SYNOPSIS....Tropical Storm Fiona is over the northeastern Caribbean Sea at 5 AM EDT moving W at 13 mph.

Maximum sustained winds 50 kt, gusts 60 kt. Fiona is forecast to move near or just south of Puerto Rico through Sunday, and strengthen to a hurricane as it nears the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic late Sunday night.

Scattered showers are expected over the far western part of the area through early next week as a trough lingers off the Florida coast.