4 AM UPDATE – TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26 - Monday October 5th, 2020:

05 October 2020, 06:11 AM

Weather

The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Cayman Islands, including Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.

LOCATION...17.0N 78.2W

ABOUT 90 MI...125 KM S OF NEGRIL JAMAICA

ABOUT 262 MI... ESE OF GRAND CAYMAN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES

Today:

Partly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of showers this morning becoming cloudy to overcast by late afternoon with a 70% chance of widely scattered showers and thunder. Shower may become locally heavy at times from this evening. Flooding in low lying areas are expected from this evening.

2 to 4 inches of rainfall are expected for the Cayman Islands

Winds are expect to be from the east to northeast at 10 to 15 knots with higher gusts for Grand Cayman and from the east to northeast 15 to 20 knots with higher gusts for the Sister Islands this morning becoming northeast 15 to 20 knots with higher gusts for Grand Cayman and east to southeast 20 to 25 knots with higher gusts by evening.

Seas are expected to be moderate to rough with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet this morning increasing to 5 to 7 feet by this evening over Grand Cayman… for the Sister Islands expected rough with wave heights of 4 to 6 feet this morning increasing to 6 to 8 feet by this evening. All craft should seek and remain in safe habour from this afternoon until further notice.

Tonight:

Cloudy to overcast skies with a 80% chance of showers and thunder from early this evening becoming overcast with heavy showers and thunder from midnight. Showers may become extremely intense in and around heavy showers. Flooding in low lying areas will continue.

2 to 4 inches of rainfall are expected over Grand Cayman

1 to 2 inched of Rainfall are expected over the Sister Islands.

Winds over Grand Cayman can expected east to northeast 15 to 20 knots this evening increasing to 30 to 40 knots by midnight and veering to the southeast at 30 to 40 knots with higher gusts by erly morning.