Weather system likely to impact Jamaica in coming days

And that’s the exact situation right now in the Caribbean, as scientists at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) have detected an area of concern in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.

As at 7:00 am Jamaica Time today, the NHC is reporting that the system identified by its satellites has a 70% chance of becoming more organised over the next five days.

This, it says, will have some impact on islands such as Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica, regardless of its organisation and strength.

“A broad area of low pressure over the southeastern Caribbean Sea is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms extending from the Windward Islands west-northwestward for several hundred miles,” stated the Miami-based weather observatory,” in this morning’s bulletin.

“Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development over the next few days, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week while the disturbance moves slowly westward or west-northwestward over the central Caribbean Sea. 

“Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible over portions of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico through this weekend.”

The system is expected to move south of Jamaica, with persons on the island being urged to pay close attention because of its potential to develop further into a tropical depression or storm.