September 10, 2006.
1038.
Caribbean Sea Satellite.
The swath of the storm is significant and will affect the east coast of the USA. It will of course turn north but the 'eye' which is currently at 976 millibars (A change of 16 millibars in the past six hours compared to a stable system over the past 72 hours which oscillated between 1003 and 992 central pressure.) and falling. This storm could accelerate quickly to a Cat 2 or low 3 before making landfall. The 'eye' may very well make landfall as high in latitude as the northeast area of New Jersey, New York and Long Island.
It nearly doesn't matter because the rain bands will deliver the water to the entire east coast that will result in substantial flooding.
There are currently no active storms in the Eastern Pacific but at about the same time Florence made Cat One a tropical depression showed up in the Western Pacific.
