MIAMI – Tropical Storm Fiona fashioned in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday night and forecasters on the U.S. National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for a number of islands.
Tropical Storm Fiona was positioned about 580 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm watches have been issued for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla.
The storm at the moment poses no menace to South Florida.
At 5 a.m. on Thursday, Fiona was transferring west at 13 mph with most sustained winds of about 50 mph. Little change in energy is forecast in the course of the subsequent few days.
Fiona, the season’s sixth named storm, is anticipated to provide whole rainfall accumulations of three to six inches with remoted increased quantities throughout the northern Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and jap Hispaniola
 Swells generated by Fiona are anticipated to start affecting the northern Leeward Islands by early Friday. These swells might trigger life-threatening surf and rip present situations.
On the forecast observe, the middle of Fiona is forecast to maneuver by way of the Leeward Islands late Friday and Friday evening, and transfer close to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend.
