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The so-called second storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed in an unusual place, and an even more unusual path must be followed.
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Tropical Storm Bonnie formed Friday in the southern Caribbean Sea with sustained maximum winds of 75 km / h. The system will make landfall on the east coast of Nicaragua until Saturday morning, maintaining more or less its current strength as it pushes inland.
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U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) meteorologists expect the storm to produce heavy rains along its way. Heavy tropical rains in Central America are accentuated by the mountainous terrain of the region, which makes sudden floods and mudslides a major threat in any landing system.
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More than 100 mm of rain could fall in parts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica over the weekend, which could cause sudden flooding that threatens the lives of communities in the affected areas.
It is unusual for a tropical storm to form so far south in the Caribbean Sea. Most storms go further north, closer to the West Indies. This storm, and the disturbance it formed, embraced South America as it crossed the Caribbean this week.
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But what is even more unusual is that the NHC expects Tropical Storm Bonnie to survive its encounter with Nicaragua and emerge into the eastern Pacific Ocean. The mountains of Central America usually break a storm, but Bonnie is moving fast enough because her traffic hub has to survive the short journey by land.
If the tropical storm completes its ocean swap and survives in the eastern Pacific by the end of this weekend, the storm will retain Bonnie’s name as meteorologists track it off the west coast of Mexico.
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Conditions here are favorable for Bonnie to gradually strengthen in a hurricane until early next week. Residents and visitors to the coastal towns on the west coast of Mexico will have to keep a close eye on storm monitoring in the coming days.
Stay tuned to The Weather Network for the latest updates on the tropics.