Tropical Storm Erika Soaks Puerto Rico, Hispanola; Warnings in the Bahamas; Uncertain Threat to Florida, Southeast U.S. - from TRUNEWS

Highlights

• The center of Tropical Storm Erika is moving over Hispanola, still very poorly organized.
• Tropical storm warnings continue in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Turks and Caicos, and the central and southeast Bahamas.
• Deadly, destructive flooding has been reported in Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles, Thursday. Strong wind gusts were reported in St. Croix and St. Thomas.
• Erika will bring locally heavy rain and gusty winds to drought-suffering Puerto Rico and Hispanola.
• There is potential for Erika to dissipate as a tropical cyclone over the mountains of the Dominican Republic.
• Erika’s future track and intensity late this weekend and beyond remains highly uncertain regarding potential U.S. impact, which could occur anywhere from the Florida peninsula to the Carolinas.

Erika Struggles, But Still Soaks the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Erika continues to struggle against a hostile environment in the Caribbean Sea, and faces an uphill climb to maintain its identity as a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

Satellite imagery continues to show Erika’s convection (thunderstorms) displaced east of the center of circulation.

The culprit for this disheveled appearance of Erika is strong westerly to southwesterly wind shear, which has been consistently very strong, compared to average, in the Caribbean Sea this hurricane season, so far.

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