Extended Public Forecast for The Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos islands, January 9, 2018

#Bahamas, January 9, 2018 – Nassau – THE PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT TUESDAY 09^TH JANUARY 2018, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY.

 GENERAL SITUATION:  THE REMNANTS OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS IS DRIFTING WESTWARD AND WEAKENING INTO A TROUGH WHILE ANOTHER REMNANTS EXTENDS INTO THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.

SPECIAL WARNINGS:  BOATERS AND BEACHGOERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AT BEACHES MAINLY ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SHORELINES.

FOR ALL AREAS:

WEATHER:          CLOUDY TO OVERCAST AND BREEZY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

ADVISORY:         SMALL CRAFT CAUTION REMAINS IN EFFECT.

WINDS:                 EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS BUT HIGHER IN GUSTS OVER OPEN WATERS.

SEAS:                     4 TO 6 FEET BUT UP TO 10 FEET IN NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS OVER THE OCEAN.

DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE                      81F         27C

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE                 68F         20C

SUN      

SUNRISE:             6:57AM                                SUNSET:               5:36PM

MOON 

MOONSET:         12:34PM                               MOONRISE:        1:26AM WED

TIDES

LOW TIDE:           7:57AM                                8:17PM

HIGH TIDE:          1:54PM                               2:41AM                WED

EXTENDED FORECAST: THE BOUNDARIES WILL DRIFT NORTHWESTWARDS THROUGH THE WEEK WITH FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH.

FORECAST FOR  WEDNESDAY

WEATHER: CLOUDY TO OVERCAST AND BREEZY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER OPEN WATERS.

SEAS: 4 TO 6 FEET BUT UP TO 10 FEET IN NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS OVER THE OCEAN.

FORECAST FOR  THURSDAY

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS: SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS OVER OPEN WATERS.

SEAS: 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND 5 TO 8 FEET IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, BUT UP TO 14 FEET IN NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS OVER THE OCEAN.

FORECASTER: ORSON NIXON/wb