...LAURA GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND MOVING AT A GOOD PACE...

LAURA GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED COULD RAPIDLY INTENSIFY OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF.  

THE ONLY GOOD NEW WITH LAURA IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE STORMS PATH TO STOP THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE AND THIS MEANS THAT IT WILL BE MOVING OVER LAND QUICKLY.  THIS PREVENTS MORE FLOODING FROM  HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED BY A SLOW MOVING STORM.  ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODS ARE EXPECTED IT WILL NOT BE A STORM THAT STALLS OUT LIKE WE SEEN IN PAST STORM SEASON.

RTW

...LAURA MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO... ...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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1:00 PM CDT Tue Aug 25
Location: 24.3°N 87.6°W
Moving: WNW at 16 mph
Min pressure: 990 mb
Max sustained: 75 mph