The National Hurricane Center (NHC) changed the designation of Invest 92L to Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 on Sunday evening.\u00a0 NHC implemented a new policy for 2017 which allows it to issue tropical cyclone watches and warnings before it officially classifies a system as a tropical cyclone.\u00a0 NHC issued Tropical Storm Warnings for some of the Windward Islands because of Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 on Sunday evening in accordance with the new policy.<\/p>\n
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 was located at latitude 7.9\u00b0N and longitude 52.4\u00b0W which put it about 630 miles (1015 km) east-southeast of Trinidad.\u00a0 It was moving toward the west-northwest at 23 m.p.h. (37 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1005 mb.<\/p>\n
Tropical Cyclone Warnings have been issued for Barbados, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago.<\/p>\n
The circulation of Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 appeared to get better organized on Sunday evening.\u00a0 Satellite imagery seemed to indicate that a more circular area of thunderstorms was forming around the center of circulation.\u00a0 The system was already producing sustained winds to 40 m.p.h. (60 km\/h) and if a center of circulation develops, it will be classified as a tropical storm.<\/p>\n
Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 will move through an environment that will be somewhat favorable for intensification during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 It will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 29\u00b0C.\u00a0 An upper level trough over the eastern Caribbean Sea is generating southwesterly winds that are causing some vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 has about 24 to 36 hours before the shear increases significantly.\u00a0 After that time the system will weaken.<\/p>\n
A subtropical high pressure system over the Atlantic is steering Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 toward the west-northwest.\u00a0 A general west-northwesterly motion is expected to continue.\u00a0 On its anticipated track Potential Tropical Cyclone 02 will reach the southern Windward Islands later on Monday.\u00a0 It will bring gusty winds and locally heavy rain when it gets there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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