At 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Debby was located near latitude 28.6 North, longitude 84.0 West. Debby is moving toward the north near 12 mph (19 km/h).
A gradual decrease in forward speed with a turn toward the northeast and east is expected on Monday and Tuesday.
On the forecast track, the center will move across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and reach the Florida Big Bend coast Monday morning.
Debby is then expected to move slowly across northern Florida and southern Georgia Monday and Tuesday, and be near the Georgia coast by Tuesday night.
Data from Air Force and NOAA reconnaissance aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts.
Additional strengthening is likely before Debby reaches the Florida Big Bend coast on Monday. Weakening is expected on Monday and Tuesday after Debby moves inland.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km).
The minimum central pressure estimated from reconnaissance
aircraft data is 985 mb (29.09 inches).
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