ALERT #3 ON TROPICAL STORM DORIAN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY WEDNESDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 2019 AT 2AM EDT.

…DORIAN STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY…

…TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATER TODAY…

A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES MAYAGUANA, INAGUA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, SAMANA CAY, AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS.

AT 2:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3° DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 63.4° DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 240 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PONCE, PUERTO RICO, 616 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND 739 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYAGUANA.

TROPICAL STORM DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MILES PER HOUR, AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.

ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN WILL PASSS OVER OR NEAR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATER TODAY.  DORIAN IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS BY THURSDAY NIGHT, AND NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BAHAMAS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TODAY, AND DORIAN IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT APPROACHES PUERTO RICO.  SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER DORIAN MOVES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF PUERTO RICO.  DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RE-STRENGTHEN LATE THIS WEEK AND THIS WEEKEND WHILE PASSING NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND THE BAHAMAS. 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL ALERTS ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY.