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Earl Loses Punch Heads for Cape Cod

September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Need to hit refresh to refresh the Radar image or click for larger image… Here’s part of the 5pm National Hurricane Center forecast: EARL HAS BEEN MOVING OVER COOLER WATER AND WEAKENING. BASED ON THE SATELLITE PRESENTATION AND EARLIER RECONNAISSANCE DATA…THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN LOWERED TO 70 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH CONTINUED WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED…EARL IS [...]

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Earl Passes Very Close To North Carolina Tonight

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Need to hit refresh to refresh the Radar image or click for larger image… Although weaker that it was earlier today, Earl is still a very large,  major hurricane at a category 3 with sustained maximum winds of 115 mph. Earl continues to move north at 18 mph and is 180 miles south of Cape [...]

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Earl Remains a Threat from North Carolina to New England

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Hurricane warnings have been posted from Bogue Inlet, NC up to the North Carolina/Virginia border including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. Hurricane watches are posted from the North Carolina/Virginia border north to Cape Henlopen, DE. Tropical Storm warnings are in effect from Cape Fear, NC to Bogue Inlet. As of 2pm EDT Earl remains a very [...]

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Category 4 Earl Looks to Just Graze U.S. East Coast

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Hurricane Earl, which has maintained it’s category 4 strength (max sustained winds 135 mph) since yesterday evening, looks to be weakening some as it goes through an eyewall replacement cycle. Another sign of weakening could because it is experiencing some wind shear on its western side. It is evident in the image above. The western [...]

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East Coast Watches & Waits for Hurricane Earl – Fiona Forms

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Earl became the second major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane this morning, and has continued to intensify since then. As of 5pm EDT, Earl had become a category 4 hurricane with sustained maximum winds of 135 mph and a central pressure 948 mb. It is moving west-northwest at 15 mph. Here is current forecast [...]

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