Tropical Storm Watch Issued For USVI As Danny Maintains Its Intensity, Public Urged To Make Final Preparations
- Ernice Gilbert
- August 23, 2015
The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm for the US Virgin Islands Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Saba and St. Eustatius, VITEMA has announced. A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla. Tropical Storm Watch has been discontinued for Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin. Relation Story: Danny Preparedness: Everything You Need To Know. At 11 a.m. the center of Tropical Storm Danny was located near latitude 15.8 North, longitude 57.3 West. Danny is moving toward the west near 15 miles per hour, and a westward to west-northwestward motion is expected over the next 48 hours. On the forecast track, the center will move near or over portions of the Leeward Islands late tonight or early Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 miles per hour with higher gusts. Some weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center. Tropical-storm-fo...