Disturbance to develop into tropical storm tonight

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The Cayman Islands National Weather Service is advising residents of the Cayman Islands to monitor a weather system near the Leeward Islands that is expected to become a tropical storm overnight.

Tropical storm watches have been issued for portions of the Leeward Islands as the disturbance near Barbados is projected to strengthen further Monday night into a storm.

The US National Hurricane Center, in its 5pm advisory on Monday, said the system, called ‘Potential Tropical Cyclone 6’, is moving toward the west-northwest at almost 15 miles per hour. This general motion is expected to continue during the next few days.

The system is located about 165 miles east south east of Dominica and about 205 miles south east of Guadeloupe.

Cayman’s National Weather Service, in a weather notification issued on Monday afternoon, said the system is…

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