Tropical Storm Fiona may menace Puerto Rico this weekend

Tropical Storm Fiona is on a path to threaten the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend.

The Atlantic Hurricane Season’s sixth named storm shaped Wednesday night, and the U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Middle issued tropical storm watches for the Caribbean’s easternmost islands.

“Pursuits within the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico ought to monitor the progress of this method,” the middle mentioned.

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At 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Fiona was shifting at 13 miles per hour with most sustained winds of about 50 mph, forecasters mentioned. Little change in energy is forecast throughout the subsequent few days.

Fiona was positioned about 545 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm watches have been issued for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla, forecasters mentioned.

Fiona is anticipated to provide complete rainfall of three to 6 inches with remoted increased quantities throughout the northern Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and jap Hispaniola. Ocean swells ought to start affecting the northern Leeward Islands by early Friday, inflicting life-threatening surf and rip currents.

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