Weather system in Caribbean expected to become tropical storm

A upwind strategy successful nan southwestern Caribbean is expected to create and fortify this week, prompting a tropical large wind informing for Jamaica and a hurricane watch for nan Cayman Islands to beryllium issued Sunday, nan National Hurricane Center successful Miami said.

The strategy besides could bring dense rainfall to Cuba and Florida arsenic good arsenic nan bluish seashore of nan Gulf of Mexico later this week, nan halfway said.

At 4 p.m. EST Sunday, nan strategy was located astir 345 miles southbound of Kingston, Jamaica, pinch maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, nan halfway said. It was moving to nan northeast astatine 7 mph, pinch a move to nan northbound and past northwest expected.

It was expected to go a tropical large wind Monday pinch dependable strengthening forecast. A tropical large wind is defined arsenic having maximum sustained winds of 39 mph up to 73 mph. Hurricane-force winds are 74 miles and greater.

If nan large wind strengthens arsenic expected, it will beryllium named Rafael.

The disturbance was expected to beryllium adjacent Jamaica by precocious Monday and nan Cayman Islands connected Tuesday and Wednesday, according to nan hurricane center, which urged residents successful Cuba and nan Florida Keys to show nan storm's progress. Heavy rainfall will impact nan occidental Caribbean pinch totals of 3 to 6 inches, and up to 9 inches expected locally successful Jamaica and confederate Cuba. Flooding and mudslides are imaginable successful those nations.

Heavy rains will scope Florida and adjacent areas of nan southeast U.S. by mid- to late-week, nan halfway said.

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