MIAMI – Tropical StormTammy has strengthened into a hurricane in the Central Atlantic and hefty rainfall and flooding is expected about much of the Lesser Antilles.
Late Friday morning, Tammy was about 165 miles east-southeast of Martinique. It was relocating to the west-northwest at 7 mph with sustained winds of 75 mph.
Next Temperature
On the forecast track, the heart of Tammy will transfer close to or over parts of the Leeward Islands on Friday night time and Saturday, and then move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
A Hurricane Warning is in outcome for Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis.
A Hurricane Check out is in outcome for Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in influence for Dominica, Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Saba and St. Eustatius.
A Tropical Storm Check out is in influence for Barbados and Martinique.
Gradual strengthening is forecast through the upcoming few of days.
Next Weather conditions
The excellent news is that it would not affect Florida. The storm is forecast to just take a sharp convert to the north in the coming days, getting it on a path away from the state.
Tammy is the 20th named storm of the time, and now seven of those people were being hurricanes. Only Hurricane Idalia posed a threat to Florida, having said that.
So significantly this time in the Atlantic, there have been 19 named storms, 6 of which were being hurricanes. Of those, three ended up key hurricanes, that means Classification 3 or earlier mentioned.
Hurricane period officially ends on Nov. 30.
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