Tropical Storm Bonnie strengthening in Caribbean ahead of Friday night landfall in Central America
Tropical Storm Bonnie strengthening in Caribbean ahead of Friday night landfall in Central America
Bonnie is predicted to intensify on Friday before it slams into the coast of southern Nicaragua or northern Costa Rica on Friday night
By Brian DoneganSource FOX Weather
Tropical Storm Bonnie intensifies as it closes in on Central America
Tropical Storm Bonnie intensifies as it closes in on the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Some areas may see a foot of rain as the storm has hours before making landfall.
Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea as it heads for a Friday night landfall in Central America.
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that the disturbance formerly known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two had finally organized into a tropical storm over the southwestern Caribbean Sea as of Friday morning.
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The current status of Tropical Storm Bonnie.
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The tropical storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. It’s located less than 100 miles east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and is racing westward at about 17 mph.
Bonnie is predicted to intensify on Friday before it slams into the coast of southern Nicaragua or northern Costa Rica on Friday night.
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Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for the island of San Andrés, Colombia, as well as from Limón, Costa Rica, northward to Sandy Bay Sirpi, Nicaragua.
On the Pacific coast of Central America, a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica, northward to the border of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Tropical Storm Bonnie impacts Caribbean
Tropical Storm Bonnie impacts the island of San Andres off the coast of Nicaragua as it heads towards Central America.
Bonnie is expected to spread high winds and heavy rain across southern Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica on Friday night and into Saturday before emerging over the Eastern Pacific later Saturday.
Life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides are a growing concern through Saturday in parts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where 4 to 8 inches of rain is expected with localized amounts up to 12 inches.
Bonnie could then become a hurricane early next week as it moves west-northwestward near or off the Pacific coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico.
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The projected path and intensity of Tropical Storm Bonnie.
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Forecasters are also monitoring a tropical disturbance, dubbed Invest 95L, that’s expected to bring heavy rain to portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana into the start of the Fourth of July weekend.
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