Hurricane Ike has just bombed in the Atlantic, and SE Florida is now in the five-day cone.
2100 GMT: 70 knots, 984 mb
0000 GMT: 100 knots, 960 mb.
That's 24 mb lost in three hours. Either there's a serious analysis error, or Ike dropped 24 mb in three hours. More below the fold.
National Hurricane center
Ike is forecast to intensify, though not at the current rate. Roughly speaking, Ike will head westward, and is expected to be in the vicinity of the southeast Bahamas in three days as a strong Cat 3 or a minimal Cat 4. The five-day cone includes all but western Cuba, the north 2/3 of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and greater Miami-Ft. Lauderdale.
Meanwhile, Hanna's winds are up to 65 mph as she organizes herself. Her predicted track has shifted well to the east -- she is expected to merge into the Carolina coast near Wilmington early Saturday morning, and will roughly parallel the East Coast as a fast-moving tropical storm, clearing eastern Maine Sunday afternoon and smacking Newfoundland Monday afternoon. Of course, this can all change with the 11 PM advisory.
Josephine looks like she will spin out into the North Atlantic and deteriorate.