Earl is getting ready to pound the islands as he continues to intensify pretty rapidly this evening and has become a category two hurricane.  Hurricane warnings are in effect and hurricane conditions are expected for the islands over the next 12-24 hours.  Earl is now expected to become a dangerous hurricane while passing near the islands so please take the warnings seriously. 

97L is still showing a decent spin and we are looking for a n increase in convective development overtop the system this evening.  If this happens to occur….we could be dealing with a tropical depression on Monday and possibly tropical storm Fiona soon after/