Tropical Depression 15
Position: 14.6 N 69.4 W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement Nearly Stationary.
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph.
Minimum central pressure: 1001 mb ↓.
It is 340 miles [550 km] Southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
At 5 PM AST [2100 UTC] a tropical storm watch has been issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; the government of the Dominican Republic has issued a tropical storm watch for the extreme eastern portion of Hispaniola from Isla Saona to Cabo Engano; amd the government of the British Virgin Islands has issued a tropical storm watch for the British Virgin Islands.
This will likely become Omar today or tomorrow.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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