Hickory Weather

Else has formed to ESE of Barbados with winds currently at 40 mph.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Five

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida has started issuing Advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Five which is located at Latitude 9.6° North, Longitude 43.7° West or about 1195 miles to the East of the Windward Islands.

The Maximum Sustained Winds are at 35 mph and PTC Five is moving toward the West-Northwest at 21 mph with a Minimum Central Pressure of 1008 millibars or 29.77 inches.

The Meteorological Service in Barbados has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Barbados, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines.

The Meteorological Service in St. Lucia has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for St. Lucia.

The Government of France has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Martinique.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Five is expected to reach the Windward Islands on Friday as it continues to track toward the West-Northwest into the Caribbean. It is then forecast to remain to keep a WNW motion, passing just to the South of the Dominican Republic as it moves towards Cuba.