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Posted At: August 26, 2006 @ 5:18 PM

Posted By: Reed Timmer

Tropical storm Ernesto is expected to undergo explosive strengthening beginning Saturday night or Sunday as upper-level wind shear decreases.  As of 5 pm Saturday, Ernesto was located south of Hispaniola with maximum sustained winds near 50 kts.  The central pressure fell slightly to 997 mb, and the center had reformed east of its previous position closer to the most intense convection.  Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane (category 3 or 4) in the next few days as it passes near the western tip of Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico.  This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS situation for the Gulf Coast.  At this time, Ernesto is forecast to make landfall in the LA/MS/AL area around Friday.

We plan to document this entire hurricane from "ground zero", to capture video from the immediate coastline as the storm makes landfall.   We will be uploading breaking news video updates throughout the trip as long as the cell phone towers are standing...so stay tuned to TornadoVideos.net for breaking news of this potentially historical event.

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