The National Hurricane Center has released its 11pm advisory. Maximum sustained winds are currently 145 mph, with pressure dropping another 2mb to 918mb. Usually, with a lower pressure, you get higher winds. However, there is sometimes a lag, and that increase in winds may be evident in the next advisory.
The outer eye wall is becoming better defined. The National Hurricane Center believes that any decrease in intensity will be short-lived.
Next Update Will by Released by the NHC at 2am.


by Stephan Tawney on August 18, 2007