TROPICAL STORM HANNA - September 03-05, 2008

* Tropical Storm Hanna *
Post last updated Friday, September 05, 2008
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AS OF 11:00pm EDT: MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL... IT WOULD ONLY TAKE A SMALL INCREASE IN WIND SPEED FOR HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL AND HANNA SHOULD BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM BY EARLY SUNDAY...

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TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES... MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER...

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THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 978 MB... 28.8 INCHES...

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More Up-To-Date Info on:
TROPICAL STORM HANNA, HURRICANE IKE
and TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE at...
NOAA’s Official Website - HERE
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Latest Satellite Imagery at links below...

- Atlantic Floater Imagery Visible Loop

- Atlantic Floater Imagery Color Infrared Loop.
Info/Map & Satellite Imagery by NWS TPC... National Hurricane Center, Miami FL/SSD
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NOTE: This will be my last update on HANNA.

And then we have Hurricane IKE......

AubreyJ.........