Hurricane Rafael has made landfall in western Cuba. Maximum sustained winds remain near 115 mph.
Rafael will move northwest tonight before turning more west and stalling out (and weakening!) into the weekend.
At this point, no significant impacts expected for AL or NW FL. pic.twitter.com/cvxj9AZ2Ab
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) November 6, 2024
Nice to see scattered showers and storms across the region this afternoon bringing beneficial rain! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/bCsClGuTa3
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) November 6, 2024
#Rafael is now a major (Category 3) #hurricane with max winds of 115 mph – the 5th major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. 7 other seasons in satellite era (1966-onwards) have had 5+ major hurricanes by 6 Nov: 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2020. pic.twitter.com/R0BVCEMQX6
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) November 6, 2024
#RAFAEL now a 110 mph Category 2 hurricane as it approaches Cuba — it’ll try to reach Category 3 status at landfall.
RAFAEL is expected to be only the 3rd major hurricane to strike Cuba in the month November on record (alongside CUBA 1932 and MICHELLE 2001). pic.twitter.com/RWQlXP6QK7
— Michael Ferragamo (@FerragamoWx) November 6, 2024
Pretty remarkable that we have a hurricane south of Cuba in early November and there's absolutely no threat to South Florida. That's definitely not what you would expect from history. In fact it's going to turn west across the Gulf like in September or something. Very unusual. pic.twitter.com/WWcjWpTIVI
— Andy Hazelton (@AndyHazelton) November 6, 2024
