This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a tropical storm east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, at 7:50am EST, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm, Fred, of the Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)
(MIAMI, FLA) — Tropical Storm Fiona has formed in the Atlantic Wednesday night.
The storm currently has 50 mpy winds and is located east of the Leeward Islands.
Fiona’s center is forecast to move through the Leeward Islands late Friday and be near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Right now the cone of concern has the storm turning north away from Florida.
