Published 17 October 2023
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Buckie Got It, St Kitts Nevis News Source
Weather Bulletin
WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
2:00 PM ECT TUE, OCT 17, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
…THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF INVEST 94L (AL94) WHICH NOW HAS A HIGH CHANCE
OF DEVELOPMENT…
AT 2 PM ECT OR 1800Z THE CENTRE OF INVEST 94L WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 10.9N, LONGITUDE 42.3 WEST OR APPROXIMATELY
1196 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND
APPROXILATELY 1370 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS.
AL94 NOW HAS A HIGH CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT INTO A TROPICAL
CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND COULD BECOME
TROPICAL STORM TAMMY IF IT CONTINUES TO GAIN ORGANIZATION.
AL94 CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING ITS EVENTUAL
PATH AND STRENGTH, AL94 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BRINGING
CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY. THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THESE IMPACTS WILL
CHANGE DEPENDING UPON HOW CLOSE THE DISTURBANCE COMES
TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THEREST OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
NO SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS IN THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AT THIS TIME, OTHER THAN
TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF AL94.
THE NEXT UPDATE ON THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BE ISSUED TONIGHT.
FORECASTER
ORVIN PAIGE
