Date added: Sunday September 10,
2006: 12am EST
Florence Finally Revs Up as Hurricane
Aims at Bermuda; US Coast Seems Safe
By HurricaneNow.com Chief
Correspondent Jeff Flock
Huricane #2 Of 2006 Season
Finally, this obstinate storm has
intensified to hurricane strength as has been predicted
for the last few days. There should still be enough time
to strengthen further before encountering the only land
it figures to find: Bermuda. The current track still takes
it almost right over the island.
Almost Dead On
This will not be a pleasant experience
for the folks in Bermuda. It's a small island and in additon
to the winds and rain there should also be some nasty waves
lashing the island. This is a big system with tropical storm
force winds more than 250 miles out from the center. And
it has been churning the waters for a while which means
the waves are getting big. Here is the Bermuda swell chart
which predicts 16 foot waves on the coast and 25 foot seas
just offshore.
As for the when, it looks like
a storm hit of sometime Monday morning. And here's the latest
surf report from Bermuda indicating the highest waves on
Tuesday afternoon sometime after the storm hits.
US Coast Not In Danger
The storm has already started making
its turn to the north and will eventually curve northeast
and out to the open Atlantic. There is pretty high confidence
in this track. The worst we can expect on the US coast is
some good waves for the surfers.
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