WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
11:31 AM ECT WED, SEP 17, 2025
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
...TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
...INTEREST IN THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE.
ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK THE SYSTEM PASSING WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION AND WELL OUT OF OUR MONITORED AREA. TO BE SAFE, RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
AT 11 AM, THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 46.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1085 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 22 MPH OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
AT THIS TIME, MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB OR 29.74 INCHES.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERTS, WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED FOR TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE.
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. PLEASE CALL 463-4638 FOR LATER STATEMENTS. ALSO, STAY TUNED TO ABMS SOCIAL MEDIA, LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
FORECASTER
JALEEL JACOBS