CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Updated forecasts from the National Hurricane Center present Hurricane Tammy strengthening to a Category 2 storm Sunday.
As of 5 a.m., the middle of Hurricane Tammy was positioned close to latitude 18.5 North, longitude 62.3 West. Tammy is transferring towards the north-northwest close to 10 mph and this common movement is anticipated by way of Sunday, adopted by a flip towards the north or north-northeast on Monday.
On the forecast monitor, the middle of Tammy will transfer additional away from the northernmost Leeward Islands later Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are close to 85 mph with greater gusts. Some strengthening is feasible Sunday adopted by fluctuations in power thereafter.
Live 5 First Alert Meteorologist Chris Holtzman stated storm tracks proceed to point out Tammy staying out to sea and away from the U.S. coast. As of Sunday morning, sturdy winds have been anticipated to proceed for a number of extra hours for the northernmost Leeward Islands.
Hurricane-force winds prolong outward as much as 25 miles from the middle and tropical-storm-force winds prolong outward as much as 140 miles.
The estimated minimal central strain is 992 mb or 29.30 inches.
Forecasters are additionally watching an space of low strain over the southwestern Caribbean sea that’s producing showers and storms.
But Holtzman stated the system will seemingly attain land over Central America earlier than it has an opportunity to develop right into a tropical melancholy or turn into a named storm.
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