Hurricane Julia – Day 4
Position: 20.2N 34.6W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [315°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph [185 kph].
Wind Gusts: 140 mph [225 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 125 miles [205 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 962 mb ↑.
Currently about 755 miles [1215 km] West-Northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
When Julia peaked this morning and become a category 4, it was only the second incidence of two category 4 storms in the Atlantic Basin at the same time. The last time this occurred was 1926.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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