St. Kitts and Nevis spared the heavy showers and high winds from Isaac

ZIZ News…Aug 23, 2012 — Residents of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis did not experience much of the high winds and high seas that were predicted during the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac.

The latest report at at 8:00am stated that center of Tropical Storm Isaac has reformed near latitude 15.4 north, longitude 64.8 west which is approximately 190 miles southwest of St. Kitts.

The Government of Antigua has discontinued the tropical storm warning for St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, and Anguilla.

A check of St. Kitts and Nevis on Thursday morning saw some overcast skies with rough seas especially in the area of the Bay Front in the fisheries area.

Tropical storm conditions are subsiding over St. Kitts and Nevis and most of the Leeward Islands.

However, tropical storm conditions are expected over Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands today and hurricane conditions are expected over portions of the Dominican Republic by tonight or early Friday and over portions of Haiti on Friday.

Tropical storm conditions are possible over the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands by late Friday.