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TROPICAL STORM JULIA FORMS OFF THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA

Fri, Oct 7th 2022, 02:00 PM
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AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7° NORTHAND LONGITUDE 73.1°W, OR ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF THE NORTHERN TIP OF GUAJIRA PENINSULA COLOMBIA.  
JULIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  A WESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF JULIA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, PASSING NEAR SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS SATURDAY EVENING, AND REACHING THE COAST OF NICARAGUA SUNDAY MORNING.  AFTER LANDFALL, JULIA OR ITS REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA THROUGH MONDAY.
 
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH (65
KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND
JULIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE
IT REACHES SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS, AND THE COAST OF
NICARAGUA.
 
THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.

AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7° NORTHAND LONGITUDE 73.1°W, OR ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF THE NORTHERN TIP OF GUAJIRA PENINSULA COLOMBIA.  

JULIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  A WESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF JULIA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, PASSING NEAR SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS SATURDAY EVENING, AND REACHING THE COAST OF NICARAGUA SUNDAY MORNING.  AFTER LANDFALL, JULIA OR ITS REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA THROUGH MONDAY.

 DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATETHAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH (65KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, ANDJULIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY EVENING BEFOREIT REACHES SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS, AND THE COAST OFNICARAGUA.

 THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.

 

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