Storm Watch

. BAHAMAS MARINE FORECAST FOR THE BAHAMAS FOR 24 HOURS FROM 6AM DST, THURSDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2023 (ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 0945 UTC.) WARNINGS: BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT DUE TO THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY...

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...

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...

  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...

All Alerts Have Been Discontinued on Tropical Storm Eta – See NEMA release just below ‘News Item’. — NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11AM...

ALERT #29A ON TROPICAL STORM LAURA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST 2020, AT 9 PM EDT. …LAURA NOW LOCATED OVER EASTERN CUBA…AND…HEAVY RAINS NOW OCCURRING OVER EASTERN CUBA, HAITI AND JAMAICA… TROPICAL...