Rafael was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night and is set to pass over the Cayman Islands after it passed near Jamaica earlier in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 7 p.m. ET Tuesday, Rafael was about 25 miles southeast of Little Cayman and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts.
Hurricane Rafael Tracker: Tuesday Evening, A Storm Passed Close To The Cayman Islands
Rafael was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night and is set to pass over the Cayman Islands after it passed near Jamaica earlier in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 7 p.m. ET Tuesday, Rafael was about 25 miles southeast of Little Cayman and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts.
According to the hurricane center, the storm is expected to move northwest over the following two to three days and reach western Cuba by Wednesday.
“Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 hours or so,” the hurricane center said in its advisory Tuesday afternoon, adding that the storm is projected to be near or over Cuba on Wednesday night.
Hurricane Rafael path tracker
This forecast track shows the storm center’s most likely path. The storm’s center is likely to move outside the cone up to 33% of the time, and it does not depict the storm’s entire width or its effects.
Hurricane Rafael spaghetti models
A variety of forecast methods and models are used in the illustrations, and not all of them are made equal. The hurricane center only uses the top four or five models to assist in forecasting.