[conservative in nyc]

FYI - the URL auto updates, so the current track (0000Zulu on 8/31, which I think is 8PM Eastern today) is in Post 18.

kingu got Wake Island reported speed readings from somewhere (I don't know where, since there has been no NWS METAR update at Wake Airport (PWAK) since 8/28): 43 knot winds with 55 knot gusts. Was that from estimated or buoy data?

[HAL9000]

High-resolution Infrared image 0203Z

I'm getting a headache just looking at the eyewall on this thing.

I found some choppy animation of the storm. Judging from the last few frames, it looks like the eye will pass over Wake Island.

[kingu]

05:42Z
62.98 kph wind
80.09 kph gusts
77.90 air temp
83.84 water temp
970.20 mbars pressure

Still surprised the NOAA station on the island is still reporting, it really goes to show you how well they thought out their communication system. Still waiting for a new vapor image to come down from the Navy, don't expect one before midnight, though.