AFTERNOON & TONIGHT: CLOUDY WITH A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS! POSSIBLE

RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD IS 0.20 TO 0.50 INCH.

WINDS: SOME LIGHTER AND VARIABLE OR CALM SPELLS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

Yellow Hill, Montserrat – October 10, 2020 – Disturbance 1, located about 39°W and 9°N is moving westward at about 15 to 20 mph.

Slow development of this system could be possible later this weekend or early next week. Upper-level winds are forecast to become unfavourable for further development by the middle of next week. Formation chance through 5 days is 20 percent.

SOURCE: NOAA NHC

Today: An Awesome splendid day on the Emerald Isle; partly cloudy with a 40% percent chance of showers.

Temperature: 90 Degrees Fahrenheit – Make sure you drink lots of fluids all day!

Sunset Today: 5:51 pm.

Tonight: Mostly Fair

DON’T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR FACE COVERINGS TODAY – LET’S CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR ZERO ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 ON MONTSERRAT.

Tropical Storm Gamma formed near the Gulf of Mexico on Friday night continues to strengthen in the Caribbean as it moves closer to landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula and meteorologists are also tracking three other tropical systems with the potential to form into tropical cyclones.

Disturbance 2 east of Montserrat, between African and the Caribbean, has a 20% chance of becoming a Tropical Cyclone in 5 days.

Cloudy with a 70% chance of showers on Montserrat and a slight chance of thunderstorms; Possible rainfall total for the forecast period is 0.2 to 0.5 inch!

Temperature: 90 Degrees Fahrenheit – Make sure you drink lots of water today!

Tonight: Cloudy with a 60% chance of showers!

AND, RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO AVOID ALL GHAUTS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODS, LANDSLIDES AND BOULDERS FALLING FROM HILLSIDES…MOTORISTS ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD AS HEAVY RAINS CAN RESULT IN LANDSLIDES.