Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Dolly Update 4:00 PM

From the National Hurricane Center:

THE EYE OF DOLLY MADE LANDFALL OVER SOUTHERN PADRE ISLAND EARLIERTODAY AS A BORDERLINE CATEGORY ONE TO CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THESAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THE MINIMUM PRESSURE AT LANDFALLREPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 967 MB AND WINDS WEREESTIMATED BETWEEN 80 AND 85 KNOTS. THE EYE IS NOW PARTIALLY INLANDOVER FAR SOUTH TEXAS AND BECAUSE THE CIRCULATION IS ALREADYINTERACTING WITH LAND.

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