Eta Moving Over Nicaragua, Producing Flooding Rains
Eta is now a tropical storm with 60 mph winds, moving slowly through Nicaragua.
Eta should continue to quickly weaken, and become a tropical depression today or tonight and then a remnant low Thursday.
Meanwhile, here is the official NHC rainfall forecast:
RAINFALL: Eta is expected to produce the following rainfall amounts
through Sunday morning:
Much of Nicaragua and Honduras: 15 to 25 inches (380 to 635 mm),
isolated maximum totals of 40 inches (1000 mm) in northeast
Nicaragua and eastern Honduras.
Eastern Guatemala and Belize: 10 to 20 inches (255 to 510 mm),
isolated amounts of 25 inches (635 mm).
Portions of Panama and Costa Rica: 10 to 15 inches (255 to 380 mm),
isolated amounts of 25 inches (635 mm).
El Salvador and southeast Mexico: 5 to 10 inches (125 to 255 mm),
isolated amounts of 15 inches (380 mm).
Jamaica, Southern Haiti, the Cayman Islands: An additional 3 to 5
inches (75 to 125 mm), isolated storm totals of 15 inches (380 mm).
This rainfall will lead to catastrophic, life-threatening flash
flooding and river flooding, along with landslides in areas of
higher terrain of Central America. Flash flooding and river
flooding will be possible across Jamaica, southeast Mexico, El
Salvador, southern Haiti, and the Cayman Islands.
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Eta should emerge into the Caribbean Friday and is expected to regenerate into a tropical storm.
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Eta should emerge into the Caribbean Friday and is expected to regenerate into a tropical storm.
It may impact Florida, but details are very uncertain.
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