
SEVEN – DAY WEATHER FORECAST 30th May to 5th June, 2023
GENERAL SITUATION: A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS ACROSS THE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A RICH TROPICAL AIR MASS, STREAMING OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA, WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPORTED DUE TO THE GRADUAL EASTWARD TREK OF A MID TO UPPER-LEVEL LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL ENHANCE POCKETS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. VERY WARM, HUMID AND BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PERSIST.
TUESDAY 30TH – Variably cloudy, warm and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Variable less than 10 knots, becoming Easterly at 10 knots or less at night in the Northwest and Central Bahamas; East to Southeast at 10 to 15 knots in the Southeast Bahamas but falling light and variable at times. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.
WEDNESDAY 31ST – Variably cloudy, warm and humid with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: East to Southeast at 10 to 15 knots, falling light and variable at times. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.
THURSDAY 1ST _ Variably cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly in Northwest and Central Bahamas. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: East to Southeast at 10 to 15 knots int the Northwest Bahamas, falling light and variable at times; East to Southeast at 10 knots or less in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.
FRIDAY 2ND – Variably cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly in the Southeast Bahamas. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeasterly at 10 to 15 knots int the Northwest Bahamas; South to Southwest at 10 to 15 knots or less in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.
SATURDAY 03RD – Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: North to Northeast at 10 to 15 knots in the Northwest Bahamas; Southwest to West at 10 to 15 knots, with higher gusts in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.
SUNDAY 04TH – Partly sunny and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeast to East at 10 knots or less in the Northwest Bahamas; Southwest to West at 10 knots or less in the Central and Southeast Bahamas, falling light and variable at times across all areas. Seas: 1 to 3 feet over the ocean.
MONDAY 05TH – Partly sunny and warm with a few showers and possible thunderstorms in the Northwest and Central Bahamas, turning mainly fair at night; partly cloudy, very warm and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the Southeast Bahamas through night. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeast to East at 10 to 15 knots in the Northwest Bahamas; Southeast to South at 10 knots or less but falling light and variable at times in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 1 to 3 feet over the ocean but up to 5 feet in northeasterly swells along Atlantic exposed shorelines in the Southeast Bahamas.
K. WARD-FORBES (CMO)
