Position: 15.5N 53.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 21 mph [33 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1010 mb.

Currently about 540 miles [ 870 km] East of the Leeward Islands.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Antigua and Barbuda; Anguilla; St. Kitts and Nevis; Montserrat; Saba and Sint Eustatius; Sint Maarten; St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for British Virgin Islands; U.S. Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

Position: 22.7N 80.6W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1013 mb.

Currently about 150 miles [ 245 km] South-Southeast of Key West, Florida.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Florida Keys west of Seven Mile Bridge to the Dry Tortugas.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

Yes, it’s Friday the 13^th again. The 13^th falls on a Friday more than any other day of the week, so get over it. It’s only valid in in English and Portuguese speaking countries, so go visit a Spanish-speaking neighborhood for the day.

If you want to blame someone, it’s the calendar of Pope Gregory XIII that created this imbalance. [He obviously didn’t have a problem with the number on any day.]