Tropical storm Colin, the third of 2022 in the Atlantic, formed this Saturday, July 2, inland in eastern South Carolina, while Bonnie, which made landfall on Friday in Central America, is now moving towards the Pacific, where it will strengthen as it moves parallel to the coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast, the center of Colin will move northeast along or inland along the South Carolina and North Carolina coasts through Sunday and then it will emerge over the Atlantic Ocean, where it will dissipate on Monday.
The third named storm of 2022 has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h) and is moving northeast at a speed of only 8 miles per hour (13 km/h).
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Colin’s strongest winds and rains are felt along and off the coast of the Carolinas.
As for Bonnie, whose center made landfall Friday night at a point on the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, in the Atlantic sector, the NHC warned of the risk of flash flooding and mudslides due to rains in both countries.
At 07:00 local time in Miami (11:00 GMT) Bonnie was about 50 miles (80 km) from Liberia (Costa Rica) and about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Managua.
It has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h) and is moving west at 14 miles per hour (22 km/h). The coastal areas of Costa Rica and Nicaragua are still under warning or surveillance.
According to the NHC, authorities along the Pacific coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico should monitor Bonnie’s progress.
Bonnie is expected to begin a west-northwestward motion tonight or Sunday and continue through Tuesday.
On the forecast track, Bonnie will emerge over the eastern Pacific Ocean in the next few hours and then move offshore but parallel to the coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala, and southern Mexico today through Tuesday.
The NHC forecasts gradual strengthening after Bonnie emerges over the eastern Pacific through Tuesday.
If the experts’ forecast for the 2022 season comes true, with the record of between 14 and 21 tropical storms, this would be the seventh consecutive year that cyclone activity is above average (14).
In addition, of the named storms, between 6 and 10 could become hurricanes and 3 and 6 of them reach the highest category, 3, 4 and 5, on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, with magnitude 5 for cyclones with winds devastating that exceed 252 kilometers / hour.
