Hurricane Joaquin – Day 6
Position: 24.7N 74.0W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [040°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 125 mph [205 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: 944 mb ↑.
Currently about 60 miles [ 95 km] North-Northeast of San Salvador, Bahamas.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Central Bahamas 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, and Bermuda.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Bermuda.
A slight weakening that downgrades the storm to Category 3, but still moving slowly and the Bahamas are being pounded. The US is being affected by coastal flooding from waves and surge from Georgia to Long Island. The low that was dumping rain on me earlier in the week is now stuck in the Southeast and with the moisture that Joaquin is pushing on shore will be causing flooding at least from Georgia to New Jersey.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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