HURRICANE IKE Update – 05 September 2008.
Hurricane IKE is located approximately 450 miles north of the Leeward Islands with westerly forward movement that will place it near the Bahamas by Sunday, September 07. The storm is undergoing strength changes but is still a very dangerous Catagory 3 hurricane with additional strengthening probable. Persons in South Florida as well as the Gulf Coast States and the Southeastern States should be monitoring this storm. It has a very wide track possibility at this time and many coastal communities could be at risk. We will post more precise tracking information later this weekend when the steering currents are more well defined. Persons in the Miami area should be particularly alert to this storm.
Please use the first link below for Tropical System information and the second link below for active watches, warnings and data.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.gov/largemap.php
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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”
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