MIAMI – Tropical Storm Fiona fashioned in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday night and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Middle issued tropical storm warnings for a number of islands.
Tropical Storm Fiona was situated about 580 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm watches had been issued for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla.
The storm currently poses no risk to South Florida.
At 5 a.m. on Thursday, Fiona was shifting west at 13 mph with greatest sustained winds of about 50 mph. Small modify in energy is forecast through the subsequent few times.
Fiona, the season’s sixth named storm, is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with isolated better quantities across the northern Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and eastern Hispaniola
Swells generated by Fiona are anticipated to commence affecting the northern Leeward Islands by early Friday. These swells could result in everyday living-threatening surf and rip recent situations.
On the forecast monitor, the middle of Fiona is forecast to shift by the Leeward Islands late Friday and Friday night, and shift in close proximity to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend.
