BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – TROPICAL storm warnings have been discontinued for the Leeward and British Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Danny continues to dissipate.
During the course of yesterday afternoon (Aug. 23) and into this morning, Tropical Storm Danny made an unexpected shift from its west-north-westerly path by taking a southerly dip, which caused to have more effect on the southern Leeward Islands than those in the north.
According to the Antigua Meteorological Office, as at 5:00 a.m., “the centre of minimal Tropical Storm Danny was located near latitude 15.8N, longitude 60.5W or about 155 miles south-southeast of St. Kitts and Nevis.”
The report indicated that the centre of the weather system is expected to pass 75 miles to the south of the Federation this morning.
“This puts our islands out of the range of the storm force winds. Hence, the discontinuation of the warning. Danny remains a minimal tropical storm that could dissipate in the next 24 to 36 hours.”
The weather system is crawling along a westerly path at nine miles per hour and it is anticipated that it would take a west-northwesterly path over the upcoming 48 hours.
Maximum sustained winds from the storm are just below 40 miles per hour and tropical storm force winds extend 60 miles from the centre.
SKNVibes spoke with a number of individuals across the Federation as well as monitored the social media pages of residents who were hoping that Tropical Storm Danny would dump an abundance of well-needed rain on St. Kitts and Nevis, which might have assisted in some small measure with the current drought situation.
A number of them have however reported that some sprinkling has taken place in some parts of the country.
While residents of St. Kitts and Nevis are advised to continue monitoring Danny “until it is out of our area or has dissipated”, eyes are being focused on another weather disturbance.
It is located to about 1 250 miles from the southern Lesser Antilles and, according to the National Hurricane Centre, there is a 90 percent chance of cyclonic development over the next two to five days.
Should the cyclone develop, it would be named Erika.
