Be advised that the Galveston area may see a surge as high as 21 feet.
Advisory:
Ike is currently about 470 miles...760 km...east-southeast of Galveston Texas.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect from Morgan City Louisiana to Baffin Bay Texas. Hurricane conditions could reach the coast within the warning area by late Friday.
Ike should be very near the Texas coast by late Friday. However...because Ike is a very large tropical cyclone...weather will deteriorate along the coastline long before the center reaches the coast.
Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph...160 km/hr...with higher gusts. Ike is a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Ike is forecast to become a major hurricane prior to reaching the coastline.
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