TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT

WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL STORM DOLLY ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:30 AM ECT FRI, AUG 28, 2026

THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

...TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY WESTWARDS...

AT 5AM ECT OR 1000Z THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH, LONGITUDE 44.8 WEST OR ABOUT 1145 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 24 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, DOLLY COULD BE NEAR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS WEEKEND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE INTO A TROPICAL WAVE BEFORE IT REACHES THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTRE.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB OR 29.74 INCHES.

TROPICAL STORM DOLLY REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM AND EXPECTED TO ENCOUNTER HOSTILE CONDITIONS THAT RESTRICT ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. IT IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN BEFORE IT REACHES THE ISLANDS. SHOWERS, WINDS GUSTS AND ELEVATED SEAS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF DOLLY OR ITS REMNANTS LATE SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE ISLANDS.

AT THIS TIME, NO SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THE REST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS OTHER THAN TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY.

REPEATING THE 5AM ECT POSITION, 14.5 N, 44.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 24 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11AM ECT

FORECASTER
TRECY SPENCER-LAKE/ CHARISSA HUMPHREYS