PREVENTION MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE, MAINLY FOR ANY SOUTHERN SHIFT IN FORECAST TRACK THAT COULD BRING THE SYSTEM CLOSER TO THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN. SO SAYS, A TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ALERT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS WHICH INCLUDE MONTSERRAT.
AT 11 AM, THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH, LONGITUDE 49.2 WEST OR ABOUT …. 871 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND 1072 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST LATE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
LATEST SATELLITE WIND DATA HAS INDICATED THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH STRENGTHENING ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT 48HRS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE CENTRE. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB OR 29.68 INCHES.
ON THE PRESENT FORECAST TRACK TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF LEEWARDS ISLANDS AND VIRGIN ISLANDS ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE DISTANCE, THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS. THEREFORE, ALL RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF JOSEPHINE, MAINLY FOR ANY SOUTHERN SHIFT IN FORECAST TRACK THAT COULD BRING THE SYSTEM CLOSER TO THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN.
