Lili doesn't seem to want to leave the DR??

Different? How so? Here is the 8 am supplementary report of the NHC:


A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.

ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HAITI...AND THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LILI.

AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE
75.3 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES...255 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON
JAMAICA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH
...14 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 12 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. MORNING SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE LILI IS GETTING BETTER
ORGANIZED AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING THE SYSTEM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY TO NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HAITI TODAY.

The storm has always been there, but when it lost its "eye", the National Hurricane Center stopped tracking it. However, now that it seems to be reforming, it is again monitoring the progress of the storm.

Tropical storms/hurricanes are not localized like tornados are. If you look at them from above, the diameter of the cloud mass is 200 or more miles. Always very impressive to see, no matter what the wind strength.

At 35 mph, Lili is still not (as of 8 am) back to being a Tropical Storm; it is a Tropical Depression. However, should its wind strength go over 39 mph, it will be reclassified as a Tropical Storm.

Lili Headed for Jamaica

Lili has regained her classification as a Tropical Storm, and now seems to have her eye on Jamaica and Cuba. You can see the 11 am prediction as to the track the storm will take at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT12/AL1202W.GIF