The Cayman Islands Government issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Grand Cayman at 10am Sunday with relation to Hurricane Felix.
The Atlantic Basin is heading into the most active part of the hurricane season, which peaks around September 10th. Graphic: NOAA |
The sixth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Felix is expected to pass more than 200 miles south of Grand Cayman early Tuesday morning.
Felix strengthened considerably since Saturday morning and had already become a strong Category 2 hurricane by Sunday morning. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami forecasted further strengthening of the storm, and projected it to become a major hurricane by Sunday night.
As of 10am Sunday, Felix was located about 50 miles north of Aruba and about 555 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. It was moving west-northwest at 18 mph and that general motion was expected to continue for the next 24 hours.
Hurricane-force winds only extended 15 miles outward from the centre of Felix, but tropical storm force winds extended 115 miles from centre.
If it continues on its projected path, Felix would pass some 250 miles south of Grand Cayman. The storm is predicted to make landfall in Belize as a Category 4 hurricane with winds over 140 mph.
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