on the verge of doing for some time.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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