...FIONA CENTER MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO...CATASTROPHIC LIFE THREATENING FLASH STILL A CONCERN AS RIVERS OVERFLOW AND DEADLY MUDSLIDES OCCUR...

 

FIONA MOVED OVER THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF PUERTO RICO AND NOW HAS MOVED OVER THE MONA PASSAGE BETWEEN EAST DOMINICAN COAST WEST PUERTO RICO COAST.  PUERTO RICO REMAINS ON THE DIRTY SIDE OF THIS STORM AND HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS STILL TRAINING OVER THIS REGION.  CATASTROPHIC DEADLY FLASH, AND MUDSLIDES ARE STILL THE MAIN CONCERN.

FIONA ON TRACK TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AND SHOULD BRUSH OR MOVE OVER THE NORTHEAST TIP OF DOMINICAN AND THEN MAYBE PART OF THE EASTERN BAHAMAS AS IT TURNS NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS PASSING TO THE NORTH OF FIONA.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST IN DURING THE EARLY HALF OF THIS WEEK THAT WILL PULL FIONA RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  

RTW

...FIONA NOW MOVING JUST WEST OF PUERTO RICO AND HEADING FOR THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC... ...CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING...

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5:00 PM AST Sun Sep 18
Location: 18.2°N 67.3°W
Moving: NW at 9 mph
Min pressure: 986 mb
Max sustained: 85 mph