Monitoring Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020
The 国产自拍 Department of Emergency Management is monitoring聽Potential聽Tropical Cyclone Nine. 国产自拍鈥檚 service areas are currently in the five-day cone of uncertainty.
国产自拍 officials are in contact with the appropriate local and state agencies. Students, faculty and staff should monitor all communication channels, including the University status page (
), the 国产自拍 homepage (
), the 国产自拍 hotline 1-888-8国产自拍OWL (832-8695), email, text, phone and local media outlets.
As of today鈥檚 11 a.m. advisory, the disturbance was moving toward the west-northwest near 23 mph, and this general motion with a reduction in forward speed is expected over the next few days. On the forecast track, the system will move near or just south of Puerto Rico later today and tonight, near or over Hispaniola on Thursday, and near or over eastern Cuba on Friday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts. Some increase in strength is forecast through tonight, with weakening likely on Thursday due to land Interaction. Some re-strengthening is possible by this weekend.
Information on preparing for and responding to hurricanes, such as unit emergency planning, creating emergency kits, and 国产自拍 action guides on weather events, is available on the聽
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For information on the situation related to COVID-19 visit聽
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国产自拍 will provide periodic updates as information becomes available.聽