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Update: 1am The latest forecast for Tropical Storm Grace from the National Hurricane Center remains unchanged since the 10pm CT update.
Grace still has sustained winds of 60mph and is moving west at 14mph, with a track that will take it over or near Grand Cayman early Wednesday morning.
At 1am CT, Grace was located approximated 85 miles east-southeast of Grand Cayman and approximately 70 miles south of Cayman Brac, according to the NHC advisory.
The tropical storm is forecast to become a hurricane later on Wednesday.
Update: 10pm Tropical Storm Grace is forecast to move near or over the Cayman Islands early Wednesday, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
The NHC added that tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles, primarily to the east of the centre of the storm.
As of 10pm, the Cayman Islands National Weather Service said that Tropical Storm Grace was about 99 miles south-southeast of Cayman Brac and 155 miles southeast of Grand Cayman with maximum sustained winds of 60mph. Grace is moving towards the west at 14 mph.
The forecast remains the same as it was in earlier advisories, with torrential rain and intermittent thunderstorms overnight as Tropical Storm Grace passes south of the island, the NWS said, with a flood warning in effect.
The estimated wave heights have...
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