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PUBLIC FORECAST

3-DAY BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT THURSDAY 19TH
SEPTEMBER 2019

GENERAL SITUATION:  THE COMBINATION OF A TRAILING TROUGH AND SWELLS
GENERATED FROM HURRICANE HUMBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT POCKETS OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER AND HAZARDOUS BEACHING AND BOATING CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.

SPECIAL WARNINGS: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
BEACHGOERS REFRAIN FROM SWIMMING DUE TO HAZARDOUS BOATING AND
BEACHING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING ALONG COASTAL ROADS DUE TO SEA SPRAY AND SAND WHICH CAN
IMPAIR VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE,
DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS IN ELEUTHERA SHOULD AVOID USING THE GLASS
WINDOW BRIDGE DUE TO EXTREMELY LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.

NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY AND HOT WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. PARTLY CLOUDY AND
WINDY WITH THE CHANCE OF A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TONIGHT.

ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

WINDS:	NORTHEASTERLY AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER OPEN WATERS

SEAS: 4 TO 7 FEET BUT UP TO 13 FEET IN NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS
OVER THE OCEAN.

SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS

WEATHER: VARIABLE CLOUDINESS, AND HOT WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST TO EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS OVER OPEN
WATERS.

SEAS: 2 TO 4 FEET BUT UP TO 12 FEET IN NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS OVER THE
OCEAN.

DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE:	       90°F	32°C	

OVERNITE LOW TEMPERATURE:	     80°F    27°C

HEAT INDEX:						108°F	42°C

SUNRISE:       06:57 AM 					    

SUNSET:        07:08 PM

		    

MOONSET:    11:30AM

MOONRISE:  10:48 PM  

		  

HIGH TIDE: 10:48 AM  

LOW TIDE:  05:11 PM	    

HIGH TIDE: 11:03 PM

LOW TIDE:  05:12 AM  FRI.


EXTENDED FORECAST: HAZARDOUS BOATING AND BEACHING CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND….

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY

WEATHER: VARIABLE CLOUDINESS, HOT AND WINDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED AND
THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.	     

WINDS:	EASTERLY AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND EAST
TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

SEAS:  5 TO 8 FEET BUT UP TO 16 FEET IN EASTERLY SWELLS IN THE
NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...4 TO 7 FEET BUT UP TO 12 FEET IN NORTHERLY SWELLS
IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

FORECAST FOR SATURDAY

WEATHER: VARIABLE CLOUDINESS, HOT AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS: EASTERLY AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL
BAHAMAS AND EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

SEAS: 4 TO 7 FEET BUT UP TO 16 FEET IN NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS IN THE
NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS…2 TO 4 FEET BUT UP TO 11 FEET IN
NORTHERLY SWELLS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST NEWS ITEMS ON HURRICANE HUMBERTO
AND TROPICAL STORM JERRY. ELSEWHERE, THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN.
1) A TROPICAL WAVE ABOUT 1000 MILES WEST OF CABO VERDE ISLANDS HAS A
LOW CHANCE OF ONLY 30 PERCENT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION THROUGH
5 DAYS. 2) A LARGE AREA OF DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
TROPICAL WAVE. THIS DISTURBANCE HAS A LOW CHANCE OF 10 PERCENT FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION THROUGH 5 DAYS.

FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE