4 P.M. WEATHER UPDATE: Felix Could Become Hurricane Tonight

By Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas

Sep. 1–Tropical Storm Felix continues to strengthen and could become a hurricane tonight, after drenching the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest statement.

The advisory states:

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.

AT 500 PM AST…2100Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS

LOCATED ABOUT 310 MILES EAST OF ARUBA AND ABOUT 395 MILES SOUTH

OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS

GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. FELIX COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

DATA FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM

FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES PRIMARILY TO

THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB…29.50 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.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100

PM AST.

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