Hurricane Julia – Day 3
Position: 12.5N 82.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [270°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles (185 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 988 mb ↓.
Currently about 65 miles [ 105 km] West of Isla de San Andres, Colombia.
Currently about 80 miles [ 130 km] East-Northeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina Islands, Colombia; the coast of Nicaragua from Bluefields to Puerto Cabezas.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Nicaragua south of Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border; Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua border; the Pacific coast of Nicaragua; the Pacific coast of Honduras; the coast of El Salvador.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Nicaragua north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras/Nicaragua border.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Honduras from the Nicaragua/Honduras border to Punta Patuca.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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