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Hurricane Grace Update Statement
2021-08-19 11:52:43| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
Issued at 450 AM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021 000 WTNT62 KNHC 190952 TCUAT2 Hurricane Grace Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL072021 450 AM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021 ...GRACE MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO NEAR TULUM... Satellite images and radar data from Belize indicate that Hurricane Grace made landfall along the eastern Yucatan Peninsula around 445 AM CDT...0945 UTC...just south of Tulum, Mexico. A Weatherflow station at Xcaret Park near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, recently measured a sustained wind of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a gust to 85 mph (137 km/h). Another Weatherflow station located at Cancun, Mexico, recently measured a sustained wind of 59 mph (95 km/h) and a gust to 80 mph (129 km/h), while the Weatherflow site located at Puerto Morelos, Mexico, recently measured a sustained wind of 51 mph (83 km/h) a gust to 70 mph (113 km/h). On Cozumel, a sustained wind of 41 mph (66 km/h) and a gust to 68 mph (109 km/h) was observed at the Cozumel Lighthouse. SUMMARY OF 445 AM CDT...0945 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.1N 87.5W ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM S OF TULUM MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB...29.12 INCHES $$ Forecaster Stewart/Berg
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