Well, it's done and over with for the most part. Winds are only at 70 mph peak. the eye is gone. Its lost over 75% of its original power. I give it 24 hours before its a TS. Then anopther 24-48 hours for it to die down to normal thunderstorms.. By that time it will be on the east coast states somewhere - meteorologists are predicting west virginia/maryland area..
Here is a map of what it looks like right now. It may look like a bad storm still. It is, dont get me wrong.. But its not very powerful at all. In fact I am still suprised they are still calling it a hurricane. The speeds aren't hurricane speeds anymore, but more of TS speeds.
Power outages are all over the north gulf between LA and FL. So it may be a few days before we hear from JS again. Too bad it didnt hit here - no work for like a week ! hahaha !
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"Around 2 a.m. CT, Hurricane Ivan made landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricane with 130 mph winds near Gulf Shores, Ala., just east of Mobile Bay and just west of Pensacola. From southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, Ivan lashed the area with torrential, wind-swept rain and destructive winds. Wind gusts above hurricane force were felt in Pensacola, Fla., (98 mph) and Dauphin Island, Ala. (102 mph). Destin, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., gusted between 60 and 75 mph while Valparaiso, Fla., gusted to 90 mph. Ivan has spawned tornadoes from northern Florida into southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama with deaths reported near Panama City and Tallahassee. Mobile picked up 5.5 inches of rain. Waves as high as 50 feet were measured 75 miles south of Dauphin Island. Ivan is now steadily moving northward through Alabama. At midmorning, sustained winds of 72 mph were reported at Demopolis, Ala. Meridian, Miss., and Montgomery, Ala., have had wind gusts over 60 mph. Mainly tree and power line damage will continue northward through eastern Mississippi Alabama and western Georgia. Montgomery has already picked up between 4 and 6 inches of rain through 10 a.m. CDT. Flood watches extend from Alabama, much of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle northward to southern Ohio, most of West Virginia and western Maryland in anticipation of Ivan's very wet north-to-northeast track over the next 2 days.
Meanwhile, now Hurricane Jeanne, after battered Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Wednesday, is now raking the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with 80-mph sustained winds. On Wednesday afternoon, San Juan, Puerto Rico reported wind gusts up to 45 mph. San Juan then experienced very heavy rains and at times rainfall rates were about a half an inch to an inch an hour. St. Thomas, V. I., also was hammered on Wednesday afternoon by wind gusts over 50 mph. It will probably continue to strengthen as it swirls through the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas late this week and weekend.
Hurricane Javier in the eastern Pacific is heading northwestward to off the west side of Baja California. Javier should steadily weaken as it heads northward. Tropical storm watches are already in effect for southern Baja."
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http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/
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