{"id":6924,"date":"2021-09-05T11:47:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T11:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2021-09-05T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T11:47:39","slug":"hurricane-larry-turns-northwest-as-expected-hes-not-coming-our-way-no-threat-whatsoever-to-montserrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=6924","title":{"rendered":"HURRICANE LARRY TURNS NORTHWEST AS EXPECTED; HE&#8217;S NOT COMING OUR WAY; NO THREAT WHATSOEVER TO MONTSERRAT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At 5 AM, the center of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 18.8 North, longitude 49.0 West. Larry is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph (22 km\/h). A northwestward motion with a slight decrease in forward speed is expected during the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph with higher gusts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Little change in strength is forecast during the next few days, although fluctuations in intensity will be possible. Larry is expected to remain a major hurricane through the middle of this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"897\" height=\"736\" src=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6925\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png 897w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind-300x246.png 300w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind-768x630.png 768w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/085724_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind-366x300.png 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The estimated minimum central pressure is 958 mb. A drifting buoy near the center of Larry recently measured a pressure of 962.9 mb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SURF: Swells generated by Larry are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles today which includes Montserrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue to check the DMCA Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and our website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?fbclid=IwAR3zlAx7yOvXoKbQmajsYfdlonvXrkFbBce7GZDrthQgR1vmSQ2LSWd4CiQ\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms<\/a> for daily updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 5 AM, the center of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 18.8 North, longitude 49.0 West. Larry is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph (22 km\/h). A northwestward motion with a slight decrease in forward speed is expected &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=6924\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6926,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions\/6926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}