It's official - Lisa a hurricane

[dhweather]

HURRICANE LISA ADVISORY NUMBER 50
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI OCT 01 2004

..AND YET ANOTHER HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC...NO THREAT TO LAND...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT LISA HAS REACHED HURRICANE
STRENGTH...BECOMING THE EIGHTH HURRICANE OF THE 2004 ATLANTIC
SEASON. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LISA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.1 WEST OR ABOUT
980 MILES... 1580 KM... WEST OF THE AZORES.

LISA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH ...35 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE REACHED NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...38.4 N... 45.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA

[WeatherEmperor]

and its also official that Lisa will be a fish. lol.

<RICKY>

[Aquawind]

Wow...There is alot of energy being tapped and transported this year.. It must be Global Warming or something like it..lol