Tropical Storm Gaston

AT 4:00 am the centre of Tropical Storm Gaston was located near latitude 13.5 degrees north and longitude 38.2 degrees west or about 2,495 kilometres east of the Lesser Antilles.

Gaston is moving toward the west at 15 kilometres per hour. This general motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected during the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Fiona

AT 4:00 am the centre of Tropical Storm Fiona was located near latitude 22.6 degrees north and longitude 65.4 degrees west or about 1080 kilometres south of Bermuda.

Fiona is moving toward the northwest near 28 km/h. This general motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today.

Maximum sustained winds are near 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours.

Hurricane Earl

At 4:00 am the centre of Hurricane Earl was located near latitude 29.3 degrees north and longitude 74.7 degrees west or 660 kilometres south of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.

Earl is moving toward the north northwest near 30 km/h. A turn toward the north is expected later today.

Maximum sustained winds are now near 230 km/h with higher gusts. Earl is a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

Tropical Storms Gaston and Fiona as well as Hurricane Earl are not threats to Jamaica.