Hurricane Fred Still A Category 2

September 9, 2009

Hurricane Fred has weakened to category two strength.

The center of Hurricane Fred was located near latitude 15.9 north, longitude 34.6 west or about 705 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

Fred is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph and a turn toward the northwest and then north-northwest with a decrease in forward speed is expected over the next couple  of days.

Satellite images indicate that the maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 105 mph with higher gusts. Fred is a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Additional weakening is expected during the next few days. Fred is expected to be a tropical storm by Saturday and just a low by Tuesday.

Fred is still forecast to turn nearly due north and head out into the open Atlantic without threatening the United States or any other land mass

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News