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National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lee was located near latitude 17.3 North, longitude 52.4 West. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue through early next week with a significant decrease in forward speed. On…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 800 PM CVT (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Margot was located near latitude 16.8 North, longitude 28.3 West. Margot is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph (28 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue over the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 40…

WHCA31 TAPAHURRICANE LEE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES11:00 AM ECT THU, SEP 7, 2023 This is for the leeward islands and British Virgin Islands …hurricane Lee will continue to rapidly strengthen and become a very strong major hurricane… … A tropical cyclone alert is in effect for the leeward islands and the British Virgin…

Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) – Redonda has been officially designated as a Protected Area. The Redonda Ecosystem Reserve will cover almost 30,000 hectares of land and sea, including the entire island, its surrounding seagrass meadows and an 18,000-hectare coral reef The area will protect globally important seabird colonies, and threatened and near-threatened species- some of…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL STORM LEE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES5:25 AM ECT WED, SEP 6, 2023 This is for the leeward islands and the British Virgin Islands …Lee approaching hurricane strength… …expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend… …Lee could bring some minor impacts to the area… A Tropical Cyclone…

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency – A workshop on the “Methodology for Post Disaster Needs Assessment” (PDNA), has officially opened in St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda. The September 4th-7th event is being facilitated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency (CDEMA) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) and the European Union at the Multi-Purposed…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL STORM LEE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES5:20 PM ECT TUE SEP 5 2023 …Tropical Depression Thirteen has become tropical storm Lee… …Lee could bring some impacts to the area… A Tropical Cyclone Alert is in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, the rest of the Leeward Islands and the British Virgin Islands. A…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – Interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system. At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lee was located near latitude 13.2 North, longitude 41.8 West. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph (26 km/h), and this motion is expected to…

WOCA31 TAPA – TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 2:00 PM ECT MONDAY SEP 04 2023 …Tropical disturbance AL95 could pass north of the Caribbean… The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services continues to actively follow the progress of Tropical Disturbance AL95, which is still very far away, but it could be in…