Roseau, Dominica: Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch has been issued for Dominica. At 5pm Hurricane Tammy continued to maneuver WNW at a sluggish 7mph.
The attention is straight north of Barbados and east of Martinique. Heavy thunderstorms have not too long ago blown up over the middle after briefly weakening late afternoon.
New curved rainbands are forming beneath this to the south of the circulation however between Saint Lucia and Barbados and north of Barbados is a dry slot. To the NW of the middle in direction of Dominica and Leewards are remoted fast transferring showers with breaks between.
Recon plane discovering mild winds nearer to Saint Lucia, and 30-35mph close to Martinique. Within the N-NE eyewall, 80mph floor winds had been discovered(purple barbs).
A big space of sunshine to very heavy rainbands prolong from Grenadines, St. Vincent space to simply south of Barbados connecting to the north and NW again to the middle of circulation. Some showers are beginning to come into Barbados from SW as Tammy has moved north of there.
Heavy showers have shaped in NE part of Trinidad and on Tobago as effectively. The SW-WSW move is permitting moisture to converge there.
Hurricane Tammy appears to be like prefer it has moved a bit extra W to WNW previous few hours. Even the plane middle cross positions present this(2nd & third pic) and on radar it appears to be like like the attention could also be getting bigger and shifting extra west(4th pic).
Even the 8pm NHC place (X) is just a little west of the place the prior forecast anticipated indicated by the bend it has between the X and the first H forecast level.
This will have implications for a way a lot west Tammy comes into the islands… since it’s anticipated to maneuver NW, any shift west makes an enormous distinction for islands like Dominica & Leewards that are simply west of the monitor. We’ve to attend to see how the 11pm monitor adjustments.
There are mild curved rainbands forming & spreading over Saint Lucia and Martinique. Scattered reasonable to heavy rainbands are from St. Vincent, Grenadines to Barbados the place a Flash Flood Warning is lively.
Tammy has proven no vital group from the final replace. The attention continues to be not very effectively outlined because it was at 10am when it was labeled as a hurricane.
Tammy continues to be anticipated flip northerly continues to be delayed and never as pronounced. A lot of the stronger winds and heavy rains stay within the northeastern part of the Storm.
