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Last Updated: Aug 16, 2021 - 12:58:21 PM |
ALERT #4 ON TROPICAL STORM GRACE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 9 PM EDT, SATURDAY, 14TH AUGUST 2021.
…POORLY ORGANIZED GRACE NOW NEAR GUADELOUPE…SQUALLY WEATHER MOVING ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES…
A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, RAGGED ISLAND, LONG CAY, AND SAMANA CAY.
A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED WITHIN 60 HOURS.
AT 8 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6° DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 61.5° DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF GUADELOUPE, OR ABOUT 710 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK, OR ABOUT 845 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MATTHEW TOWN INAGUA, OR ABOUT 1,185 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
GRACE IS MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH. A MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GRACE IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT, NEAR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO ON SUNDAY, NEAR OR OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY, AND THEN NEAR OR OVER HAITI MONDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. GRACE IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN WHILE IT MOVES NEAR AND ACROSS THE GREATER ANTILLES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD BEGIN MAKING PREPARATION FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM GRACE WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 AM EDT, SUNDAY.
ISSUED BY: GREGORY D THOMPSON (CCO)
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