2pm Update: Now a hurricane
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refres...l/281744.shtml?
Hurricane Dorian Intermediate Advisory Number 17A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019
200 PM AST Wed Aug 28 2019
...DORIAN BECOMES A HURRICANE NEAR ST. THOMAS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...
...MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONS OF HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS IN ST. THOMAS...
SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.3N 65.0W
ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM W OF ST. THOMAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 INCHES
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 20 miles (30 km) to the
north and east of the center.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km)
primarily to the east of the center.
An elevated weather station on Buck Island just south of St. Thomas
reported a sustained wind of 82 mph (132 km/h) and a gust of 111 mph
(178 km/h).
The estimated minimum central pressure from nearby observations is
997 mb (29.44 inches).
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