Tracking Tropical Storm Fiona as it moves west towards the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Fiona formed late Wednesday evening, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

According to tropical meteorologist researcher Philip Klotzbach, the most recent Atlantic Hurricane Season to have six or less named storms by September 14 is 2014, which only had 5 names.

Tropical Storm #Fiona has formed in the central tropical Atlantic - the 6th named storm of the 2022 Atlantic #hurricane season. The most recent Atlantic hurricane season to have <=6 named storms by September 14th is 2014 (which had 5 named storms by this date). pic.twitter.com/RDg1DMTzJR
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 15, 2022

As of Thursday morning, Tropical Storm Fiona is moving west towards the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. Fiona is packing maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Fiona is moving west at 13 mph.

Tropical Storm Fiona Infrared Satellite Imagery (Courtesy: TropicalTidbits.com)

Tropical Storm Fiona is forecast to move northwest over Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic through the next five days. It is too soon to know for certain if Fiona will impact the U.S. mainland.

Hurricane Hunter aircraft will continue to deploy dropsondes into the storm to monitor in-storm conditions as well as provide high resolution data for tropical forecast models.