{"id":8734,"date":"2025-10-07T22:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=8734"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:28:00","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%80-tropical-storm-jerry-alert-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=8734","title":{"rendered":"TROPICAL STORM JERRY ALERT STATEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES<br>5:00 PM ECT | Tuesday, 7 October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026TROPICAL STORM JERRY FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 5:00 PM ECT (2100 UTC), the centre of Tropical Storm Jerry was located near latitude 12.0\u00b0 North, longitude 46.4\u00b0 West, or about 1,119 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry is moving toward the west near 23 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph, with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is possible over the next day or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 85 miles from the centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The estimated minimum central pressure is 1003 mb (29.62 inches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On its present track, the system is expected to be near the Leeward Islands by Thursday evening into Friday. As a result, a Tropical Storm Watch may be required for some islands within the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents should complete their hurricane preparedness plans and be ready to implement them if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>?? All residents are urged to closely monitor the movement of Tropical Storm Jerry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next update will be issued at 11:00 PM ECT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forecaster: Cecil Matthew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8735\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL.png 940w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL-300x251.png 300w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL-768x644.png 768w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROPICAL-358x300.png 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES5:00 PM ECT | Tuesday, 7 October 2025 \u2026TROPICAL STORM JERRY FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC\u2026 At 5:00 PM ECT (2100 UTC), the centre of Tropical Storm Jerry was located near latitude 12.0\u00b0 North, longitude &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=8734\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8737,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734\/revisions\/8737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}