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The Caribbean | Hurricane ELSA Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 02/07/2021 The Caribbean | Hurricane ELSA Uncertainty cone THE BAHAMAS 7 Jul ATLANTIC TURKS AND 6 Jul CAICOS (UK) OCEAN ATLANTIC 4 Jul OCEAN CUBA Caribbean 2 Jul DOMINICAN Sea REPUBLIC HAITI Puerto Rico Virgin Anguilla Saint Martin (FRANCE) (USA) Islands (UK) Sint Maarten (NETHERLANDS) 30 Jun Saint Barthélemy (FRANCE) ANTIGUA AND Guadaloupe ST. KITTS Past rainfall BARBUDA (FRANCE) AND NEVIS Leeward accumulation (mm) 25 Jun – 1 Jul 1 L e s s e r Monserrat (UK) Islands Source: NASA-GPM DOMINICA 4 Jul 6:00 UTC 50-100 111 km/h sust. winds Guadaloupe Caribbean Sea 10-50 A n t i l l e s (FRANCE) Martinique (FRANCE) DOMINICA 2 Jul 12:30 UTC 1 120 km/h sust. winds 2 Jul ST. LUCIA 12:30 UTC 3 Jul 18:00 UTC GDACS Orange alert 120 km/h sust. winds Martinique BARBADOS (FRANCE) ST. VINCENT AND ST. LUCIA THE GRENADINES ! 3 Jul 6:00 UTC 1 120 km/h sust. winds BARBADOS 2 Jul GRENADA 9:00 UTC Caribbean Aruba 2 Jul 18:00 UTC 1 (NETHERLANDS) 120 km/h sust. winds Tropical Cyclone (TC) Rainfall forecast (mm) Bonaire ST. VINCENT Sea ! Source: GDACS, NOAA 2-6 Jul (NETHERLANDS) AND THE GRENADINES Source: NOAA-HWRF Windward Current position 300-600 Curaçao Forecast track 100-300 (NETHERLANDS) Islands GRENADA Past track 50-100 Leeward Antilles Intensity Tobago 10-50 ≥ 119 km/h Storm surge TRINIDAD Ï Hurricane 2-4 Jul COLOMBIA Margarita AND TOBAGO Source: JRC, atm. NOAA-HWRF Island 63-118 km/h Gulf of Ï Tropical storm < 1 m Paria Trinidad D < 63 km/h ! Suspension of national 2 Jul 9:00 UTC Tropical depression activities © European Union, 2021. Map produced 93 km/h sust. winds Source: NEMO by the JRC. The boundaries and the Wind buffer names shown on this map do not imply VENEZUELA 2-4 Jul Source: GDACS, JRC Community advisory official endorsement or acceptance by the Source: NOAA European Union. ≥ 119 km/h Hurricane Tropical storm 63-118 km/h warning warning.
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