A tropical storm watch remained for Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, as weather forecasters warned of the possibility of Tropical Storm Emily regaining strength as it moved across the Caribbean Sea.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Emily, with maximum sustained winds near 40 miles per hour (mph) could strengthen during the next 48 hours.
The center of the storm was estimated to be near latitude 15.3 north, longitude 63.6 west, but the NHC said that it should resume a west to west-northwestward motion at about 12 mph later today.
The tropical storm watch for Haiti has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while the French government has discontinued its storm warning for Guadeloupe, Desirade, les Saintes and Marie Galante.
The NHC warned that Emily is expected to produce total rain accumulations of two to four inches in the Northern Windward and Leeward islands, while Haiti could experience isolated maximum amounts of up to 10 inches of rainfall.
