Tropical Storm Erika closer to Eastern Caribbean, prompting more warnings, watches and flight cancellations

August 27, 2015 8:19 AM
EASTERN CARIBBEAN - Tropical storm warnings have been expanded as far west as Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Erika continues on a track that will take it near or over parts of the Caribbean tonight, and near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico tomorrow.
 
In Sint Maarten schools and many businesses will be closed today.
 
After Erika’s maximum sustained winds dipped to 40 miles per hour yesterday evening, they increased to 45 miles per hour again, by this morning.
 
The storm is now about 335 miles east of Antigua. Its approach has prompted additional warnings to be issued and the full list of territories now under tropical storm warning are: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, the US and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius.
 
Tropical storm watches are in effect for Guadeloupe, St. Martin, and St. Barthelemy.
 
At 8 a.m., the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Tropical Storm Erika was moving toward the west near 17 miles per hour.
 
While it had been previously predicted that Erika could have reached hurricane strength by weekend, forecasters now say it is expected to remain a tropical storm and very slowly gather strength over the next few days as it continues to move quickly to the west.
 
The northern Leeward Islands may feel tropical storm-force winds by late tonight into early tomorrow.
 
Erika will then bring more rain to drought-suffering Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and tropical storm-force winds tomorrow and tomorrow night.
 
“Erika is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with maximum amounts of 8 inches across portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico through Friday morning,” the NHC said.
 
The storm’s future track and intensity beyond Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands is highly uncertain, forecasters say, due to a potential track over land in the Caribbean, interaction with a wind shear and the nature of the upper-level steering flow near the eastern US next week.
 
But they believe it may track near the Bahamas this weekend and possibly parts of the US southeast coast next week.
 
All interests in Hispaniola, the Bahamas, Cuba and the southeast US have therefore been advised to monitor Tropical Storm Erika’s progress.
 
Meantime, regional airline LIAT has cancelled several flights for the second time in the past week due to an approaching storm.
 
This time, 17 flights scheduled for today, tomorrow and Friday have been called off, while two other flights were rescheduled.
 
 
Cancellations for Thursday, August 27:
 
FLIGHTS ROUTES
LI 581  Antigua to Dominica to Barbados
LI 527  San Jun to Tortola to St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 560  Dominica to San Juan
LI 561  San Juan to Dominica
LI 550  Antigua to St. Kitts to St. Maarten to St.    Thomas
LI 553  St. Thomas to St. Maarten to Antigua
LI 508  Antigua to St. Kitts to St. Maarten to Tortola
LI 509  Tortola to St. Maarten to St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 526  Antigua to St. Kitts to Tortola to San Juan
LI 326  Barbados to St. Maarten
LI 327  St. Maarten to Barbados
LI 771 (Antigua to St. Lucia) has been re-timed to depart at a time to be advised
LI 362 (Barbados to Antigua) has been re-timed to depart at a time to be advised 

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