A tropical depression is located southwest of Jamaica. This system is projected to continue moving west, and away from the island, but may linger across the southwestern Caribbean Sea through the weekend.

Expect cloudy conditions across Jamaica with periods of showers and thunderstorms to affect sections of most parishes during the period.

24-HOUR FORECAST

• This Morning: Isolated showers across eastern parishes, elsewhere mostly cloudy.
  This Afternoon & Evening: Scattered showers and thunderstorms across most parishes, otherwise mostly cloudy.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Late night thunderstorms likely across western parishes.

Today’s forecast for select towns and cities

South Eastern Region

Morant Bay: Intermittent showers.
Kingston: Afternoon thunderstorms.
Half-Way Tree: Afternoon thunderstorms.

South Central Region

Portmore: Afternoon thunderstorms.
Spanish Town: Afternoon thunderstorms.
May Pen: Afternoon showers.
Mandeville: Afternoon showers.

South Western Region

Santa Cruz: Afternoon thundershowers.
Black River: Afternoon thundershowers.
Savanna-la-Mar: Afternoon thundershowers.
Negril: Afternoon thundershowers.

North Eastern Region

Port Antonio: Intermittent showers.
Port Maria: Afternoon showers.

North Central Region

Ocho Rios: Afternoon showers.
St Ann’s Bay: Afternoon showers.
Brown’s Town: Afternoon showers.
Falmouth: Afternoon showers.

North Western Region

Montego Bay: Afternoon thundershowers.
Lucea: Afternoon thundershowers.

Maximum temperature expected for Kingston today is 31 degrees Celsius. Maximum temperature expected for Montego Bay today is 31 degrees Celsius.

3-day forecast (Starting Tomorrow)

Friday & Saturday: Morning showers likely across sections of eastern and southern parishes. Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms across most parishes, otherwise cloudy. 

Sunday: Partly cloudy morning. Widely scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms across southern parishes and some hilly areas elsewhere.

Other Current Regional Weather Features

Tropical Depression Nineteen about 190 kilometre east-northeast Cabo Gracias A Dios, Honduras. A cold front extending across the northern Caribbean.