TROPICAL STORM JERRY FORMS OVER TROPICAL CENTRAL ATLANTIC TO BE HURRICANE NEAR CARIBBEAN ISLANDS!

TROPICAL STORM JERRY FORMS OVER TROPICAL CENTRAL ATLANTIC TO BE HURRICANE NEAR CARIBBEAN ISLANDS!
#TROPICALSTORMJERRY FORMS OVER THE TROPICAL CENTRAL #ATLANTIC ...
...THE TENTH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON...

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...11.5N 44.6W
ABOUT 1315 MI...2120 KM ESE OF THE NORTHERN #LEEWARDISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES

#Caribbean #weather #rain #flood #wind

Interests in the northern Leeward Islands should monitor the
progress of #Jerry as #TropicalStorm Watches could be required
later today or tonight.

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC), the center of the newly formed Tropical
Storm Jerry was located near latitude 11.5 North, longitude 44.6
West. Jerry is moving toward the west near 24 mph (39 km/h). A
decrease in forward speed and a turn to the west-northwest is
expected during the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the
core of the system is expected to be near or to the north of the
northern Leeward Islands late Thursday and Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts.
Steady strengthening is forecast, and Jerry is expected to become a
hurricane in a day or two.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km)
from the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb (29.71 inches).