As it now
stands, forecasters expect the remains of Tropical Storm Henri to pass about 300 miles northeast of the Virgin Islands by Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Jesus Figueroa said Tuesday.
"I don’t expect any significant impact on the Virgin Islands," he said from San Juan.
The National Hurricane Center forecast indicates that the storm should be short-lived and could weaken into the remains of a low pressure area by Wednesday night.
As Tuesday progressed, Henri jumped from a system forecasters were watching to a tropical storm, bypassing the usual depression status. At the 5 p.m. update, the National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory on the tropical storm saying Henri was centered at 17.8 degrees north latitude and 54 degrees west longitude. Winds are at 40 mph, with gusts to 50 mph. The barometric pressure stands at 1007 millibars or 29.73 inches. It was moving west northwest at 18 mph and located 600 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up 50 miles northeast of Henri’s center.
