September 12th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Ike continues to strengthen this morning and will likely reach category 3 strength by this afternoon or early evening. Hurricane Ike has 105 MPH sustained winds, which is a strong category 2 hurricane. The size of Hurricane Ike is impressive as the storm takes up about 85% of the Gulf of Mexico this morning. [...]
September 11th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Ike continues to strengthen this morning with sustained winds of 100 mph. Hurricane Ike is moving towards much warmer sea surface temperatures this morning. The current sea surface temperatures are in the mid 80’s, however as Ike moves to the west over the next 12 hours, the hurricane will move over sea surface temperatures [...]
September 8th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
All eyes are obviously on Hurricane Ike this morning and will likely continue to be on the minds of the public along the Gulf Coast through this week.
The good news with Hurricane Ike is that the hurricane is moving over central Cuba and weakening rapidly from a category 4 to category 2 hurricane in [...]