Hurricane Ike
Ike became a hurricane and currently sports maximum sustained winds of 135, a Category 4! See track
Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog states:
The longer term fate of Ike remains uncertain–as usual. The three long-range models (ECMWF, GFS, and NOGAPS) all forecast Ike will recurve on Tuesday. This recurvature will happen between South Florida and the central Bahama Islands, taking Ike out to sea or very near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The timing and strength of trough of low pressure expected to turn Ike north is uncertain at this time. This will depend, in part, how strong Hanna gets, since Hanna will be interacting with this trough. Ike could turn sooner than the models predict, affecting just the Bahamas, or later than predicted, taking it through South Florida, the Florida Keys, or Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico. The models will have a clearer picture of things by Friday, when Hanna will make its intentions known. I don’t have a guess at this point which way Ike will go.
Hanna is expected to become a hurricane between Thursday and Friday.
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