Ike Explodes Into Category 4 Hurricane, Winds 145 MPH

September 4, 2008

Ike became the fifth hurricane of the season less than 24 hours ago, and by this morning, it had exploded into a major category 4 storm.

Ike  had winds of 145 mph with gusts to 180.  Ike is expected that Ike will maintain category 3 or category 4 intensity over the next 48 hours. Hurricane Ike was 550 miles from the Leeward Islands.

Ike is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph, with a turn toward the west expected on Thursday and Friday. This will take Ike over the open waters of the west-central Atlantic during the next couple of days. It is too early to determine what if any land areas might eventually be affected by Ike, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hanna has weakened to tropical storm status as she approached the Bahamas with winds of 70 mph. The extended forecast for Hanna takes it into North or South Carolina early Saturday as a tropical storm.

Josephine remains a tropical storm with winds of 60 mph. It is expected to remain tropical storm in the central Atlantic in the five day forecast.

Comments

2 Responses to “Ike Explodes Into Category 4 Hurricane, Winds 145 MPH”

  1. Britney on September 7th, 2008 6:26 pm

    It is heading strait to us. We got to keep a close eye on this 1!!

  2. resident 3 on September 5th, 2008 12:04 pm

    We’ve really got to keep our eye on this one!

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