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09/07/08: 11:00 AST/15:00 UT: Category 4 Hurricane Ike: Eye Passing Ove Great Inagua Island. Hurricane Ike Advisory Number 26 NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl al092008 1100 am AST Sun Sep 07 2008 Eye of Ike passing over Great Inagua Island... At 11 am EDT... 1500 UTC... The government of Cuba has extended the hurricane warning westward to include the provinces of Villa Clara... Sancti Spiritus... and Cienfuegos. A hurricane warning is now in effect for the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo... Santiago de Cuba... Holguin... Las Tunas and Granma... Camaguey... Ciego de Avila... .Villa clara... Sancti Spiritus... and Cienfuegos. A hurricane warning means that ... Read Full Story

09/07/08: 08:00 AST/12:00 UT: Category 4 Ike: Bahamas This Morning; Near/Over E. Cuba Tonight. Hurricane Ike Intermediate Advisory number 25a NWA TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl al092008 800 am AST Sun Sep 07 2008 Ike heading for Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas… . At 800 am… 1200 UTC… The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a tropical storm watch for the Cayman Islands. A hurricane warning remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas including the Acklins… Crooked island… The Inaguas… Mayaguana… and the ragged Islands… and for the central Bahamas including Cat Island… the Exumas… ... Read Full Story

09/05/08: Cassini Detects Arcs of Material at Saturn Moons. Science and Technology Facilities Council Cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn have detected faint arcs of material in the orbits of the small Saturnian moons Anthe and Methone, providing further evidence that most of the planet's small, inner moons orbit within partial or complete rings. The faint ring arcs from Anthe and Methone likely consist of material knocked off these small moons by micrometeoroid impacts from outside the Saturn system. This material does not spread all the way around Saturn to form a complete ring due to gravitational influence or resonance from ... Read Full Story

09/10/08: 05:00 EDT/09:00 UT: Ike Could Become Major Hurricane in Central Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ike Advisory number 37 NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl al092008 500 am EDT wed sep 10 2008 Ike still pounding western cuba with tropical storm force winds and heavy rains… A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the Cuban provinces of matanzas… La Habana… Ciudad de Habana… Pinar del Rio… and the Isle of Youth. At 5 am EDT… 0900 utc… The tropical storm warning from Key West eastward has been discontinued. A tropical storm warning remains in effect from west of Key West to the Dry ... Read Full Story

09/09/08: 14:00 EDT/18:00 UT: Ike Crosses W. Cuba; Restrengthening Expected in Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ike Intermediate Advisory number 34a NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl al092008 200 pm EDT Tue Sep 09 2008 Ike crossing western Cuba... A hurricane warning remains in effect for the Cuban provinces of Matanzas... La Habana... Ciudad de Habana... Pinar del Rio... and the Isle of Youth. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys from Ocean Reef southward to the Dry Tortugas... including Florida Bay. For storm information specific to your area... including possible inland watches and warnings... please monitor products issued by your ... Read Full Story