Hurricane Earl lashed the North Carolina coast last night and
this morning, September 3, and is now headed for Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. This morning's image from the GOES-13 satellite saw
Hurricane Earl's clouds covering most of the northeastern U.S.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as
GOES-13 captured an image of Hurricane Earl at 7:32 a.m. EDT this
morning, September 3. The image clearly showed a huge Hurricane
Earl northeast of North Carolina with cloud cover stretching over
the northeastern U.S. A disorganized Fiona was also seen southeast
of Earl near Bermuda. GOES satellites are operated by NOAA, and
images and animations are created by the NASA GOES Project at the
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Hurricane Warnings and Watches and Tropical Storm Warnings and
Watches were in effect today from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
For all warnings, visit: www.nhc.noaa.gov/.
At 8 a.m. EDT today, Earl was a Category 2 hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds near 105 with
higher gusts. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles
from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to
205 miles.
At 8 a.m. EDT Dare County (North Carolina) regional airport
North Carolina reported a wind gust to 70 mph. Estimated minimum
central pressure is 955 Millibars.
The National Weather Service forecast for Nags Head, North
Carolina for Friday calls for "Tropical storm conditions expected,
with hurricane conditions possible. Showers, mainly before 11am
with a high near 87. Northwest wind 45 to 55 mph decreasing to
between 25 and 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 75 mph." Nags
Head is currently under a hurricane warning.
Earl is about 130 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina and 395 miles south-southwest of Nantucket, Mass., near
36.2 North and 73.6 West. It was moving north-northeast near 18 mph
and is expected to turn toward the northeast between 8 p.m. EDT
tonight and 8 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Earl will approach southeastern
New England tonight.
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