[jeffers]

From this image, Gulf Coast region, Cat 2, forward motion 20 kts, it shows penetration of winds between 55 and 80 knots to a hundred miles, give or take, (match the color scales, there are several similar shades of red) and a very few areas of 80 to 90 knot winds.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/GC09020.GIF

[laz]

Hurricane force winds for the east coast from Palm Beach to the south.

They really should have used different colors instead of all those shades of red. ;)