The first hurricane hunter mission into 94-L is scheduled for (today) Monday, June 27. The mission is to gather more defined data on 94-L’s structure and path.
According to the National Hurricane Centre on Sunday, showers and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave centred about 1000 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands continue to develop.
The system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph over the tropical Atlantic, approaching the Windward Islands on Tuesday.
SVG Met Office stated in a weather update on Sunday evening;
“Regardless of development, SVG is expected to see heavy showers, thunderstorm activity, strong gusty winds, and rough seas by late Tuesday. It is strongly recommended that residents keep up-to-date on the progress of this system as watches/warnings may be issued at any time”.
As of 6 pm, the disturbance was located near longitude 44° West or about 1150 miles east-southeast of St Vincent.
According to Weather-Underground, Friday morning runs of the GFS and European models predicting 94L will enter the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles on Tuesday, June 28, or Wednesday, June 29, as a tropical depression or weak tropical storm.
The next name on the Atlantic list of storms is Bonnie, a name that is one of the most recycled names on the rotating list of storms: Seven previous incarnations of Bonnie have appeared, beginning in 1980.
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