Tropical Storm Jerry douses Caribbean
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A robust tropical wave – a ripple in east-to-west flowing trade winds at about 10,000 feet resembling an ocean wave – plodding through the central Atlantic this week is poised to develop into a tropical depression or named storm.
Tropical Storm Jerry is generating dangerous life-threatening surf and rip current conditions across the Caribbean while pulling away from the northern Leeward Islands, the US’ National Hurricane Center warned Friday.
Jerry is not a threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast, but a tropical storm watch was in effect for portions of the Caribbean as of Thursday morning. Forecasters warned that those in the Leeward and Virgin islands should monitor Jerry's development and expect heavy rainfall in some areas.
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Tracking the tropics and a cold front
The GFS, or the American Forecast Model, is suggesting a tropical cyclone developing in the western Caribbean in about six days from now.
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica says Jamaicans are to expect rainy conditions as a trough moves across the western Caribbean this weekend. The broad trough is expected to remain across the region over the next few days and is forecast to bring unstable weather conditions for countries,
The Leeward Islands, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, should monitor the progress of a weather system moving across the Atlantic, as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has given the disturbance — designated Invest 95L — an 80 percent chance of development within 48 hours and a 90 percent chance within seven days.