As of 5:00 a.m. AST, Tropical Storm Erika was located about 280 miles, 455 kms, east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. The National Hurricane Center in Miami described the storm as “disorganized” with a “poorly-defined center.”
Erika is moving generally westward near 5 mph, 7 km/hr, and the NHC said a west-northwestward motion at a slightly faster forward speed is expected over the next day or two.” On the forecast track the center will pass near or over the northern Leeward Islands during the next day or so.”
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph, 85 km/hr, with higher gusts, and some strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 120 miles, 195 kms, mainly to the northeast of the center.
According to the NHC’s bulletin the minimum central pressure is a relatively high 1005 mb, 29.68 inches.
Nonetheless, Erika is “expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches over the northern Leeward Islands during the next couple of day with possible isolated maximum amounts of 6 inches,” said the NHC forecast.
Source: National Hurricane Center – www.nhc.noaa.gov
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