{"id":3608,"date":"2023-09-27T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2023-09-27T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:52:55","slug":"tropical-storm-philippe-strengthens-slightly-turns-westward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/27\/tropical-storm-philippe-strengthens-slightly-turns-westward\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Philippe Strengthens Slightly, Turns Westward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tropical Storm Philippe Satellite image<\/p><\/div>\n

Tropical Storm Philippe has strengthened slightly to 45 kt max winds as it moves west at 8 kts. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The intensity forecast is somewhat uncertain so it is possible Philippe could maintain its tropical cyclone status as it reaches the northern Leeward Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Risk for Tropical Storm Force winds (34 kt\/39 mph)<\/p><\/div>\n

The official track forecast has been shifted southward in 3-5 days which likely would bring the effects of Philippe to the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S and British Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico with heavy rain and gusty winds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches of rain is likely across the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and eastern Puerto Rico Friday through Monday. Across western Puerto Rico, 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected. Heavy rainfall from Philippe may produce isolated urban and small stream flooding impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Latest Advisory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ocean Weather Services<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tropical Storm Philippe has strengthened slightly to 45 kt max winds as it moves west at 8 kts. The intensity forecast is somewhat uncertain so it is possible Philippe could maintain its tropical cyclone status as it reaches the northern Leeward Islands. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85,171,3,10],"tags":[43,86,9,5,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}