TS Elsa churns away from Jamaica, Met Service discontinues tropical storm warning
Gavin Riley / Our Today
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The Jamaica Meteorological Service is tonight (July 4) ending its monitoring of Tropical Storm Elsa and has discontinued the tropical storm warning for the island.
The Met Service, in an 8:00 pm bulletin on Sunday, said that the threat of tropical storm conditions no longer exists for Jamaica as TS Elsa continues to move farther away from the island.
At 7:00 pm the centre of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near Latitude 20.2 North, Longitude 78.7 West—or about 209 kilometres north-northwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
This is also 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Camaguey, Cuba.
Elsa is moving towards the northwest near 24 kilometres/hour, and this general motion is expected to continue through Monday, followed by a turn towards the north-northwest on Tuesday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 95 kilometres/hour (60 mph), with higher gusts.
Some strengthening is expected before Elsa moves over Cuba, followed by some weakening while the centre moves over land.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 kilometres from the centre.
On the forecast track, Elsa will continue to move away from Jamaica and southeastern Cuba, and approach south-central Cuba late tonight and early Monday.
Although Elsa is no longer considered a threat to Jamaica, the island could continue to experience scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. Residents are, therefore, advised to remain alert should occasional outbreaks of showers cause localised flooding.
The Met Service said further updates on this system and current weather conditions will be included in its twice-daily and regular forecasts.
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