UPDATE (9 PM): Commissioner's Point is gusting to 54 knots (62 mph). See screen captures of map and graph. Radar and satellite are showing the eye of the storm approaching the island. Good luck to all in Bermuda; this will be the last update from me tonight.

UPDATE (4 PM): The Weather Channel is showing video of damage from a tornado that ripped the roof off a house in Bermuda earlier today. On the Earthquake tip, I found a tsunami buoy that reported an "event" (see below).

UPDATE (3 PM): She's still a Category 1 storm with 90 mph sustained winds but is forecast to become a Category 2 before landfall, passing just west of the island, slamming it with the RFQ [JessePedia]. The Royal Gazette warns of 40-foot waves and tornadoes. Mark Carey's blog has some impressive photographs and video already. I have added his link below, along with the Hamilton street cam that he mentioned. I have also added a list of close-up NASA satellite images, courtesy WeatherMatrix, below in the black box. These links will stay up-to-date throughout the storm.

UPDATE (1 PM): Commissioners Point is gusting to 49.6 knots just after 1 PM Eastern Sunday.

GULF EARTHQUAKE: There was also a major earthquake in the central Gulf of Mexico today.

ORIGINAL BLOG ENTRY:

The weather in Bermuda is getting worse this morning. At 9 am, winds were clocked gusting to 36 knots. Here's how you can keep a close eye on real-time weather in Bermuda today:

1. See real-time weather observations from 4 weather stations on the island. Visit this site and login as "guest" for the username and password. My guess is that they will shut this service off later today when traffic to the site becomes heavy, so login now and keep your window open. That site requires Java to run. Should that service shut down, you can still see the official METAR observations from Bermuda's airport (TXKF) on AccuWeather.com. The latest observation is at the bottom; the column "WS" is wind speed and the "G" column is gusts. Both are in knots. An archive going back 72 hours is available. P.S.: Don't be fooled into thinking that the observations you see flowing past are real-time, it's actually showing you the last 4 10-minute observations in a loop. You can however click on any of the individual stations to get a graph. Note that "Eastern Blue Cut" and "NE Breaker" are not available on this site yet, and "Chub Heads" is down.

2. View the Bermuda weather radar. You can see detailed radar information by following the login instructions above, or you can see the current radar and loop on the Bermuda Weather Service's site. There is an archive of the radar images here.

3. View the Bermuda webcams mentioned yesterday (if they stay up) at Bermuda Weather Service Webcam, Bermuda Shorts Webcam and Computer City street cam. There is an archive of the BWS and CC cams here.

4. Read reports from residents in Bermuda on the StormCarib Blog. This site has been taking personal reports on tropical systems since 1996. Photos and video are being posted to Mark Carey's Bermuda Blog. You might also want to Other Bermuda Blogs. Local news is provided by The Royal Gazette.

5. Monitor the satellite images. Here are a couple of live ones (will change in this blog as the day goes on):

LIVE SATELLITE LOOP (PREMIUM | PRO)

LIVE SATELLITE IMAGE (PREMIUM | PRO)

And here are the best close-up satellite shots from NASA, courtesy WeatherMatrix:

6. Keep an "eye" on Florence -- her track, stats, and more on the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center (PREMIUM | PRO).

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