Hurricane Ike appears ready to emerge back over water after cutting across the middle third of Cuba during the night. Wide satellite imagery shows outflow bands from Hurricane Ike beginning to sweep across southern Florida.
The 7 am CDT advisory from the National Hurricane center puts the center of Hurricane Ike at Latitude 21.1 North and Longitude 77.9 West -- 20 miles directly south of Camaquey, Cuba's third largest city. It is moving west near 14 mph and a west to west-northwest motion is expected over the next day or two. "
"On this track the center of Ike will move over or very near central Cuba today ... and
emerge into the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico by late Tuesday."
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...155
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS IKE MOVES
OVER CENTRAL CUBA TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
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