![]() ![]() These swells will begin to increase along portions of the southeastern United States coast and Bermuda today. Swells generated by Maria are affecting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the northern coast of Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas. On the forecast track, Maria should move away from the Bahamas into the open waters of the western Atlantic today. The estimated minimum central pressure is 952 millibars.Ī turn toward the north is expected on Sunday, Sept. Fluctuations in intensity are expected during the next couple of days. Maria is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Maximum sustained winds are now near 120 mph (195 kph) with higher gusts. Maria was moving toward the north-northwest near 9 mph (15 kph), and the National Hurricane Center expects this general to continue through tonight. That's about 165 miles (270 km) east-northeast of San Salvador and 340 miles (545 km) east of Nassau. EDT (0900 UTC) on Saturday, Septemthe center of Hurricane Maria was located near 24.8 degrees north latitude and 72.0 degrees west longitude. Maria was moving past the Bahamas and regained a clear eye. NOAA's GOES East satellite provided this visible view of Hurricane Maria on Saturday, Sept. ![]() The National Hurricane Center noted on Saturday, Septemthat warnings on Maria were discontinued for the Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands while high swells are expected to increase along portions of the Southeastern United States coast. NOAA manages the GOES East satellite and the NASA/NOAA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The GOES image also showed Maria is experiencing about 15 knots of southwesterly vertical wind shear, "which is likely the reason for an asymmetric distribution of convection in the eyewall at this time," said National Hurricane Center forecaster Jack Beven. The National Hurricane Center noted of the image, "the 35 nautical mile wide eye has become better defined in satellite imagery." EDT Maria was moving past the Bahamas and regained a clear eye. The next day, NOAA's GOES East satellite provided a visible view of Hurricane Maria. ![]() At the time of the image Maria's eye had become filled in with high clouds. EDT (17:45 UTC) Hurricane Maria was over Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the hurricane. ![]()
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