Hurricane Joaquin – Day 5
Position: 22.9N 74.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [260°] near 3 mph [ 6 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 130 mph [215 kph].
Wind Gusts: 145 mph [220 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 50 miles [ 85 km].
Minimum central pressure: 935 mb ↑.
Currently about 75 miles [ 125 km] South of San Salvador, Bahamas.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Central Bahamas; and the Northwestern Bahamas including the Abacos, Berry Islands, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence, and The Acklins, Crooked Island, and Mayaguana in the Southeastern Bahamas.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the remainder of the Southeastern Bahamas including the Turks & Caicos Islands, Andros Island and the Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Los Tunas, Holguin, and Guantanamo.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Bimini & Andros Island.
Joaquin is now a Category 4 Hurricane. The Bahamas are getting pounded. The storm is moving slow enough that the storm surge will have the time to really build up, and the rainfall will be really heavy.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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