Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Omar Becomes a Major Hurricane

Maximum sustained winds in hurricane Omar have increased to 115 mph, making the storm a very dangerous category three hurricane. The storm will move northeast across far eastern Puerto Rico and the northern Leeward Islands tonight through early Thursday. Omar will then race northeastward into the central and eventually northern Atlantic Ocean over the weekend. Tropical depression #16 is now over Honduras and has very little organization. Heavy rain will continue to be possible with this area of low pressure, but no further updates will be issued from the National Hurricane Center. Neither of these systems will have an effect on the weather of the U.S. mainland.

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