Tropical Storm Ophelia could form in the Atlantic this week

Projected paths of weather system. Credit: caribbean360.com

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday September 20, 2011 – According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), a broad low pressure weather system is moving west towards the Windward Islands at 5-10 miles per hour.

At 8 a.m. AST the low pressure system was located near 10.8 north 40.0 west or about 1500 miles east of the Windward Islands the NHC report said.

According to the latest NHC advisory a tropical depression could form later today or Wednesday and there is a high chance (70%) that the system could become a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours.

If the system develops into a tropical storm it would be the 15th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

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12 Comments

  1. forreal
    September 20, 2011

    not our musical ambassador,she better cool out herself

  2. Irie
    September 20, 2011

    Well if that Ophelia can ‘Marcher comme un antillaise’ we in trouble….

    • Domerican
      September 20, 2011

      That one cracked me up today. I needed that to relieve some stress. God Bless my DA people. Much protection this hurricane season.

    • traveller
      September 20, 2011

      that one really made me laugh

    • forever favored
      September 20, 2011

      LMAO

    • Shanice
      September 21, 2011

      Wish I could have given you 2 thumbs up…you take me on that one…LMAO…thanks for that!

  3. sky
    September 20, 2011

    ok then…….

  4. sky
    September 20, 2011

    hmmmm

  5. Humanist
    September 20, 2011

    Man, the Christian god sure likes sending storms into the islands, huh? It’s like such an omnipotent being has nothing better to do. Oh, right–this being ignores all the injustices in the world to send a storm towards Dominica that hundreds of Dominicans will fervently pray to avert, while others will believe persistently that the island needs to get hit so that it can be “cleansed” of “evil.” A storm, after all, is what one would expect from a transcendent being that can do, well, anything and everything.

    Come on, people. Treat a storm as a storm. We get them every year, and we will continue to get them every year until our planet undergoes significant changes. No need to leave comments about Dominica needing to be “cleansed” or asking people to pray to get the storm to move. Just accept that storms can be explained like other natural phenomena and take adequate preparations and hope for the best.

    • Joe
      September 20, 2011

      i suspect you like trouble!!!! LMAO on this one…

    • whatever
      September 20, 2011

      humanist said it all, no need for further comments

    • bella-ann
      September 21, 2011

      PRAYERS CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS………..

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