53A being read
Ivan continues northward toward Gulf Coast...
Rush to complete preparations...
1pm CDT Center at lat 28.8 north , 88.2 degress west
170 miles sw alabama coast line,
moving north at 14 mph
expected to hit coast at very early hours thursday morning
continues as Cat 4, max sustained winds of 135 with higher gusts
station in La. reporting winds of 59
939 mb, 27.7 inches measure in last hour
They are going to have hurricane winds pretty soon!
They keep reporting "moving north" (and have been doing so now for over 3 hours!) and yet, the component of motion is clearly NNW. What *is* up with that?