الخميس، 2 سبتمبر 2010

Hurricane Earl strengthened up to 140 mile per hour winds. Earl is still a category 4 hurricane and he's expected to stay that way today, then on Friday he is expected to gradually weaken.

Hurricane Earl is on the forecast track. The center of Earl will pass near the North Carolina outer banks tonight, and approach southeastern New England on Friday.

Even if the center of Earl remains offshore, hurricane force winds are expected to occur in the outer banks by tonight.

Listed below are the warnings in effect for Hurricane Earl.

A hurricane warning is in effect for:

Bogue Inlet North Carolina northeastward to the North Carolina/Virginia border, including the Pamlico and Albermarle sounds. Also, Westport Massachusetts eastward around Cape Cod to Hull including Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Island.

A hurricane watch is in effect for:

North of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Cape Henlopen Delaware.
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A tropical storm warning is in effect for:

Cape Fear to west of Bogue Inlet North Carolina. North of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Sandy Hook New Jersey, including Delaware Bay south of Slaughter Beach and the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort. The eastern portion of Long Island New York from Fire Island Inlet to Port Jefferson Harbour. New Haven Connecticut to west of Westport Massachusetts.

A tropical storm watch is in effect for:

North of Hull Massachusetts to Eastport Maine. The coast of Nova Scottia from Port Maitland to Medway Harbour. The coast of Long Island West of Fire Island Inlet and Port Jefferson Harbour.

Read about Tropical Storm Fiona and Tropical Depression Gaston on the next page.


Tropical Storm Fiona turned north-northwest and a tropical storm warning was issued for Bermuda. Fiona has winds of up to 50 miles per hour, however, these are expected to weaken gradually over the next 48 hours.

Through the night and the early morning, Tropical Storm Gaston weakened and became a tropical depression again. Gaston's winds are only 35 mile per hour, and the depression is moving west-northwest at 7 miles per hour.

Despite Gaston becoming a tropical depression again, some re-strengthening is forecast over the next 48 hours. His movement is expected to continue for the next couple of days.

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