Hurricane Tomas Update

Published 31st October, 8:56am

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida has issued advisories on Hurricane Tomas, which at 4 a.m. was located near 14.0 N 62.9 W or about 130 miles W of St. Lucia or 370 miles SE of Puerto Rico. Tomas is currently moving towards the west-northwest near 8 mph with max sustained winds near 100 mph.

This storm poses no immediate threat to the Cayman Islands; however, all interests within the Cayman Islands should continue to monitor the progress of this storm as current forecast track places hurricane Tomas to the S of Haiti and ESE of Jamaica by Thursday night.

The CINWS will continue to monitor the progress of this storm.

Further updates will be included on the Cayman Islands National Weather Service forecast and weather conditions for the Cayman area can be found on our websites www.weather.ky or www.gov.ky

For further information contact: Simon Boxall