The (ta && ta.queueForLoad ? ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);)(function()ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-78359924', '');, 'log_autolink_impression');Barbados Meteorological Services is monitoring the progress of a strong tropical wave about 660 nautical miles/ 800 statute miles ( 1287 km) to the east of Barbados.
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Dorian is forecast to grow into a lower-level Category 1 hurricane, meaning its sustained winds would narrowly top the 74-mph threshold for a hurricane. For now, forecasters say, the storm remains small, projecting tropical-storm-force winds no more than 45 miles from its center.
Saint Lucia's government says it's currently under a hurricane watch, predicting Dorian will make landfall at 2 a.m. local time Tuesday. Forecaster Maclean Jn Baptiste of the Saint Lucia Meteorological Services said that while a tropical storm warning was in effect earlier in the day, "with Dorian strengthening hurricane conditions can be expected across Saint Lucia as well."
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. Dorian could bring 3 to 8 inches of rain to those areas through Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Kirk was the second lowest-latitude tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin. The eleventh named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Kirk originated from a tropical wave that left Africa on September 20 and organized into a tropical depression two days later. The system intensified into Tropical Storm Kirk early on September 22 but quickly degenerated into a tropical wave again early the next day. A reduction in the disturbance's forward speed allowed it to regain tropical storm intensity on September 26. Kirk reached maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) that morning before increasing westerly wind shear caused the cyclone to steadily weaken. The storm made landfall on Saint Lucia with winds of 50 mph (65 km/h) before continuing into the Caribbean Sea. Kirk degenerated to a tropical wave again on September 28, and its remnants continued westward, contributing to the formation of Hurricane Michael ten days later.
A low-latitude tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa late on September 20 and moved rapidly west-northwest. After two days of sporadic convective development, it acquired sufficient organization to be declared a tropical depression by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) around 06:00 UTC on September 22 to the south of Cabo Verde. Six hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Kirk at 8.1N, representing the second lowest-latitude tropical storm on record in the Atlantic; only the third storm of the 1902 hurricane season formed farther south. A subtropical ridge to the north of the newly formed cyclone expanded westward, directing the system in the same direction. Kirk became less organized over the next day as a large band of convection, similar to an outflow boundary, propagated away from the center into the northwestern quadrant. This cloud pattern suggested the entrainment of mid-level dry air. The hostile environment caused Kirk to degenerate into a tropical wave by 12:00 UTC on September 23.[1] Even after degeneration, the storm's remnants continued to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms, along with gale-force winds in the northern quadrant.[2]
By September 26, the forward motion of the remnants slowed, allowing convection to coalesce about a new well-defined center. The NHC accordingly re-initiated Kirk as a tropical storm around 00:00 UTC on September 26 about 520 miles (835 km) east-southeast of Barbados. By the morning hours, Kirk's presentation had evolved to feature a strong central dense overcast with few banding features.[3] Satellite intensity estimates were used to assign a peak intensity of 65 mph (100 km/h) at 12:00 UTC through 18:00 UTC on September 26. Thereafter, the cyclone's presentation morphed into a comma-shaped appearance, with the center at times partially exposed on the western edge of this convection due to increasing westerly wind shear.[4] Kirk temporarily moved west-northwest, passing just north of Barbados, before banking west-southwest under the dominant steering regime of a ridge in the western Atlantic. It struck Saint Lucia as a 50 mph (85 km/h) tropical storm around 00:30 UTC on September 30 and entered the Caribbean, where the storm resumed a west-northwest course while continuing to lose strength. By 00:00 UTC on September 29, after a reconnaissance aircraft was unable to locate a well-defined and closed center, the NHC downgraded Kirk to a tropical wave again while it was positioned a few hundred miles south of the United States Virgin Islands.[1] The remnants continued into the western Caribbean, where they were absorbed by a large area of disturbed weather by October 2 and contributed to the formation of Hurricane Michael.[5]
In some cases, farmers were not covered under their insurance plans because Kirk fell just below intensity thresholds stipulated for tropical cyclone compensation.[34] Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) contributed EC$1.4 million (US$518,000) in relief funds to be distributed among 108 farmers on Saint Lucia.[34] This donation marked the beginning of the Banana Productivity Improvement Project, a joint program between the ICDF and the Saint Lucia government to support and educate farmers.[35] For instance, it was observed that banana farms shielded by windbreaks fared much better during Tropical Storm Kirk than exposed fields, so with additional ICDF funding, thousands of mango trees were planted as barriers against future wind storms, and growers were counseled on how to care for the trees.[36]
St. Lucia's government says the country is currently under a hurricane watch, predicting that Dorian will make landfall at 2 a.m. local time Tuesday. Forecaster Maclean Jn Baptiste of the Saint Lucia Meteorological Services said that while a tropical storm warning was in effect earlier in the day, "with Dorian strengthening hurricane conditions can be expected across Saint Lucia as well."
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. Dorian could bring 3 to 8 inches of rain to those areas through Tuesday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for St. Lucia and a tropical storm warning for Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It also issued a tropical storm watch for Dominica, Grenada, Saba and St. Eustatius. The storm was expected to dump between 3 to 8 inches (8 to 20 centimeters) of rain in Barbados and nearby islands, with isolated amounts of 10 inches (25 centimeters).
As of 11 a.m. EDT Monday, the fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was centered about 135 miles (220 kilometers) east-southeast of Barbados and moving west at 14 mph (22 kph). Maximum sustained winds were at 60 mph (85 kph). Forecasters said it could brush past southwest Puerto Rico late Wednesday as a Category 1 hurricane and then strike the southeast corner of the Dominican Republic early Thursday.
At 11:OOam Eastern Caribbean Time, thecenter of newly formed Tropical Depression 12 formed near 11.2N 51.1W orapproximately 740m1s East of the Windward Islands. The Depression is movingtowards the WNW near 14mph with sustained winds of 30mph. The NationalHurricane Centre in Miami is indicating that this system has the potentialto become a tropical storm during the next day or so.
At 11:00am Eastern Caribbean Time todaySeptember 23, 2002, the poorly defined center of Tropical Depression 13was located at 12.8N 59.5W or approximately 20 miles SSE of Barbados. ATropical Storm Watch remains in effect for the Lesser Antilles from Guadeloupeto the Grenadines including Barbados. Barbados at this time is experiencingwind gusts of approximately 55mph. All interests in the Windward Islandsshould continue to monitor the progress of TD 13, which is forecast tostrengthen to a tropical storm very soon.
Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic braced for tropical storm Dorian on Tuesday as it churned west-northwest, with officials cautioning that it could approach hurricane-strength on Wednesday after blowing over Barbados.
Ahead of Dorian, a second system was gaining strength off the East Coast. As of 5 p.m., it was about 200 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was being categorized by the Hurricane Center as a tropical depression with sustained winds of about 35 mph. Its path is not expected to reach landfall in the U.S.
At the moment environmental conditions are currently marginally conductive for rapid development of the cyclone system, However, as the system tracks westward cars the central Atlantic some development is still possible and a tropical storm watch maybe issued for Barbados from 11p.m. Wednesday 22nd July, 2020 or sooner if conditions warrant. (BMS) 2ff7e9595c
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