With Cindy getting out of our hair, it's time to turn our attention and focus to the SE where Hurricane Dennis was already sporting 85 mph sustained winds late tonight with gusts over 100.
We have been saying for days that Dennis is going to be much more of a problem than Cindy and that is still the case. Late tonight he was centered about 245 miles ESE of Kingston, Jamaica moving WNW at 15. Sustained winds were near 85 mph and Dennis could become a strong Category 2 hurricane by the time he reaches Jamaica by Thursday afternoon.
Now, let's jump far to the NW where Dennis' future path is through the Gulf of Mexico. He is expected to become a major hurricane. In fact, by late Saturday the general guidelines show him over the SE Gulf with sustained winds of 120 and gusts to 150. At some point late Sunday night or early Monday morning, landfall is projected on the Gulf Coast. While the projected landfall is around Mobile, we caution as strongly as we know how that a projection that far ahead can have substantial error.
We are saying all of this to get the point across that Dennis will be a very serious hurricane. As far as who gets what, it will have to be a game of watching and waiting. We will keep updating Dennis on the 33/40 blog all the way through the weekend.
A late note about Cindy. Her circulation late tonight was somewhere over East-Central Alabama east of SE of the Birmingham area. Very difficult to tell the exact location. She will move on in to Georgia later tonight.
We have been saying for days that Dennis is going to be much more of a problem than Cindy and that is still the case. Late tonight he was centered about 245 miles ESE of Kingston, Jamaica moving WNW at 15. Sustained winds were near 85 mph and Dennis could become a strong Category 2 hurricane by the time he reaches Jamaica by Thursday afternoon.
Now, let's jump far to the NW where Dennis' future path is through the Gulf of Mexico. He is expected to become a major hurricane. In fact, by late Saturday the general guidelines show him over the SE Gulf with sustained winds of 120 and gusts to 150. At some point late Sunday night or early Monday morning, landfall is projected on the Gulf Coast. While the projected landfall is around Mobile, we caution as strongly as we know how that a projection that far ahead can have substantial error.
We are saying all of this to get the point across that Dennis will be a very serious hurricane. As far as who gets what, it will have to be a game of watching and waiting. We will keep updating Dennis on the 33/40 blog all the way through the weekend.
A late note about Cindy. Her circulation late tonight was somewhere over East-Central Alabama east of SE of the Birmingham area. Very difficult to tell the exact location. She will move on in to Georgia later tonight.
on July 6, 2005, 9:56 pm
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