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Category 2 Hurricane Bill strengthens slightly
Miami (AFP) Aug 18, 2009 Hurricane Bill, a Category 2 storm that is the first of the Atlantic storm season, continued to strengthen Tuesday with wind speeds hitting 110 miles per hour (175 kilometers per hour), weather forecasters said. At 2100 GMT Tuesday, the hurricane was located about 635 miles (1,025 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands and heading west-northwestward toward the US mainland at nearly 16 mph (26 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. "West-northwest motion is expected to continue for tonight followed by a turn toward the northwest on Wednesday," forecasters said. The track projected for the hurricane will take it "well to the northeast" of the string of Caribbean islands. "Strengthening is forecast during the next day or two and Bill is expected to become a major hurricane tonight or Wednesday," the Miami-based center said. Earlier Tuesday, an Air Force reserve hurricane hunter plane was dispatched into the eye of the hurricane to take readings. Tropical Storm Claudette, which blew up in the Gulf Sunday and lashed Florida resorts with strong winds and heavy rain, weakened Monday to a tropical depression as it moved across the southern United States. Tropical Storm Ana, the first named storm of the season, also lost its punch as it moved quickly at maximum winds of 34 mph (55 kph) across the Caribbean, with all tropical storm watches discontinued in the region. In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Guillermo was moving northwest at about 22 mph (35 kph) on Tuesday morning. A day after weakening rapidly from a hurricane, the storm was 510 miles (821 km) northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and ends on November 30. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Hurricane Bill gains punch as first of Atlantic seasonMiami (AFP) Aug 17, 2009 The first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season, Bill, strengthened Monday as it churned toward the US mainland, while another sizeable storm lost punch at landfall in Florida, weather officials said. "Bill could become a major hurricane by Wednesday," and was likely to grow in intensity as it moved west-northwest at about 16 miles per hour (26 kilometers per hour) over the next couple ... read more |
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