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JAM | Nov 12, 2023

Jamaica likely to impacted by potential disturbance in southwest Caribbean

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A satellite-generated time-lapse of weather conditions in the Caribbean Basin as at 7:50 am on Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Content courtesy of NOAA/NHC)

As the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches its end, Jamaica could find itself in the direct crosshairs of a massive disturbance whose development chances continue to improve in the southwest Caribbean Sea.

According to preliminary forecasts from the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), the disturbance may become a low-pressure system in the next few days. Owing to favourable oceanic conditions, it should further strengthen into a tropical depression later this week.

The disturbance will then drift northeastward across the western and central portions of the Caribbean Sea.

Formation chances are currently “meduim” at 50 per cent over the next seven days.

A seven-day tropical weather outlook for the Atlantic Basin, highlighting one huge area of disturbance with potential to develop in the Caribbean Sea (in orange) as at 7:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Photo: National Hurricane Center)

Stay tuned for more updates.

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2023 North Atlantic Hurricane Season Caribbean Sea Jamaica low-pressure system National Hurricane Center Weather Watch

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