Tropical Storm Dorian – Advisory as at 5 am, 27 Aug 2019

Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport
St. Kitts Meteorological Services
St. Christopher Air & Sea Port Authority
P.O. Box 963
Basseterre
St. Kitts
Tel: 869 465 2749 Tele- fax: 869 465 9122

TROPICAL ADVISORY #6 (TS DORIAN)
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 AM ECT TUE, AUG 27, 2019

THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

AT 500 AM ECT (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH, LONGITUDE 60.7 WEST; OR ABOUT 295 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH EAST OF ST. KITTS & NEVIS, OR ABOUT 256 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARDS AND 370 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BVI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH.

DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH (20 KM/H) AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK SUGGESTS THAT THE CENTER OF DORIAN WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

DORIAN IS FORECAST TO PASS A SAFE DISTANCE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE LEEWARDS AND BVI ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY RESPECTIVELY; THEREFORE, NO SIGNIFICANT WIND IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THESE ISLANDS; IT SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT SHIFT TO THE NORTH COULD BRING DORIAN CLOSER TO THE BVI’S; HENCE, RESIDENTS IN THESE ISLANDS IN PARTICULAR ARE ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF NECESSARY.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OUTER RAIN BANDS OF DORIAN COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE LEEWARDS AND BVI ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY CONDITIONS MAINLY IN SHOWERS BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT NO STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR THESE ISLANDS AT THIS TIME.

RESIDENTS OF THE LEEWARDS AND MORE-SO THE BVI ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF DORIAN UNTIL IT CLEARS THE AREA.