DISCUSSION
...KARL MAY BE AT MAXIMUM STRENGTH...
KARL shows an image on satellite photos that supports an intensity of 140 MPH, but cloud tops near the eye are beginning to warm--suggesting the hurricane has probably "maxed out". Track guidance is a little different than previous, but not substantially.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
[None at this time.]
STORM DATA
Fix Time: 5 AM ET/AT (1500Z)
Location: 20.1N by 47.5W, or 1025 miles E of the Lesser Antilles.
Vector: NNW at 12 MPH. This motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours.
Winds: 140 MPH 1-minute sustained. Strengthening is likely over the next 24 hours.
Pressure: 940 MB or 27.76"
Diameter of Hurricane Force Winds: 140 miles.
Diameter of Tropical Storm Force Winds: 400 miles.
Anticipated Landfall Time: N/A
Anticipated Landfall Location: N/A
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS
[None at this time.]
NEXRAD IMAGERY
[No portion of KARL is within 124 nautical miles of CONUS or Puerto Rico NEXRAD stations.]
SLOSH DATA
[None at this time.]
TOD DATA
[None at this time. TOD data will be calculated if and when hurricane warnings are posted for CONUS and apply only to CONUS territories.]
STATE-ISSUED OFFICIAL EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION
[There are no such documents for this system at this time.]
INTEREST WATCH AREA
KARL is only a threat to shipping.