From the NHC 1pm update:
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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At 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the center of Hurricane Nate was located
near latitude 27.6 North, longitude 88.9 West.
Nate is moving
rapidly toward the north-northwest near 25 mph (40 km/h), and this
general motion is expected to continue through this evening. A turn
toward the north is forecast tonight, followed by a turn toward the
northeast on Sunday. On the forecast track, the center of Nate will
approach the mouth of the Mississippi during the next several hours
and will make landfall along the central U.S. Gulf Coast tonight.
Reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that
maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph (150 km/h) with higher
gusts. Strengthening is expected before landfall, and
Nate is
forecast to be a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale when the center reaches the Gulf Coast.Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km),
primarily to the east of the center and tropical-storm-force winds
extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km).
The minimum central pressure estimated from the Hurricane Hunter
aircraft data is 982 mb (29.00 inches).
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