Unstable conditions together with light winds and high daytime temperatures, will cause occasional cloudiness with a few showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
An area of low pressure is expected to develop from a tropical wave located in the vicinity of the Greater Antilles today. This system is likely to become a tropical depression as it moves near or over the Bahamas within the next couple of days.
…HUMBERTO BECOMES A HURRICANE…At 11:00 am today, the eye of Hurricane Humberto was located near Latitude 22.3 degrees north…longitude 57.7 degrees west or about 638 miles or 1026 kilometres north-northeast of Saint Lucia. Humberto is moving toward the northwest near 5 mph or 7 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph or 150 km/h with higher gusts. Significant strengthening is forecast, and Humberto is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. On the forecast track, Humberto is not expected to affect the Lesser Antilles.
Two tropical waves located over the western and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.
