Sept. 5 Tropics Report

As interpreted from several sites, such as the National Hurricane Center, Weather Underground (the weather site, not the 1970's anarchist group site. ;) ), and The Weather Channel.

Tropical Storm Hanna is now off the coast of Georgia, and rapidly heading for a landfall around the NC/SC border, with 70mph winds. Hanna is forecast to slowly weaken as it races up the US East Coast, bringing heavy rains and strong winds from South Carolina to eastern Canada over the next couple of days. The main nuisance from Hanna should be flooding, and watches/warnings are currently up in 15 eastern states.

Hurricane Ike is east of the Bahamas this evening, moving westward, and sporting winds of 115mph. This storm is expected to regain some of its old strength and regain Category 4 status as it approaches the southern tip of Florida by Tuesday or so. I'll follow up with more detailed updates as we get closer.

Finally, Tropical Storm Josephine is way out in the Atlantic with 40mph winds. This is one of those storms that is destined to stay out in the open waters. No problems except for ships and fish.