…Felix still Category Five…
…Top winds 165 mph…
…Will affect the NE Nicaraguan and the Honduran Coast early Tuesday…hopefully fast movement will preclude a major flooding disaster, but hopefully the Central American nations are preparing today for a disastrous wind and flood event. Fifi in this same area killed 8,000 people in 1974.
FAST FACTS 4 AM CDT….
LOCATION: 14.1 N…75.9 W OR 490 MILES EAST OF THE HONDURAN/NICARAGUAN BORDER
MOVEMENT: W-21 MPH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…165 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…929 MB
…Gulf Threat…looks to be minimal at this time. May not even make it into the Bay of Campeche after it moves into the southern Yucatan. The NOGAPS does carry it into the Bay of Campeche. The UKMET is the most northern of the models, but still carries it into the Mexican coast.
