Ernesto departed Guadeloupe and moved toward the Caribbean Sea

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Article first published: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 5 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 2 p.m. ET

According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 pm Tuesday advisory, Ernesto after it first crossed the Caribbean Sea, departed Guadeloupe, then moved toward the Caribbean Sea

Tropical Storm Ernesto is 85 miles east of St and 175 miles east-southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico, with maximum sustained wind of 60 mph. It’s moving 18 mph to the west-northwest.

"... the center of Ernesto should pass near or over the Virgin Islands this evening, and then pass just to the northeast and north of Puerto Rico tonight and on Wednesday." forecasters noted. "Additional strengthening is forecast, and Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane by early Wednesday."

YESTERDAY (Monday):

Yesterday, the weather system gained sufficient intensity to be named Ernesto. The potential tropical cyclone was upgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 60 mph. Ernesto brewed in the Atlantic Ocean and moved to the Caribbean Sea.

Forecasters alert: a tropical storm warning in effect for the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Antigua and Barbuda. The government of France has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Guadeloupe.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:

- U.S. Virgin Islands

- British Virgin Islands

- Vieques and Culebra

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

- St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla

- St. Martin and St. Barthelemy

- Sint Maarten

- Saba and Sint Eustatius

- British Virgin Islands

- U.S. Virgin Islands

- Puerto Rico

- Vieques and Culebra

A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, in this case within the next 12 hours or so.

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.

For storm information specific to your area in the United States,

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

RAINFALL: Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over portions of the Leeward Islands from Guadeloupe to Dominica and across the U.S and British Virgin Islands. Rainfall totals of 6 to 8 inches, with maximum amounts of 10 inches, are expected across southeastern Puerto Rico, with totals of 2 to 4 inches across northwestern Puerto Rico.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Ernesto, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at5.shtml? Rainqpf

WIND: Tropical storm conditions are occurring over portions of the warning area in the Leeward Islands. Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin spreading over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico later today and tonight. Hurricane conditions are also possible over the Virgin Islands, Vieques, and Culebra this evening into tonight.

STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above ground level for the eastern coast of Puerto Rico from San Juan to Guayama, including the islands of Culebra and Vieques and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, including St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix.

A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels in the British Virgin Islands. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.

SURF: Swells generated by Ernesto are affecting portions of the Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands and will spread westward to Puerto Rico later today. These swells will then reach the Dominican Republic tonight, the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, and Bermuda on Thursday.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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