GORDON IS LASHING SOUTH FLORIDA WITH TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS …
LOCATION: NEAR LATITUDE 25.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 81.3° WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KEY LARGO FLORIDA.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MILES PER HOUR
AT 11AM DST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 81.3° WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KEY LARGO FLORIDA.
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MILES PER HOUR AND A WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF GORDON WILL EMERGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY EARLY AFTERNOON, REACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BY LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INLAND OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS AND GORDON COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.
