(4 Aug 2012) HEADLINE: Tropical Storm Ernesto heads toward Jamaica
CAPTION: Tropical Storm Ernesto blew across open waters Saturday on a projected path that would skirt Jamaica and hit Mexico after dumping heavy rain on islands in the eastern Caribbean. (Aug. 4)
[Notes:COURTESY -- NOAA]
TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.
FORECASTERS ARE PROJECTING THE STORM TO SWIRL PAST THE SOUTH OF JAMAICA AS A HURRICANE SUNDAY EVENING -- DUMPING HEAVY RAIN -- AND MOVING TOWARD MEXICO'S YUCATAN PENINSULA.
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS ERNESTO COULD MAKE LANDFALL THERE AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
SATURDAY -- ERNESTO HAD MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR.
IT WAS JUST UNDER 500 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA -- AND MOVING WESTWARD AT 18 MILES PER HOUR.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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