BWS: TS Jerry Not A Threat At This Time
Tropical Storm Jerry is “not a threat to Bermuda at this time”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its nearest forecasted point to Bermuda currently predicted to be 494 nm to the south at 6am on Saturday [Oct 11] with the BWS noting that “this forecast is subject to change with the next update.”
Graphic courtesy of the BWS:
The latest forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 500 AM AST [0900 UTC], the center of Tropical Storm Jerry was located near latitude 13.3 North, longitude 50.7 West. Jerry is moving toward the west-northwest near 23 mph [37 km/h]. This general motion is expected to continue with a decrease in forward speed during the next couple of days, followed by a turn toward the north-northwest and north beginning on Friday. On the forecast track, the core of the system is expected to be near or to the north of the northern Leeward Islands late Thursday and Friday.
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
“Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph [85 km/h] with higher gusts. Strengthening is expected during the next few days, and Jerry is forecast to become a hurricane on Thursday.
“Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles [205 km] from the center.
“The estimated minimum central pressure is 1003 mb [29.62 inches].”
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