At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lisa was about 220 miles (355 km) South of Grand Cayman.
Lisa is moving toward the west near 14 mph (22 km/h). This general motion with some decrease in forward speed is forecast during the next couple of days.
On the forecast track, the center of Lisa will pass south of the Cayman Islands today, move near or over the Bay Islands of Honduras early Wednesday, and approach Belize later on Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts.
Strengthening is expected, and Lisa is forecast to become a hurricane by early Wednesday over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km)
from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb (29.65 inches).
