Tropical Storm Dorian – Advisory as at 5 am, 26 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 CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:30 AM ECT MON, AUG 26, 2019

THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN.

AT 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST OR ABOUT 562 S. MILES SE OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH (22 KM/H). A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT, AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WHILE IT IS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.

DORIAN IS A SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES (75 KM) FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB (29.59 INCHES).

BASED UPON THE LATEST INFORMATION, DORIAN CONTINUES TO HOLD STEADY TO THE FORECAST TRACK AND IS LIKELY TO MOVE OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

MEANWHILE, EVEN THOUGH DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL SOUTH AND A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND THE REST OF THE LEEWARDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, RESIDENTS IN THESE ISLANDS ARE NOT YET IN THE ALL CLEAR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DORIAN.

THE NEXT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES AT 11 AM TODAY.