Norbert gaining little strength. • 10.10.08
At 800 am PDT the center of Hurricane Norbert was located near latitude 20.6 north…longitude 113.4 west or about 275 miles…445 km…southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Norbert is moving toward the north near 10 mph…17 km/hr. A turn toward the north-northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight. A faster motion towards the northeast is expected on Saturday. On this track…the center of Norbert will be nearing the southern Baja California peninsula Saturday morning.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 100 mph…160km/hr…with higher gusts. Norbert is now a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours before Norbert reaches the Baja California coast. An Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate Norbert around midday.
