Tropical Storm Ernesto Impacting the Caribbean
As the sun rose this morning, Tropical Storm Ernesto was passing over the Leeward Islands at a brisk pace. The storm is expected to bring tropical storm conditions throughout the region, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Visible satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Ernesto on Aug 13, 2024, as it passed over the northern Leeward Islands. Imagery borrowed from: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/
Ernesto is poised to strengthen into a powerful hurricane after affecting the Caribbean. Right now, U.S. impacts remain on the low probability end. However, Bermuda is likely to see significant impacts later into the week. We will bring you more on that soon.
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Wind layer for Tropical Storm Ernesto as viewed on KinetiCast. The winds are the result of assimilating the global model and National Hurricane Center forecasts into our proprietary ocean/atmospheric model. The data provided are at a <2 km resolution and include terrain effects.
Zoomed-in view on Puerto Rico from KinetiCast showing the band of 45-50 mile per hour winds that is expected to impact the island.