The dreaded slow forward movement provides additional time needed to strengthen, and dump torrential rains.
Sally is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h).
This general motion is expected to continue today, followed by a
decrease in forward speed and a turn toward the northwest tonight
and a northward turn sometime on Tuesday. On the forecast track,
the center of Sally will move over the north-central Gulf of Mexico
today, approach southeastern Louisiana tonight, and make landfall
in the hurricane warning area on Tuesday or Tuesday night.
Afterward, Sally is expected to move slowly north-northeastward
near the northern Gulf Coast through Wednesday.Forecaster Brown
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...and it’s also moving over 85 degree bathwater. Not a good combination.