SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST…2100 UTC…INFORMATION—————————
LOCATION…16.7N 64.6W
ABOUT 120 MI…193 KM S OF ROAD TOWN
ABOUT 122 MI…196 KM S OF VIRGIN GORDA
ABOUT 142 MI…228 KM S OF ANEGADA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…60 MPH…95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 9 MPH…15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1002 MB…29.59 INCHES
𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
The government of France has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warnings for Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin.
The government of Sint Maarten has discontinued the Tropical StormWarning for Sint Maarten.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for…
* Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra A Hurricane
Watch is in effect for…
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* South coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano westward toCabo Caucedo
* North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano westward to Puerto Plata
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…
* Saba and St. Eustatius
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* British Virgin Islands
* South coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano westward to Cabo Caucedo
* North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano westward to Puerto Plata
𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞
At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Fiona was located near latitude 16.7 North, longitude 64.6 West. Fiona is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue through tonight. A northwestward motion is forecast to begin on Sunday and continue through Tuesday.
Based on the change in the forecast track, the center of Fiona is estimated to pass about 97 miles south of Road Town, 106 miles south of Virgin Gorda and 126 miles south of Anegada late Saturday early Sunday morning and move across Puerto Rico by Sunday afternoon. Fiona will then offshore of the Dominican Republic on Monday and near or to the east of the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday.
The greatest threat to the BVI remains flooding rains. The forecast estimated to produce 4 to 6 inches with a local maximum of 10 inches possible in the BVI. Due to these heavy rainfalls, flash flooding warning and or advisory may be issued.
Very strong rains and floods have occurred over sectors of the Leeward Islands from Friday. A station in St. Claude Matouba Irfa, in the mountains in southwestern Guadeloupe, measured recently a 24-hour rainfall total of 19.85 inches (504.2mm).
Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast, and Fiona is expected to become a hurricane before reaching the southern coast of Puerto Rico on Sunday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) from the center therefore some places may experience periodic wind gust. Based on the wind chart on NOAA we can experience between 40-70% of the wind and gust.
NOAA buoy 42060 east-southeast of Fiona’s center recently reported a sustained wind of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a gust to 51 mph (83 km/h). A station at Teagues Bay, St. Croix, recently reported a sustained wind of 36 mph (57 km/h) and a gust to 44 mph (70 km/h).
Storm surge will raise water levels up to 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels along the coast immediate in areas where the winds blow towards land in the Dominican Republic.
SURF: The swells generated by Fiona are affecting the Islands Leeward Islands, the North Windward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the north coast of the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas. These conditions could cause life-threatening rip current and rip current conditions marine.
𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗗𝗠 𝗮𝗽𝗽 , 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺/ 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱. 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽://𝗯𝘃𝗶.𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗮
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