On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5, tropical storm Rafael acquired the strength of a category 1 hurricane, near Cuba, and although it will not impact the Peninsula, it will cause rain in Yucatán and even in Mérida.
Civil Protection of Yucatán (Procivy) reported that data from a NOAA hurricane hunting plane indicated that Rafael became a hurricane at 6:20 p.m., with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h.
Until then, it was located 825 km southeast of the state limits and so far it does not represent a risk.
Civil Protection of Mérida indicated that at the time above, the hurricane was located 1,029 km east-southeast of the Yucatecan capital, moving at 24 km/h towards the Northwest and is expected to continue with category 1 in the coming days.
He indicated that for the moment it is far from the State, but if it maintains its trajectory it is possible that the potential for rain in Mérida will increase on Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8.
In turn, Yucatan Meteorology reported that the circulation of Rafael, near the western coast of Cuba, will favor the development of storms in some areas of the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, November 6.
It forecasts scattered moderate rains (5 to 25 mm) in the northeast, eastern Yucatán, and north, central Quintana Roo, as well as isolated light rains (less than 5 mm) in Campeche.
The AP agency specified that Rafael intensified into a Category 1 hurricane while passing through Jamaica and heading west of Cuba.
He considered this to be another stroke of bad luck for Cuba, which has been dealing with blackouts and the aftermath of another hurricane that hit two weeks ago, leaving at least six dead.
Meteorologists warned that Rafael is expected to impact Cuba tomorrow, after leaving rain in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
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