Weather

. BAHAMAS MARINE FORECAST AT 6:00 P.M. EDT, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS (ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY)     WARNINGS: Light to moderate swells will propagate toward the Atlantic waters of...

File Photo: BPL crews working on transmission and distribution lines. An overnight electrical storm hit Eleuthera late on Tuesday evening, July 25th, and persisted into the early morning hours of Wednesday morning, bringing with it, charged...

Ministry of Tourism officials in Eleuthera on Wednesday, May 31st, announced a postponement of the 2023 Pineapple Festival.  The planned two-day signature event was set to take place on Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd in Gregory Town,...

Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2023, citing the likely development of El Niño as a primary factor. Eastern and central tropical and subtropical Atlantic...

NEMA deactivates NEOC – (Update: 10am Thursday, September 29th, 2022) NASSAU, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) was deactivated at 10am Thursday (September 29th)...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology at 9:00 PM Monday, 6th June, 2022 Inclement and wet weather is expected for the Northwest and Central Bahamas into Tuesday, 7th June, 2022. A long trailing plume of moisture/rainband...

. Update (Wednesday morning, January 12, 2022): Local Officials released the following communication on Wednesday morning, following a stormy Tuesday evening on Eleuthera, “The Glass Window Bridge is open. Very windy conditions and a lot...

  ALERT #11 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRACE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST 2021, AT 6PM EDT. …GRACE DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION…BUT STILL EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...

Captain Stephen Russell, Director, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Officials at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are closely monitoring one of two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. Captain...

NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured this image of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020 as it approached the Gulf Coast. (NOAA) NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict...