Hurricane Elsa – Day 3
Position: 14.8N 66.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 29 mph [46 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 995 mb.
Currently about 730 miles [1175 km] East-Southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Jamaica, southern portion of Haiti from Port Au Prince to the southern border with the Dominican Republic, and the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque to the border with Haiti.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the southern coast of Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to the border with Haiti, and the coast of Haiti north of Port Au Prince.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the provinces of Camaguey, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas, and Santiago de Cuba..
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for northern coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to Bahia de Manzanillo, and Cayman Brac & Little Cayman.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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