Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km). Gradual weakening is expected to occur over the next couple of days. Jose is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph (230 km/h) with higher gusts. On the forecast track, the core of Jose will pass just north of the northern Leeward Islands later today. A continued northwest motion is expected during the next couple of days. Jose is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph (20 km/h). advisory, the center of Hurricane Jose was located near latitude 18.3 North, longitude 61.3 West. However, the storm itself is veering over 70 miles away from the islands.Īccording to N.H.C.’s 11:00 a.m. John) to be affected by tropical storm-force winds today.īut that’s not to say that Leeward Islands’ citizens should not take precaution, as the islands may still be affected with some rainfall. The change will be greeted with a sigh of relief by the northern Leeward Islands, which were preparing (in the USVI’s case, St. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands, even as it continues on its northwest trajectory. Bringing you the latest Hurricane Jose path updates, storm track, weather models and maps here. Virgin Islands and a number of other northern Leeward Islands were spared the wrath of category 4 Hurricane Jose, after the storm made a turn to the right and farther away from the U.S. It is still about 1,100 miles east of the Windward Islands along the Caribbean - but forecasters say it has a 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression over the next five days.The U.S. "Fourteen" is trailing the other system, which is still a "tropical wave" - an area of thunderstorms and rain. One of those systems, dubbed Tropical Depression Fourteen, is forecast to develop into a tropical storm.
JOSE HURRICANE TRACK UPDATE
"Tropical storm or hurricane watches could be issued for portions of the Lesser Antilles on Saturday," the National Hurricane Center said in its update at 2 p.m. And like Irma and Jose, they formed off of Africa's coast and are heading westward. The hurricane center says it is tracking two potentially troubling systems behind Jose, out over the open Atlantic Ocean. Jose performed an unusual loop-the-loop before continuing its northwest motion - and now it is expected to strengthen. But it weakened after reaching that peak last weekend. For a time, it was a dangerous Category 4 storm, with 150-mph winds. In the Atlantic, Jose formed in the wake of Irma, the huge and deadly storm that ravaged islands in the Caribbean before bringing a massive storm surge and heavy rains to Florida and neighboring states. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph Friday morning. The hurricane center also says "a tropical storm watch may be needed for a portion of the North Carolina coast tomorrow."Īnother potential hurricane threat is approaching North America's Western coast, as Tropical Storm Norma is predicted to become a hurricane over the weekend before making landfall north of Cabo San Lucas on Baja California Sur in Mexico late Monday or early Tuesday. These swells are likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions." No coastal watches or warnings are in effect for Jose, but the storm is expected to "generate swells that will spread northward, reaching the mid-Atlantic coast and the coast of southern New England during the next few days. "A gradual turn toward the north is expected over the next couple of days," the forecasters predict. According to the National Hurricane Center, Jose is not expected to make landfall in the United States, but his track just offshore will bring some rain and wind to areas in New England. It was located about 810 miles southwest of Bermuda and moving northwest at 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Jose had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm's winds won't get close to land until Sunday or Monday - but it was formally declared a hurricane again on Friday afternoon. East Coast from North Carolina up to New England should monitor Hurricane Jose, forecasters say. Jose had been a dangerous Category 4 tropical storm, with 150-mph winds, and now it has been declared a hurricane once more.
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