Paloma Makes Landfall

Hurricane Paloma made landfall on the Cuban coast.

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WTNT62 KNHC 082323
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HURRICANE PALOMA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172008
620 PM EST SAT NOV 08 2008

AT APPROXIMATELY 620 PM EST…2320 UTC…HIGH-RESOLUTION GOES
SATELLITE DATA AND A RECENT POSITION FIX FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT…PLUS SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND
RADAR DATA FROM CUBA…INDICATE THAT MAJOR HURRICANE PALOMA LIKELY
MADE LANDFALL NEAR SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR CUBA AS A STRONG CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 125 MPH…200 KM/HR.

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FORECASTER STEWART

The hurricane will continue to weaken rapidly overnight thanks to the mountainous terrain and increasing wind shear.

The Cuban Weather Service site is down, so no radar data this evening. A spot report from Cuba as of 5 p.m. CST…
…Camaguey…rain/wind…NE wind 21 G 33…Camaguey is about 60 miles north of the center currently…

Reports from the Cayman show significant damage on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. A British Warship is standing by waiting for seas to subside so it can give assistance.

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