FOX Weather continues to track Hurricane Tammy as it moves away from the Caribbean islands as a Category 1 storm. Meanwhile, chances of Invest 95L developing in the southwest Caribbean Sea are up to 60%.
Hurricane-force and heavy rainfall impacted the northeastern Caribbean islands over the weekend as Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the island of Barbuda late Saturday night. But Tammy is now pulling away from the islands as it heads northwest into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and it could track near Bermuda later this week.
Tammy came ashore on the island of Barbuda around 10:15 p.m. EDT Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, making Tammy a Category 1 on the .
Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the island of Barbuda around 10:15 p.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
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Hurricane Tammy initially reached Category 1 intensity on Friday before bearing down on several of the northeastern on Saturday, which saw gusty winds, angry seas and tremendous rain as the heart of the storm moved by just miles to the east of many of those islands.
Hurricane Tammy is smacking the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean as it passes just miles offshore.
High winds continued into early Sunday morning before the late-season hurricane headed northwestward away from the islands.
As Tammy moves away, attention will turn to an area on the opposite side of the Caribbean Sea that now has a .
Where is Hurricane Tammy?
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As of late Sunday, Hurricane Tammy was centered about 120 miles north of Anguilla.
Maximum sustained winds are estimated at 85 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said little change in strength is forecast during the next few days.
What is the forecast for Hurricane Tammy?
Tammy is moving northwestward at about 9 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue through Sunday. That means the center of Tammy will move farther away from the northeastern Caribbean islands throughout the day.
A turn toward the north is expected for Sunday night and Monday, followed by a north-northeast or northeast motion on Tuesday, the NHC said.
The forecast track for Tammy becomes quite uncertain by the middle and end of the workweek, but current indications are that it could track near Bermuda by Friday.
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Heavy rainfall is expected to continue across the northeastern Caribbean as Tammy gradually pulls away from the region.
Depending on the exact tract of the hurricane, some islands could see up to a foot of total rainfall.
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The and British Virgin Islands and eastern could pick up 1 to 2 inches of rain, with isolated amounts up to 4 inches.
The heavy rainfall could produce isolated flash and urban , along with in higher-terrain areas.
In addition, swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect portions of the Caribbean islands during the next few days. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and .
Invest 95L in southwestern Caribbean Sea has 60% chance for development
Showers and have become better organized in association with a low-pressure system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea.
This system has been dubbed by the NHC, which is simply a naming convention that allows forecasters to run specialized computer models on systems they are monitoring for development.
Environmental conditions are favorable for development, and the NHC says a could form before the system moves inland over Nicaragua by early Tuesday. Regardless of development, this system will likely produce heavy rain over portions of Central America during the next couple of days.
According to the NHC, in the next two days.
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