SUMMARY OF 550 AM AST...0950 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.6N 61.5W ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM NE OF ANGUILLA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...948 MB...27.99 INCHES She is expected to turn north and split between the Eastern coast and Bermuda. She intensified into a cat 4 about 12 hrs sooner than expected and big storms sometimes have a mind of their own and don't follow the model predictions. My personal belief is she will brush the coastline closer than what is being predicated now.
...CATEGORY 4 ERIN CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY... ...OUTER RAINBANDS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.6N 62.0W ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM NE OF ANGUILLA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...935 MB...27.61 INCHES Since the 5 am advisory wind up 120 to 145 mph pressure down 955 to 935mb just a note: they keep saying WNW but the storm has tracked due W 19.8N at 5 am 19.6N at 8 am
