Information Notes

CDEMA Information Note #2 - Tropical Storm Don - as of 5:00pm on July 18th, 2017

Message: Tropical Storm Warning still in effect for Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tropical Storm Watch discontinued for Barbados and Saint Lucia.

The Situation:

The latest advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida at 5:00 PM AST (1200 UTC), shows the center of Tropical Storm Don located near latitude 11.7 North, longitude 60.0 West. TS Don is about 135 miles southeast of St Vincent and about 120 miles east-southeast of Grenada.

CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Franklin - as of 5:00pm on August 7th, 2017

MESSAGE: The government of Belize has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the northern portions of Belize as Tropical Storm (TS) Franklin gradually strengthens.

THE SITUATION:

According to the latest public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, as at 1:00pm (CDT), TS Franklin was located near latitude 18.0N and longitude 85.4W, which places it about 185 miles east of Belize City. TS Franklin is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph (20km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue over the next 48 hours. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin will be near the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula by this evening. Franklin is then expected to move across the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and on Tuesday.

CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Harvey - as of 5:00 pm on August 17th, 2017

MESSAGE: Tropical Storm Harvey formed east of the central Lesser Antilles. Tropical Storm Warnings are issued for Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Dominica.

THE SITUATION:

As at 5:00pm (EDT), three (3) low pressure systems surge over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean.

CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Irma - as of 5:00 pm on August 30th, 2017

MESSAGE: Tropical Storm Irma forms over the far Eastern Atlantic.

THE SITUATION:

Tropical Storm Irma, the ninth (9th) named storm of the 2017 Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season, has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, as at 5:00 pm (AST), Wednesday August 30, 2017, Tropical Storm (TS) Irma was located 16.4N and 31.2W, about 430 miles of the Cabo Verde Islands. TS Irma has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph with a minimum central pressure of 1001 mb. Environmental conditions appear generally conducive for further development while it moves westward near 15 mph. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours and Irma could become a hurricane on Friday September 1, 2017.

  1. CDEMA Information Note #2 - Hurricane Irma - as of 5:00 pm on August 31st, 2017
  2. CDEMA Information Note #3 - Hurricane Irma - as of 8:00 pm on September 3rd, 2017
  3. CDEMA Information Note #4 - Hurricane Irma - as of 6:00 pm on September 4th, 2017
  4. CDEMA Information Note #5 - Hurricane Irma - as of 7:00 pm on September 5th, 2017

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