Hurricane Ike is headed to eastern Cuba after blasting Grand Inagua Island in the southeast Bahama Islands this morning. Hurricane Hunter observations, Cuban radar, and satellite loops continue to show a that Ike remains a large and dangerous major hurricane with 120 mph winds. The latest 2:15 pm EDT center fix found a central pressure of 950 mb, up 1 mb from the 7:07 am EDT center fix. Microwave imagery (Figure 1) suggests that Ike has formed a second eyewall, conc... Read More
