Alert #2 on Tropical Storm Dorian issued by The Bahamas of Meteorology Tuesdya, August, 2019  8 PM EDT.

…DORIAN IS HEADING FOR PUERTO RICO…

A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES MAYAGUANA, INAGUA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, SAMANA CAY, AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS.

AT 8:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8° DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 62.0° DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONCE, PUERTO RICO, 706 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND 828 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYAGUANA.

TROPICAL STORM DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MILES PER HOUR, AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TONIGHT, PASS OVER OR NEAR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PUERTO RICO ON WEDNESDAY, AND MOVE NEAR OR JUST EAST OF EASTERN HISPANIOLA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS FORECAST TO MOVE NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, AND DORIAN IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT APPROACHES PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO RE-STRENGTHEN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHILE PASSING NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL ALERTS ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY.

THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WILL BE ISSUED AT 2 AM EDT.

ISSUED BY: GREGORY D THOMPSON (SMO)