Hurricane Fred advisory for 5 a.m. Sept. 11

Sep 11, 2009 1 min read

At 5 a.m. AST, the center of Hurricane Fred was located about 745 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.

Fred is moving toward the north near 3 mph. A drift toward the north or northeast is expected during the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph with higher gusts. Fred is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Weakening is expected over the next couple of days and Fred should weaken to a tropical storm by tonight.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115 miles.