...TROPICAL STORM GRACE GRAUDUALLY ORGANIZING...GRACE HAS PLENTY OF WARN WATER TO BECOME HURRICANE...

 

GRACE IS PRESENTLY UNDER WIND SHEAR, HOWEVER AS GRACE TRACKS FURTHER WEST SHEAR IS LESS AND WATERS ARE WARM ENOUGH FOR GRACE TO STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE AND WE CAN'T RULE OUT A MAJOR STORM. TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND WARNINGS ARE UP AND HURRICANE WATCH FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.

HEAVY RAINS, FLASH FLOODS/MUDSLIDES AFFECTING HAITI AND THESE RAINS WILL WEST SPREAD OVER JAMAICA, CUBA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

GRACE HAS A LARGE CLOUD STRUCTURE SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE AND SYMMETRICALLY SHAPED.  THIS WILL BE A NASTY STORM AS SOON AS IT STRENGTHENS.

RTW

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING OVER JAMAICA... ...FLOODING RAINS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF HAITI AND SPREADING WESTWARD...

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11:00 AM EDT Tue Aug 17
Location: 18.3°N 76.8°W
Moving: W at 15 mph
Min pressure: 1005 mb
Max sustained: 50 mph