105 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River
185 mi SSE of Biloxi, MS
Moving NW at 7mph
Sustained winds 70mph, 976mb
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles
"Data buoy 42363 had sustained 62kts at 4 am. You trying to tell me that this doesnt have hurricane winds around it somewhere?"
The big drop in forward speed is not good news. This means one of two things:
1. (Most likely) It stays on current course and pounds the coast for 24-48 hours (or more)
or
2. It is getting ready to change direction (possibly to a more northerly course).
Most of the models have predicted #1 with only a couple outliers predicting #2.
will obama break down?
let's hope it becomes the storm that never happens
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