HURRICANE DANIELLE:
AT 4:00 PM......THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.7 WEST. DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.... THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH......WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DANIELLE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS...AND GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE ON SUNDAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES......FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185
MILES....
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.

TROPICAL STORM EARL:

AT 4:00 PM ......THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.2 WEST. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH.... A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF EARL WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH.....WITH HIGHER GUSTS. EARL IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON SUNDAY. A NOAA P-3 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AREA SOON AND GIVE A BETTER ESTIMATE OF THE INITIAL INTENSITY AND SIZE OF EARL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.



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