Track for Tropical Storm Grace shifts further into Gulf

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Grace's updated way takes it into the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Grace made her quality Saturday, but her way remains somewhat uncertain.

As of 5 p.m., Grace was astir 55 miles from Guadeloupe spreading squally upwind crossed the Lesser Antilles. Its max sustained winds are 40 mph, and portion of the cone includes the acold confederate extremity of Florida.

The tropical tempest is moving to the westbound astatine astir 26 mph. According to the NHC, the halfway of Grace is forecast to determination implicit the Leeward Islands tonight, adjacent the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico connected Sunday, adjacent oregon implicit the Dominican Republic Sunday nighttime and Monday, and past adjacent oregon implicit Haiti connected Monday night.

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Haiti was conscionable rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday that killed much than 220 people.

Grace is apt to weaken portion it moves adjacent and crossed the Greater Antilles Monday and Tuesday.

Most models hold it volition walk implicit Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, but erstwhile the tempest approaches Cuba, that’s wherever models either support Grace a Tropical Storm oregon weaker.

Right present the cone has Grace reaching the acold confederate extremity of Florida and Bahamas by Wednesday into Thursday.

The latest GFS exemplary shows Grace skimming the confederate extremity of Florida, and past pushing westbound into the Gulf of Mexico. This would beryllium the champion lawsuit script for northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. Not truthful bully for those from Texas to Mississippi on the Gulf Coast.

The Bermuda High disconnected the East Coast plays a ample relation successful this track. If the country of precocious unit stays beardown it volition steer the tempest westbound into the Gulf. If the precocious weakens astatine each the way could instrumentality a much easterly crook towards the northbound Gulf Coast.

The Weather Authority volition beryllium tracking Tropical Storm Grace precise cautiously successful the coming days and volition proceed to update the way and our imaginable section impacts.