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BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST


THIS IS THE BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT MONDAY 28TH
SEPTEMBER 2020 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 6
AM.


GENERAL SITUATION:  A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS, WHILE SOME TROUGHING PRODUCES POCKETS OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY.


SPECIAL WARNINGS: BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT FOR POSSIBLE
WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY.


ALL AREAS

WEATHER: VARIABLE CLOUDINESS AND HOT WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OFFSHORE THROUGH TONIGHT.

ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS
IN OR NEAR HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

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

SEAS: 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE OCEAN.


DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE				  90°F      
32°C	   

HEAT INDEX							     
    103°F	39°C

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE			      77°F	 
25°C	   


SUNRISE:	     7:01 AM				  

SUNSET: 	      7:00 PM		

		    

MOONRISE:	 5:32 PM			       

MOONSET:	 4:59 AM TUE.	 


HIGH TIDE:	    6:12 AM		  &		6:35 PM

LOW TIDE:	    12:20 PM		 &	       12:58 AM TUE.


EXTENDED FORECAST: HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARDS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST BAHAMAS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.


FORECAST FOR TUESDAY		 

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

WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL
BAHAMAS AND SOUTHEASTERLY AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

SEAS: 3 TO 5 FET IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND 4 TO 6 FEET
IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.


FORECAST FOR  WEDNESDAY

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND HOT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS: VARIABLE AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL
BAHAMAS AND SOUTHEASTERLY AT 15 KNOTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.

SEAS: 3 FEET OR LESS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL AND BAHAMAS AND 3
TO 5 FEET IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.


TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK: A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COULD FORM
OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IN A FEW DAYS.  SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT
IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEK WHILE THE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN. THIS SYSTEM HAS A
LOW CHANCE OF 20 PERCENT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION THROUGH 5
DAYS.


FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE/rs=