The most impressive and most powerful hurricane of the year is barrelling towards the Eastern Leeward Islands this morning. It jumped from 105mph/970mb at 5am to 125mph/948mb at 11am. It is now a strong category III storm and may be category IV before its all over. Interests in the islands should batten down big time today; the islands will be under the effect of Hurricane Georges by this time tomorrow. Any CASI Members on the islands are urged to contact me to report on your thoughts and preparations for this storm. A minimal Tropical Storm Hermine is SE of Louisiana this morning, just declared at 11am. It is heading Northeast. For more information on either of these storms, travel to: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/8/ for links to some very impressive Satellite shots of Georges and some radar shots of developing Hermine. And don't forget to keep an eye on surface observations during Georges at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface/ -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 ||