HURRICANE FLORENCE
* At 10 am, Alabama time, passing 60 miles NW of Bermuda
* Moving NNE at 13
* Increase in forward speed next 24 hours.
* Lowest pressure 972MB or 28.70 inches
* Highest sustained winds 90 mph (This is an increase)
* Not expected to grow much stronger
* Very large circulation, so dangerous surf and rip currents affecting part of US east coast
SPOT REPORT/BERMUDA CIVIL AIR TERMINAL
Just before 10 am, elevated wind instruments on Bermuda clocked a wind gus o 111 mph. At 9 am, CDT...rain/fog...wind south 66, gusts 83 mph
USA IMPACTS:
CHARLESTON
High Surf Advisory until 10 pm, EDT tomorrow (Tuesday. Swells have already reached the area. Breakers along the beach today will rise to 5 feet today and 5 to 7 feet Tuesday resulting in large battering waves. Conditions will be extremely hazardous through Tuesday and persons are urged to stay out of the water. Risk of rip currents is high. Beach erosion will continue along the beaches of of south coastal South carolina and north coastal Georgia through Tuesday. The erosion could become severe especially for erosion prone areas such as Tybee Island, Hunting Island, Edisto Beach and Folly Beach.
CAPE COD
High Surf Advisory through 8 PM, EDT tomorrow (Tuesday)...gusts to 30 mphlater today.
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C.
High Surf Advisory through noon Tuesday...wind gusts to 30 mph today
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NO. 7
* At 7 am, CDT, centered 495 miles ENE of Leeward Islands
* Latitude 20.5N, Longitude 55.1W
* Moving NW 7
* Sustained winds 35 mph
* May become tropical storm later today
* At 10 am, Alabama time, passing 60 miles NW of Bermuda
* Moving NNE at 13
* Increase in forward speed next 24 hours.
* Lowest pressure 972MB or 28.70 inches
* Highest sustained winds 90 mph (This is an increase)
* Not expected to grow much stronger
* Very large circulation, so dangerous surf and rip currents affecting part of US east coast
SPOT REPORT/BERMUDA CIVIL AIR TERMINAL
Just before 10 am, elevated wind instruments on Bermuda clocked a wind gus o 111 mph. At 9 am, CDT...rain/fog...wind south 66, gusts 83 mph
USA IMPACTS:
CHARLESTON
High Surf Advisory until 10 pm, EDT tomorrow (Tuesday. Swells have already reached the area. Breakers along the beach today will rise to 5 feet today and 5 to 7 feet Tuesday resulting in large battering waves. Conditions will be extremely hazardous through Tuesday and persons are urged to stay out of the water. Risk of rip currents is high. Beach erosion will continue along the beaches of of south coastal South carolina and north coastal Georgia through Tuesday. The erosion could become severe especially for erosion prone areas such as Tybee Island, Hunting Island, Edisto Beach and Folly Beach.
CAPE COD
High Surf Advisory through 8 PM, EDT tomorrow (Tuesday)...gusts to 30 mphlater today.
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C.
High Surf Advisory through noon Tuesday...wind gusts to 30 mph today
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NO. 7
* At 7 am, CDT, centered 495 miles ENE of Leeward Islands
* Latitude 20.5N, Longitude 55.1W
* Moving NW 7
* Sustained winds 35 mph
* May become tropical storm later today
on September 11, 2006, 1:06 pm
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