ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The federal government of Antigua and Barbuda has issued a tropical storm look ahead to that nation as Tropical Storm Philippe approaches the area.
The Nationwide Workplace of Catastrophe Providers (NODS) urges residents “to have their hurricane preparedness plans in place for any eventuality and proceed to watch the system,” which is west of the Jap Caribbean archipelago.
At 2:00 pm (native time) on Sunday, the middle of Tropical Storm Philippe was situated close to latitude 16.2 North, longitude 58.8 West or 220 miles East Southeast of Barbuda.
Philippe is shifting towards the west-northwest close to seven mph (11 km/h), and a west-northwestward to northwestward movement is predicted via tonight with a rise in ahead pace by Monday and a northward motion on Tuesday, the Florida-based Nationwide Hurricane Centre (NHC) mentioned.
On the forecast observe, the middle of Philippe is forecast to move close to or simply northeast of the northern Leeward Islands on Monday and Monday evening.
NHC mentioned that satellite tv for pc wind knowledge point out that the utmost sustained winds stay close to 50 mph (85 km/h) with larger gusts and prolong outward as much as 170 miles (275 km), most of which is east of the storm’s heart.
Little power change is forecasted through the subsequent 48 hours, however Philippe might start to accentuate extra considerably across the center of the week.
In the meantime, Tropical Storm Rina, which is situated close to latitude 25.3 North, longitude 54.8 West, is alleged to be shifting towards the northwest close to 15 mph (24 km/h), with an anticipated flip towards the north-northwest and north between tonight and Monday.
Rina poses no risk to land.
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