The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) projects an indirect impact of Hurricane Irma on Costa Rica from the weekend.
Irma, a powerful category-five cyclone, will have an indirect influence between Saturday and Sunday given the wind flow that it will cause.
The hurricane will cause rainfall during the afternoon and evening in the South Pacific and Central Pacific, providing rainfall amounts of 100 to 150 millimeters for up to 24 hours.
For Guanacaste the prevailing conditions will be moderate winds throughout the weekend, with rains and isolated rainfall.
In the North Zone and the Caribbean, partly cloudy skies are expected, and for the Central Valley rain showers are projected in the afternoon.
A report released Thursday by the US National Hurricane Center confirmed that Irma was moving with sustained wind speeds of up to 280 km/h.
The eye of the hurricane was 125 kilometers east of Puerto Plata in Dominican Republic.
According to the report, it is extremely dangerous and would maintain category 4 or 5 over the next few days. The cyclone is estimated to hit South Florida in the United States on Sunday at 8:00 a.m.
The US Agency for Emergency Management (FEMA) estimates “really devastating” impacts on the South Florida coast.