Tropical Storm Tammy Forms In Atlantic, NHC Says

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Caribbean News, Environmental News, International News

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Tammy has formed in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said this afternoon.

Tammy is located 625 miles east of the Windward Islands, according to the NHC. It is moving west at 23 mph.

Tammy has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Barbados, Dominica and Martinique, and Guadeloupe, the NHC said.

The center of Tammy is expected to turn west-northwest by tomorrow night and northwest by Friday or Saturday, according to the NHC. The center is expected to pass near or over the Leeward Islands over the weekend.

The storm is expected to gradually strengthen over the next several days.

The NHC will begin issuing advisories on the tropical storm beginning at 5 p.m. today.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.