The National Hurricane Center specifies in its most recent report that Rafael is accompanied by maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour (km/h), which tonight will be blowing overn Jamaica.
At 4:00 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC), the center of tropical storm Rafael was located near latitude 15.5 North, longitude 76.7 West and is moving at 15 km/h, leaning toward the northwest.
On the forecast track, the system is expected to move near Jamaica late tonight, near or over the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night, and approach Cuba on Wednesday. The system is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday.
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