Unstable weather expected Friday through Sunday — ODPEM

October 22, 2026

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Unstable weather expected Friday through Sunday — ODPEM

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans are advised to prepare for showers and thunderstorms starting Friday and continuing through the weekend.

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management said Wednesday that a broad trough currently across the northwestern Caribbean is expected to move closer to Jamaica by Thursday night.

Consequently, unstable weather conditions are expected across the island beginning Friday morning.

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