A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA.
At 5:00 pm today the center of Tropical Storm Dorian was located near latitude 11.5 degrees north, longitude 54.2 degrees west or about 485 miles or 780 kilometers east-southeast of Saint Lucia.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and Dorian could be near hurricane strength by Tuesday over the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles or 55 kilometers from the center.
Tropical Storm Dorian continues on a westward track toward the southern windward islands.
At 2:00 pm today the center of Tropical Storm Dorian was located near latitude 11.3 degrees north, longitude 53.4 degrees west or about 457 miles or 847 kilometers east southeast of Saint Lucia
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA AND SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES.
AT 11:00 AM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.2 NORTH, LONGITUDE 52.9 WEST, ABOUT 487 MILES OR 902 KM SOUTHEAST OF ST. LUCIA. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY.
FORECASTER: AVLON CHARLERY
According to the MET Office, rainfall accumulation in the 24 hour period ending at 2:00 pm today was 34.2 mm at Hewanorra International and 32.8 mm at the George F.L. Charles Airport. As at 9:30 pm today, November 10, 2018, the following reports have been received:
The Tropical Storm Watch for Saint Lucia has been discontinued as of 5:00 AM Sunday 5th July 2018.
The UWI Seismic Research Centre in Trinidad and Tobago has officially reported that on February 9, 2018 at 1:43p.m. local time, an earthquake occurred 114km North of Barbuda.
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has received information from the UWI Seismic Research Centre, Trinidad, indicating that that there was a 3.7 magnitude earthquake about 112km NE of Castries at 9:32 p.m., January 22, 2018.
The National Emergency Management Organization would like to clarify that the Watsapp images being circulated from the island of Martinique are not pyroclastic flows, but rather rapid flowing volcanic mudslide of rock debris and water known as "lahar" which occurred in the river Prêcheur on Monday, January 08, 2018 at about 9:00 p.m.