Hurricane Felix Intermediate Advisory Number 5a
Nws Tpc/national Hurricane Center Miami Fl Al062007
800 Pm Ast Sat Sep 01 2007

...felix Becomes A Hurricane...new Watch For Jamaica...

At 8 Pm Ast...0000 Utc...the Government Of Jamaica Has Issued A Tropical Storm Watch For Jamaica. A Tropical Storm Watch Means That Tropical Storm Conditions Are Possible Within The Watch Area...generally Within 36 Hours.

A Tropical Storm Warning Remains In Effect For The Islands Of Aruba...bonaire And Curacao. A Tropical Storm Warning Means That Tropical Storm Conditions Are Expected Within The Warning Area Within The Next 24 Hours.

Interests Elsewhere In The Central And Western Caribbean Sea Should Closely Monitor The Progress Of This System.

For Storm Information Specific To Your Area...including Possible Inland Watches And Warnings...please Monitor Products Issued By Your Local Weather Office.

At 800 Pm Ast...0000z...the Center Of Hurricane Felix Was Located Near Latitude 12.6 North...longitude 66.0 West Or About 155 Miles...250 Km East-northeast Of Bonaire And About 270 Miles...435 Km...east Of Aruba.

Felix Is Moving Toward The West Near 18 Mph...30 Km/hr...and This General Motion Is Expected To Continue During The Next 24 Hours. On This Track...felix Will Be Passing Near Or To The North Of The Islands Of Aruba...bonaire And Curacao Late Tonight Or Early Sunday Morning.

Reports From A Noaa Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Indicate That Maximum Sustained Winds Have Increased To Near 75 Mph...120 Km/hr...with Higher Gusts. This Makes Felix A Category One Hurricane On The Saffir-simpson Hurricane Scale. Additional Strengthening Is Expected During The Next 24 Hours.

Data From The Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer On Board The Hurricane Hunter Indicate That Hurricane Force Winds Extend Outward Up To 15 Miles...25 Km...from The Center And Tropical Storm Force Winds Extend Outward Up To 140 Miles...220 Km...primarily To The North Of The Center.

The Latest Minimum Central Pressure Reported By The Hurricane Hunter Is 993 Mb...29.32 Inches.

Rainfall Amounts Of 2 To 4 Inches Are Possible Over The Offshore Islands Of Venezuela And The Netherlands Antilles Islands Of Aruba...bonaire And Curacao.

Repeating The 800 Pm Ast Position...12.6 N...66.0 W. Movement Toward...west Near 18 Mph. Maximum Sustained Winds...70 Mph. Minimum Central Pressure...999 Mb.

The Next Advisory Will Be Issued By The National
Hurricane Center At 1100 Pm Ast.

Looks like Jamaica is going through what we went through in GB three years ago.

This hurricane is getting fiesty man. It mashed down parts of Mexico.

This hurricane is getting fiesty man. It mashed down parts of Mexico.


Hurricane Felix is 4 days away from Mexico, expected to hit Thursday.

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Aruba readies for Hurricane Felix; tropical storm kills 6 in Acapulco
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Residents stocked up on groceries, flashlights and plywood to board up windows and doors ahead of Hurricane Felix, which was forecast to pass just north of the Dutch Caribbean island Sunday morning.

Authorities issued a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning for Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao on Saturday evening.

Earlier in the day Felix brought heavy rains and strong winds to Grenada as a tropical storm, snapping small boats loose from their moorings, temporarily knocking out local radio and TV stations and toppling utility lines. No injuries were reported.

In Aruba, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) off the coast of Venezuela, a line of jittery residents and hotel employees snaked through a hardware store in the capital of Oranjestad to purchase supplies.

"This kind of weather doesn't usually make it to Aruba, so people are definitely worried," said store cashier Mark Werleman.

The airport was reported busy but calm as tourists got on flights.

At 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT), Felix was centered roughly 230 kilometers (145 miles) east of Aruba, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was a Category 1 hurricane with top sustained winds of 129 kph (80 kph), up from 120 kph (75 mph) a few hours earlier, and higher gusts.

Felix, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to continue strengthening over the next 24 hours and was moving west at about 30 kph (18 mph). Forecasters said satellite images showed Felix steadily expanding in size.

A tropical storm watch was also issued by the government of Jamaica, which was battered by Hurricane Dean on Aug. 19.

Felix was on track to pass near Honduran resort islands Tuesday and plow into Belize on Wednesday.

On Honduras' Roatan Island, home to luxury resorts and pristine reefs, the weather was normal and guests were simply enjoying their vacations, said Mayan Princess Beach Resort & Spa employee Arturo Rich.

"We aren't evacuating people yet, but maybe on Monday" as the storm gets closer, he said.

The storm ripped roofs off at least two homes and destroyed a popular concert venue in the southern Caribbean island of Grenada. Orchards were left in ruin.

Jess Charles, 29, said he and his family hunkered down in their house in the town of Calliste as the storm's winds howled outside.

"It was really very, very scary," Charles told The Associated Press. "The wind was blowing so hard we thought our roof might come off."

Felix also spawned thunderstorms and downed trees in Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Those islands reported only minor damage.

Rebecca Waddington, a meteorologist at the hurricane center, advised employees of oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to monitor Felix's progress and said the storm could reach the area in four to five days.

Along the Pacific coast of Mexico, meanwhile, authorities discontinued storm warnings as Tropical Storm Henriette moved out to sea.

Henriette dumped heavy rain on western Mexico earlier, loosening a giant boulder that smashed into a home in Acapulco, killing an adult and two children and injuring two other people.

A teenager and her two brothers were also killed when a landslide slammed into their house in a poor neighborhood of the resort city.

With maximum sustained winds of 110 kph (70 mph), the storm was expected to become a hurricane Sunday. But forecasters put it on a path that would not threaten land until Thursday, when it could hit a remote section of the Baja California peninsula. (AP)


Thanks for the correction.........it was a tropical strorm that mashed up Acapulco.