8:00 PM  17 AUGUST 2017

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA.

AT 8:00 PM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 56.5 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT  310 MILES/495 KM EAST OF SAINT LUCIA.

HARVEY IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH OR 55 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACT, HARVEY SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME REGIONS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE ADVISED TO BE VIGILANT AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT AND OTHER MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.  RESIDENTS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE BEACHES.

THE SAINT LUCIA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND BE ISSUING REGULAR UPDATES.

MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE

METEOROLOGIST

SAINT LUCIA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES