Hurricane Bill 11 a.m. advisory
At 11 a.m. AST, the eye of Hurricane Bill was located 380 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands about 1,080 miles south-southwest of Bermuda.
Bill is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mpg. This general track is expected to continue today and Thursday. A gradual turn to the northwest and northward is expected thereafter.
Data from a NOAA P-3 plane and satellite estimates indicate the maximum sustained winds remain near 135 mph with higher gusts. Bill is a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some additional strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours.
Bill is a large hurricane and hurricane force winds extend outward up to 80 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles primarily to the northeast of the center.
Large swells associated with Bill will be impacting the islands of the northeast Caribbean Sea during the next day or two. Large swells associated with Bill should also begin to affect Bermuda and portions of the eastern coast of the United States Friday and Saturday.