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Tropical Storm Nate weakens off southern Mexico
September 11, 2011
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 12, 2011, at 01:45 AM EDT shows Tropical Storm Maria has strengthened and moves northwestward past the Lesser Antilles. The system is now about 30 miles east-northeast of St. Martin and about 210 miles east of San Juan, Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds up to 50 mph. In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Nate continues to slowly move westward toward eastern Mexico. The system is now about 70 miles northeast of Veracruz, Mexico with maximum sustained winds up to 65 mph. For more information on tropical storms, please visit: <a href=
MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Nate has weakened somewhat as it heads toward expected landfall later today in southern Mexico.
The Miami-based center said at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT) Sunday that Nate was centered 60 miles (95 kilometers) northeast of Veracruz. It said Mexican authorities have replaced a hurricane warning from Tuxpan to Veracruz with a tropical storm warning. Nate has top sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and is moving west at 7 mph (11 kph).
Meanwhile, U.S. forecasters say Tropical Storm Maria had 60-mph (95-kph) winds early Sunday, intensifying slightly while moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph) on a gradual course away from the northeast Caribbean toward the open Atlantic. Maria's center was 95 miles (150 kilometers) east-northeast of St. Thomas early Sunday.
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