The hurricane is in rarified air for storms in November, but will be in much different shape as it approaches the US.
Hurricane Rafael slammed into Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday afternoon after rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean. The powerful hurricane is the fifth major hurricane of the year in the Atlantic and the strongest this late in the year since 2020. The storm’s winds strengthened by 55 mph from 60 mph to 115 mph from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon, an increase well over the 35 mph needed for rapid intensification.
Rafael’s future track is uncertain Rafael’s potential track through the Gulf of Mexico later this week and over the weekend is slowly coming into focus but is far from certain. Rafael could still become the sixth named storm to slam into the US this season, but the areas at risk are gradually being narrowed down. Earlier in the week, forecast models depicted very different possible paths for Rafael, but these models have started to converge on a solution.
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