Hurricane Julia – Day 3
Position: 16.7N 30.9W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 125 mph [200 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [170 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 40 km].
Minimum central pressure: 974 mb ↓.
Currently about 450 miles [725 km] West-Northwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.
Julia is now a category 2 storm.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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