Tropical Storm Dorian is continuing to gain strength as it moves through the eastern Caribbean and is now forecast to become a hurricane as it passes to the south of Puerto Rico later this week.
The storm now has max sustained winds at 60 miles per hour and is located 95 miles southeast of Barbados.
Tropical Storm Warnings have currently been issued for Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The path of the Tropical Storm is currently forecast to make landfall on the east coast of the Dominican Republic early Thursday morning but is expected to weaken significantly after that with no heavy impact set for the U.S.