ZCZC MIATCUAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Hurricane Sally Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL192020 1200 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020 ...12 AM CDT POSITION UPDATE... ...SALLY STRENGTHENS INTO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AS IT INCHES NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD... Recent data from An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft and the Mobile Alabama Doppler weather radar indicate that Sally has strengthened to 100 mph (160 km/h). If further strengthening becomes likely before Sally's center reaches the northern Gulf coast later this morning, then a Special Advisory will be issued at 100 AM CDT. A sustained wind of 76 mph (122 km/h) with a gust to 96 mph (155 km/h) was recently reported in Sally's northern eyewall by NOAA buoy 42012, located about 50 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama. An unofficial report of a wind gust to 60 mph (97 km/h) was recently received from an amateur radio operator in Navarre Beach, Florida. SUMMARY OF 1200 AM CDT...0500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.8N 87.8W ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SSE OF MOBILE ALABAMA ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM SW OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB...28.64 INCHES $$ Forecaster Stewart NNNN