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At 800 PM AST (0000 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 7.7 North, longitude 51.4 West. The system is moving toward the west near 23 mph (37 km/h). A fast motion toward the west- northwest is expected for the next 48 hours. On the forecast track, the disturbance is expected to move through the Windward Islands Monday night and Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the disturbance is expected to reach tropical storm intensity later tonight or on Monday before it reaches the Windward Islands. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with the disturbance is gradually becoming better organized, and additional development is likely during the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches).
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Official NHC Forecast 
BULLETIN Potential Tropical Cyclone Two Intermediate Advisory Number 1A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022017 800 PM AST Sun Jun 18 2017 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS... SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...7.7N 51.4W ABOUT 690 MI...1110 KM ESE OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: The government of Trinidad and Tobago has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * Barbados * St. Vincent and the Grenadines * Trinidad * Tobago * Grenada A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. For storm information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by your national meteorological service. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ At 800 PM AST (0000 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 7.7 North, longitude 51.4 West. The system is moving toward the west near 23 mph (37 km/h). A fast motion toward the west- northwest is expected for the next 48 hours. On the forecast track, the disturbance is expected to move through the Windward Islands Monday night and Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the disturbance is expected to reach tropical storm intensity later tonight or on Monday before it reaches the Windward Islands. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with the disturbance is gradually becoming better organized, and additional development is likely during the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the warning area overnight Monday and Tuesday morning, making outside preparations difficult or dangerous. RAINFALL: The disturbance is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 2 to 4 inches over the Windward Islands Monday through Tuesday. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- Next complete advisory at 1100 PM AST.
Invest 93L
Location: 19.0°N 87.1°W
Maximum Winds: 35 kt Gusts: 45 kt
Minimum Central Pressure: 1006 mb
Environmental Pressure: 1008 mb
Radius of Circulation: 240 NM
Radius of Maximum Wind: 200 NM
Maximum Winds: 35 kt Gusts: 45 kt
Minimum Central Pressure: 1006 mb
Environmental Pressure: 1008 mb
Radius of Circulation: 240 NM
Radius of Maximum Wind: 200 NM
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Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, located several hundred miles east-southeast of the southern Windward Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. A broad area of low pressure located near the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms along with winds to gale force several hundred miles to the east and northeast of the center. Although surface pressures are falling over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, the low still lacks a well-defined center of circulation. However, gradual development of this is system is expected while it moves slowly north-northwestward across the Yucatan Peninsula overnight, and then over the southern or central Gulf of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, where a tropical or subtropical cyclone is likely to form. Regardless of development, heavy rains are expected to continue over portions of Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and western Cuba during the next few days. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system on Monday, if necessary. For more information on this system, please see the High Seas Forecast issued by the Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
