Tropical Storm Tomas – Day 7
Position: 17.3N 75.5W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [030°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [100 kph].
Wind Gusts: 75 mph [120 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 120 miles [195 km].
Minimum central pressure: 989 mb ↓.
Currently about 230 miles [370 km] West-Southwest of Port au Prince, Haiti and about 100 miles [160 km] East-Southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Haiti; the southeastern Bahamas including the Turks & Caicos Islands; and the Cuban province of Guantanamo.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Jamaica and the Cuban provinces of Santiago de Cuba, & Holguin.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from the Haiti border eastward to Barahona.
Tropical Storm force winds are already affecting the southern coast of Haiti, as the storm continues to strengthen.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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