Hurricane Dorian is creeping at one mile per hour to the west-northwest, pounding the northern Bahamas with sustained winds as high as 150 miles per hour, and gusts that are even higher.
"A slow westward to west-northwestward motion is forecast during the next day or so, followed by a gradual turn toward the northwest and north," said Senior Hurricane Specialist Daniel Brown in the National Hurricane Center's 1:00 p.m. update. "On this track, the core of extremely dangerous Hurricane Dorian will continue to pound Grand Bahama Island through much of today and tonight."
The 2 pm intermediate advisory on #Dorian is out: Life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic winds continue over Grand Bahamas Island. More: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/db3c2mN8PH
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic)
September 2, 2019 Forecasters say Dorian will move "dangerously close" to Florida late tonight through Wednesday, then will approach the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina Wednesday night through Thursday.
1 PM #HurricaneDorian Update: Winds are now down to 150 mph (Cat. 4) and the pressure is up to 938 mph. It is still moving WNW at 1 mph. The hurricane is slowly weakening due to interaction with the Islands and the U.S., shallow water and slow motion. #BeOn4 @WWLTV pic.twitter.com/KGMoyDFVJa
— Dave Nussbaum WWL-TV (@Dave_Nussbaum)
September 2, 2019
