MIAMI (AP) – The National Weather Service says Tropical Storm Emily has formed southeast of Puerto Rico, and warnings have been issued for several islands in the Caribbean.
Forecasters said the storm was about 350 miles (563.24 kilometers) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It had sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west at 17 mph (27.36 kph).
The weather service said a tropical storm warning was in effect for Puerto Rico and the islands of Vieques and Culebra. The government of France issued a tropical storm warning for the islands of Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saints and Marie Galante. The government of Barbados issued a tropical storm warning for St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and Antigua.
Tropical storm watches were in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Haiti.
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TAMPA – Revised computer models puts a tropical system, currently east of the Leeward Islands, in our general vicinity sometime this weekend. The tropical wave is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or storm in the near future.
In a statement, the National Weather Service in Tampa said, “Forecast models continue the trend of strengthening the Bermuda High which puts the forecast track near south Florida on Saturday.”
Right now there is a high – 90 percent chance – that the tropical wave will develop into a named storm within the next 48 hours, possibly even later today. A hurricane hunter aircraft will investigate this afternoon.
While the system did not have a closed center of circulation, an earlier reconnaisance flight found it did have winds near tropical storm strength. It is moving to the west-northwest at about 15 mph.
It it does become a storm, it will be named Emily
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