Tropical Storm Julia formed Friday in the Caribbean and could possibly become the season's next hurricane as it approached Nicaragua, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches were in effect for portions of Nicaragua. A hurricane warning was also posted for a portion of Colombia.
Winds from the system were at 45 mph Friday evening. The system was forecast to become a hurricane before it reaches the coast of Nicaragua over the weekend, the NHC said.
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The forecast cone had the system moving to the west or west-northwest before a possible landfall in Nicaragua. The storm is expected to become a heavy rainmaker for the northern coast of Colombia with isolated areas getting as much as 10 inches of rainrall.
The system was expected to stay well south of Florida.
