and is later absorbed by a larger extratropical low. August 30 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. AST, August 29) at Hurricane Dorian strengthens to a Category 2 hurricane roughly 295 mi (470 km) east-northeast of the southeastern Bahamas. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Dorian strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane roughly 445 mi (715 km) east of the northwestern Bahamas. August 31 00:30 UTC (8:30 p.m. AST, August 30) at Hurricane Dorian strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane roughly 400 mi (645 km) east of the northwestern Bahamas. September September 1 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Dorian strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane about 35 mi (55 km) east of Great Abaco Island. 16:40 UTC (12:40 p.m. EDT) at Hurricane Dorian reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a minimum pressure of , and simultaneously makes landfall at Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. September 2 02:15 UTC (10:15 p.m. EDT, September 1) at Hurricane Dorian makes landfall at South Riding Point, Grand Bahama with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h). 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Dorian weakens to a Category 4 hurricane roughly 30 mi (50 km) northeast of Freeport, Bahamas. September 3 5:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Dorian weakens to a Category 3 hurricane roughly 25 mi (40 km) northeast of Freeport, Bahamas. 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) at Tropical Storm Fernand forms from an upper-level low roughly 200 mi (310 km) east of La Pesca, Tamaulipas. 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Dorian weakens to a Category 2 hurricane roughly 45 mi (70 km) north of Freeport, Bahamas. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Eight forms from a tropical wave roughly 455 mi (732 km) west of the Cabo Verde Islands. September 4 00:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT, September 3) at Tropical Storm Fernand reaches peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of . 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 3) at Tropical Depression Eight strengthens to Tropical Storm Gabrielle. 15:30 UTC (10:30 a.m. CDT) at Tropical Storm Fernand makes landfall about 30 mi (45 km) north-northeast of La Pesca. 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) at Tropical Storm Fernand weakens to a tropical depression and later dissipates roughly 130 mi (205 km) west-southwest of the mouth