AT 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TAMMY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH, LONGITUDE 60.2 WEST OR ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H). A NORTHWARD TURN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A SLOWER NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH (155 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY, FOLLOWED BY WEAKENING THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK. TAMMY IS FORECAST TO BECOME A POWERFUL POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BY THURSDAY.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 969 MB (28.62 INCHES).
AT 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TAMMY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH, LONGITUDE 60.2 WEST OR ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H). A NORTHWARD TURN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A SLOWER NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH (155 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY, FOLLOWED BY WEAKENING THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK. TAMMY IS FORECAST TO BECOME A POWERFUL POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BY THURSDAY.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 969 MB (28.62 INCHES).
