National Hurricane Center (NHC) – The government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Hurricane Warning for Antigua and discontinued the Tropical Storm Watch for the British Virgin Islands.

Summary of Watches and Warnings in effect:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for…
- Barbuda and Anguilla
- St. Maarten
- St. Martin and St. Barthelemy
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…
- Saba and St. Eustatius

At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 17.8 North, longitude 61.9 West. Tammy is moving toward the north-northwest near 10 mph (17 km/h) and this general motion is expected through Sunday, followed by a turn toward the north on Monday.
On the forecast track, the center of Tammy will move north of the northern Leeward Islands by Sunday afternoon. Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph (140 km/h) with higher gusts.

Some slight strengthening is possible during the next couple of days. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km). The minimum central pressure estimated from Hurricane Hunter aircraft observations is 992 mb (29.30 inches).







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