Air Force Hurricane Hunters Find TS Earl; Advisories Starting Soon
The NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Storm Earl before 11 a.m. today.
The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter found a 34 knot surface wind and a defined center just before 9:45 on the inbound leg in the northwestern quadrant of the storm. The center is southwest of Jamaica. The plane is on the outbound leg now in the southeast quadrant, where it has found a 35 knot surface wind. The strongest winds will probably be on the northeast side of course.
The pressure at the center was 1002 mb.
The GFS brings the center to Belize tomorrow night and briefly into the Bay of Campeche before final landfall in Northeast Mexico.
The storm will have no impact on Alabama.
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