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Rina became a hurricane Monday afternoon and has increased into a category 2 hurricane this morning. Additional strengthening is likely, and Rina could become a major hurricane later today or Wednesday. - Will slowly move generally to the west-northwest for the next couple of days, in the direction of the Yucatan Peninsula - Could bring locally heavy rains...

Hurricane Rina lies 100 miles north of Honduras moving WNW at 3mph. Winds are 100mph and expected to strengthen tomorrow. Rina is expected to make landfall near Cancun, Mexico on Thursday night.

Invest 97 lies north of Curacao moving west at 19mph. Winds are 30mph. The NHC estimates a 40% chance that it will develop during the next 48 hours. Computer models predict that it will move NW toward the Gulf of Mexico and may become a hurricane by Friday.

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AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.6 WEST. RINA IS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/H...AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER WILL BE APPROACHING THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
BY THURSDAY MORNING.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATES THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
100 MPH...160 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RINA IS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AND RINA
COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BY TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM.

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