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>TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH STATEMENT

WHCA31 TAPA
HURRICANE WATCH STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
12:38 AM ECT SUN, OCT 22, 2023

THIS IS FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH DISCONTINUED...

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EFFECTIVE 11 PM.

AT 11 PM ECT OR 0300Z THE CENTRE OF HURRICANE TAMMY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BARBUDA.

TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH MONDAY,

ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF TAMMY WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 MPH (140 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES (35 KM) FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 992 MB (29.30 INCHES).

FORECASTER
JALEEL JACOBS