Jamaicans should look out for more rains this weekend. The Meteorological Service has issued a Severe Weather Alert until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020, due to a slow-moving Tropical Wave which has now become the Season’s 31st Tropical Depression over the central Caribbean.  The tropical depression will continue to drift westward and should continue to move over the...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that the passage of Tropical Storm Laura overnight have impacted roadways and road infrastructure in several parishes across the island. Based on early assessments, this is mainly in the form of flooding, landslides, heavy siltation and fallen trees. According to NWA Communications Manager, Stephen Shaw, so far there have been reports of such...

The Meteorological Service has: Discontinued the Flash Flood Warning for St. Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James and Trelawny. Effective 5:00 a.m. today. Satellite imagery indicates that the showers and thunderstorms associated with Laura has drifted farther west away from the island. At 4:00 a.m., the centre of Tropical Storm Laura was located near latitude 22.9 North,...

The Meteorological Service has: Continued the Flash Flood Warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James, Trelawny, St. Ann, St. Mary, Portland, St. Thomas, Kingston and St. Andrew. Upgraded the Flash Flood Watch to a Flash Flood Warning for low lying and flood prone areas of all other parishes. Effective until 8:00 p.m. today. . At 4:00...

At 4:00 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm Marco was located near latitude 23.7 degrees North, longitude 87.0 degrees West. Marco is moving toward the north-northwest near 20 km/h. Marco is forecast to continue moving north-northwestward across the central Gulf of Mexico today and will approach southeastern Louisiana on Monday. A gradual turn toward the west with a decrease in...

The Meteorological Service has issued: •    A Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of all parishes. •    Effective until 8:00 p.m. on Monday. •    At 4:00 a.m. the center of Tropical Storm Laura was located near latitude 18.8 degrees North, longitude 70.9 degrees West. Laura is moving toward the west-northwest near 30 km/h, and this general motion is...

A new weather radar valued at approximately US$3 million has been purchased by the Government for the Meteorological Station at Coopers Hill, St. Andrew. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during his Budget presentation in Gordon House, on Thursday (March 19). He said the reason for this purchase is to improve Jamaica’s data-collection efforts and...