MIAMI, Florida – Tropical storm Julia strengthened on Saturday afternoon as it continued to advance over Caribbean waters towards the coast of Nicaragua, which is why rains and mudslides are forecast in parts of Central America.
According to this Saturday’s 5 pm ET bulletin According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the system was located 55 miles south of Isla de Providencia in Colombia and 175 miles east-northeast of Bluefields in Nicaragua.
The cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, and was moving west at a speed of 17 mph.
According to NHC projections, the storm would continue to move west until Sunday, when after becoming a hurricane it will touch Nicaragua.
NOTICES AND SURVEILLANCE IN FORCE
Hurricane Warning
- For the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- From Laguna de Perlas to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua
Hurricane Watch
- Nicaragua from Puerto Cabezas to the Nicaragua/Honduras border
tropical storm warning
- For Nicaragua, from south of Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border
- North of Puerto heads to the Honduras/Nicaragua border
- The entire Pacific coast of Nicaragua
- The entire Pacific coast of Honduras
- The entire coast of El Salvador
Tropical Storm Watch
- Honduras from the Nicaragua/Honduras border to Punta Patuca
- The entire coast of El Salvador
Our meteorologist Pedro Montoro explains from the virtual laboratory the step by step of the formation and intensification of a hurricane.