Hurricane Bill advisory 8 a.m. Aug. 28
A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch are in effect for Bermuda.
At 8 a.m. AST the center of Hurricane Bill was located about 385 miles south of Bermuda and about 820 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Bill is moving toward the northwest near 17 mph. A gradual turn to the north-northwest is expected later today followed by a turn toward the north on Saturday. On the forecast track, the core of the hurricane is expected to pass between Bermuda and the east coast of the United States on Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 115 mph with higher gusts. Bill is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Although satellite imagery indicates that Bill has become a little less organized, some slight restrengthening is still possible later today followed by a gradual weakening on Saturday.
Bill is a large tropical cyclone. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 290 miles.
Bill is expected to produce total rain accumulations of two to four inches over Bermuda, with possibly some amounts of six inches.
Significant coastal flooding is expected along portions of the Bermuda coastline over the next day or two due to large and dangerous breaking waves generated by the hurricane.
Large swells generated by this hurricane are affecting Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Bermuda and should begin affecting most of the U.S. East Coast and the Atlantic Maritimes of Canada during the next day or two. These swells will likely cause extremely dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents.