Go-Jamaica Weather Watch

The island remains under a Flash Flood warning until 5 p.m. today.

At 10 a.m. the centre of hurricane Paloma which is now a Category one storm was located about 390 kilometers west of Montego Bay and moving at 11 kilometres per hour with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour.

The National Meteorological Service said Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today.

It says the centre of Paloma will pass near the Cayman Islands later today or early tomorrow if it continues on the forecast track.
 
The island is expected to experience scattered showers and thunderstorms especially in central and western parishes.

The Met Office said Hurricane Paloma is not a direct threat to Jamaica at this time.