subject: Hurricane Igor a Category 4, Tropical Storm Julia forms [print this page] Post by (christian louboutin schuhe) Sep 2010
Hurricane Igor could strengthen into a Category 5 hurricane, given the fact that it was 6 mph shy of the threshold. At 8 a.m. EDT, Igor was about 900 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving west at 13 mph with sustained winds of 150 mph.
The projected path has Igor approaching Bermuda over the weekend, meaning the U.S. east coast will have to keep an eye on the hurricane.
Tropical Storm Julia, meanwhile, emerged in the eastern Atlantic on Sunday night. The storm is projected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane over the next five days and head northwest into the Atlantic. For now, it's too early to tell where the storm might go.
At 8 a.m. EDT, Julie, the tenth named storm of the season, was 85 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, moving northwest at 14 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph.
The tropical disturbance in the central Caribbean that we've been watching for the past few days appears headed toward Mexico's Yucatan.
A tropical disturbance in the central Caribbean appears to be headed toward Mexico's Yucatan.
As of 8 a.m. on Monday, the National Hurricane Center gave it a 40 percent chance of developing over the next 48 hours. The next named storm will be Karl.
Hurricane Igor could strengthen into a Category 5 hurricane, given the fact that it was 6 mph shy of the threshold. At 8 a.m. EDT, Igor was about 900 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving west at 13 mph with sustained winds of 150 mph.
