Note: Sorry for not updating the site more periodically on Saturday, but I was at work, and continue to struggle with my bad back. I'll try to do a bit better. Jim Williams of Hurricane City will be having live broadcasts on the developing situation with Hurricane Ike in the tropics starting at 9:00 PM tonight.

See the other past storms that have been in the same location as Hurricane Ike, and the latest info courtesy of the Hurricaneville ticker. Also, check out what happened on this date in Hurricaneville History. Greg Machos has just finished updating the Hurricaneville RSS feed. See the latest news on Hurricane Ike, which may threaten the United States coastline anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to the Upper Texas coast.

• GWC Time Lapse--September 6, 2008--Hanna Brings Wind And Rain To NJ
• Hurricane Ike Looms As A Major Threat For Gulf Coast
• Hanna Was Brief But Brought Some Wild Weather To Jersey
• Hanna Is Coming This Way!
• Last Advisory Issued On Josephine
• All Is Quiet For Now Along Northern Jersey Shore
• Hurricaneville Storm Report--1:45 PM EDT--September 5, 2008
• Tropical Storm Warning Is Now In Effect Along Jersey Shore To Sandy Hook
• Ike Loses Some Punch, But Is Still A Major Hurricane
• Hanna Showing Signs Of Strengthening
• Tropical Storm Watch Extended Further North Along Jersey Coast
• Ike Poses A Very Serious Problem For Florida And Southeast Early Next Week

More articles are on the way, and some will be posted today. You can also interact with others on this storm by posting on the message board.

A Hurricane Warning remains in effect the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Las Tunas and Granma, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus, and Matzanas. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of La Habana, Ciudad de Habana, Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of Youth. In the United States, a Hurricane Watch and a Tropical Storm Warning are in effect for the Florida Keys from Ocean Reef southward including the Dry Tortugas including Florida Bay. Andros Island and Ragged Island in the Bahamas are under Tropical Storm Warning also. Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Cayman Islands as well as Jamaica. Do you know your Watches and Warnings?

The Tri-County Red Cross of New Jersey located in Plainfield and Elizabeth is having a Major Disaster Volunteer Drive for the rest of this year. See details. If you do not see any updates to the home page, feel free to visit the blog for any new updates there.

Hurricane Ike is now the only show in town, and made a bit of a comeback for a while this past weekend. After weakening to a strong Category Two storm on Saturday morning as forecasted late last week, Ike rejuvenated itself back to Category Four strength on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The storm then weakened to a Category Three storm before making landfall at about 9:45 PM EDT, on Sunday night on the North Coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin near the town of Punto de Sama.

The storm is currently located about 20 miles south of Camaguey, Cuba. Its maximum sustained winds have decreased to 100 miles per hour still making it a strong Category Two storm. Minimum central pressure has risen to 960 millibars, or 28.35 inches of Hg (Mercury). A wind gust of 111 miles per hour was reported in the village of Banes in the Cuban province of Holguin on Sunday. In a period of about 30 hours from late Tuesday night into early Thursday morning, Ike underwent a major transformation thanks to a rapid intensitification that saw a pressure drop of 61 millibars.

Ike, which is a very compact storm, has grown a bit with hurricane force winds extending 60 miles from its eye, and tropical storm force winds reaching 200 miles. The storm is still moving to the West at 14 miles per hour. The latest NHC discussion has revealed that Ike is weakening as projected due to the interaction with the mountainous terrain of Cuba. Mountains on the island are as high as 7,000 feet. The eye is still visible, but the eyewall surrounding it has been "degraded."

Ike is continuing to move in a westward direction across Cuba. Talk on the Weather Channel this morning considered the possibility that Ike might go back out over water again south of the island. High pressure continues to be a dominant player at the moment, and Ike is forecast to move in a more West to West-Northwest motion over the next over the next couple days. However, over time, Ike is expected to encounter a weakness in the trough, and turn more to the right. The storm should be emerging back over the Guf in the next 36 hours, and conditions there are conducive for it to re-energize itself significantly. Intensity forecasts are calling for the hurricane to be a Category Three storm again within 96 hours

Rainfall amounts with Ike are expected to be between 6 to 10 inches with isolated amounts of up to 20 inches on Cuba. Additional rainfall could tally between 4 to 8 inches in the Southeastern Bahamas, 3 to 5 inches along Northern Hispaniola, and 1 to 3 inches in the Florida Keys. Storm surge levels could range between 9 to 12 feet above normal along with battering waves. Areas in the Florida Keys could see tide levels between 2 to 4 feet above normal. Ike will also generate large swells and rip currents along the Southeastern United States coast. Elsewhere in the tropics, we are still watching the progress of Josephine's remnants, and at the moment, they are poorly organized. They are located some 1,200 miles from East of the Northern Leeward Islands, and producing intermittent showers. See the Tropical Weather Outlook and Discussion.

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