Hurricane Ike splashing and spitting in Gulf

The buoy in the Gulf south of Dauphin Island, AL is giving us a good picture of the power of Hurricane Ike more than 200 miles away from it. The photo shows the wind speed and below are the readings (both at 8:50 a.m. CDT) Info from the National Data Buoy Center of NOAA.

	Wind Speed (WSPD):	29.1 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	36.9 kts
	Wave Height (WVHT):	24.9 ft

--steve buser