It is one of the freshman move-in days at Samford today…and my son Nicholas a freshman this year.
But it’s hot! Tell you something you don’t know already, right?
89F at Birmingham at 11 a.m. On track for a high in the upper 90s.
FAST FACTS ON DEAN…10 A.M. CDT
LOCATION: 17.0 N…75.1 W…130 ESE of KINGSTON
MOVEMENT: W-18
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…145 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…926 MB/27.34 INCHES
Not much change in thinking. Wind field has broadened a bit, which keeps it lower than one would expect with the central pressure. There is still a concentric eyewall structure. Eventually, this structure changes. As the hurricane goes over waters with high oceanic heat content, it should begin to intensify and will become a category five hurricane again in the next 24 hours.
It looks like the eyewall of the hurricane will affect Jamaica over the next several hours.
Grand Cayman and the Caymans will be the next concern.
Hurricane warnings have been issued for the Yucatan. The Yucatan will knock the stuffing out of the hurricane, dropping it to a category two or three storm.
