Entries Tagged as 'Met Service'

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Scattered showers continue

Duty Forecaster at the National Meteorological Service, Peter Fearon said scattered showers are likely to continue into this afternoon.
Mr. Fearon said the showers are the result of a weather system now affecting the country:
He said the system now affecting the island is likely to dissipate tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Scattered showers continue

Duty Forecaster at the National Meteorological Service, Peter Fearon said scattered showers are likely to continue into this afternoon.
Mr. Fearon said the showers are the result of a weather system now affecting the country:
He said the system now affecting the island is likely to dissipate tomorrow.

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Flash Flood warning remains in effect for all parishes

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 [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Tropical Storm Paloma southwest of Jamaica

24-Hours Forecast      
This afternoon…Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.  
Tonight… Mostly cloudy with isolated showers.     
Tomorrow…Mostly cloudy day with periods of showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly across southern and western parishes.     
      
This Afternoon Forecast     
KINGSTON:           Mostly cloudy/thunderstorms     
MORANT BAY:       Mostly cloudy/thunderstorms     
PORT ANTONIO:    Showers     
PORT MARIA:         Showers     
OCHO RIOS:           Showers     
ST. ANN’S BAY:       Cloudy/thunderstorms     
FALMOUTH:            Cloudy/thunderstorms     
MONTEGO BAY:       Thunderstorms     
LUCEA:                    Thunderstorms     
NEGRIL:                   Thunderstorms     
SAVANNA-LA-MAR:Showers     
BLACK RIVER:           Showers     
MANDEVILLE:           Mostly cloudy/thunderstorms     
MAY [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Tropical Depression Number 17 strengthens into Tropical Storm Paloma

The Meteorological Service has continued the Flash Flood Warning for all parishes until 5.00 p.m. today.
 
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding has been reported or will occur shortly.
 
At 4.00 a.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Paloma was located near latitude 15.1 degrees North and longitude 82.2 degrees West.  This is about 110 kilometres east [...]

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Flash Flood Warning for Central and Western parishes, Watch remains for Eastern parishes

The Meteorological Service has upgraded the Flash Flood Watch to a Flash Flood Warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of central and western parishes (St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon) while a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for eastern parishes.  Both the Warning and the Watch remains in [...]

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Flash flood watch remains in effect for all parishes

The Meteorological Service has extended the Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of all parishes until 5 p.m.
 
A flash flood watch means flash flooding is possible and residents are advised to take precautionary measures.
The Meteorological Service says residents should be ready for quick action if flooding is observed or if a flash flood [...]

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for all parishes

The Meteorological Service has extended the Flash Flood Watch to low-lying and flood-prone areas of all parishes until 5.00 p.m. today.
 
A Flash Flood Watch means that flash flooding is possible and residents are advised to take precautionary measures, keep informed by listening to further releases from the Meteorological Service and be ready for quick action [...]

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

More rains in the forecast

The Meterological Service is forecasting that there will be more rains tonight into the weekend because of a frontal system in the central Caribbean.
However it says the central Caribbean is projected to remain unstable into early next week.
Duty Forecaster at the Met Service, Kareen Bennett, said the frontal system is producing a broad area of [...]

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

The centre of Omar rapidly moves away from the Northern Leeward Islands

At 4.00 a.m. the centre of Hurricane Omar was located near latitude 19.1 degrees north and longitude 63 degrees west or about 110 kilometres west of St. Martin.
                    
Omar is moving towards the northeast near 41 km/hr and this motion, with a gradual increase in forward speed is expected to continue during the next 24 to [...]