…GONZALO ACCELERATES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS…
…EXPECTED TO BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
ISLANDS ON SATURDAY…
At 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Gonzalo was
located near latitude 10.0 North, longitude 54.2 West. Gonzalo is
moving toward the west near 18 mph (30 km/h). A general westward- to
west-northwestward motion is expected during the next couple of
days. On the forecast track, the center of Gonzalo will approach the
southern Windward Islands tonight and then move across the islands
on Saturday and over the eastern Caribbean Sea on Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.
There is considerable uncertainty in the intensity forecast, but
some strengthening is still possible during the next day or so
before Gonzalo reaches the southern Windward Islands. Weakening is
expected after Gonzalo moves into the Caribbean Sea, and the cyclone
is expected to dissipate by the middle of next week.
Gonzalo is a small tropical cyclone. Tropical-storm-force winds
extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...10.0N 54.2W ABOUT 485 MI...780 KM E OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNING IN EFFECT... A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * Barbados * St. Vincent and the Grenadines * St. Lucia A Hurricane Watch is in effect for... * Barbados * St. Vincent and the Grenadines A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for... * Tobago * Grenada and its dependencies
