A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS ACROSS THE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A RICH TROPICAL AIRMASS, STREAMING OVER THEAREA FROM THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA, WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPORTED DUE TOTHE GRADUAL EASTWARD TREK OF A MID TO UPPER-LEVEL LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.THIS MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL ENHANCE POCKETS OF UNSETTLED WEATHERTHROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. VERY WARM, HUMID AND BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS ARE ALSOEXPECTED TO PERISIT.

TUESDAY 30TH - Variably cloudy, warm and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty windsand higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Variable less than 10 knots, becomingEasterly at 10 knots or less at night in the Northwest and Central Bahamas; East to Southeast at 10 to 15 knots in theSoutheast Bahamas but falling light and variable at times. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.

WEDNESDAY 31ST - Variably cloudy, warm and humid with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Expectgusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: East to Southeast at 10 to 15knots, falling light and variable at times. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.

THURSDAY 1ST _ Variably cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly in Northwest andCentral Bahamas. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Eastto Southeast at 10 to 15 knots int the Northwest Bahamas, falling light and variable at times; East to Southeast at 10knots or less in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.

FRIDAY 2ND – Variably cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly in the SoutheastBahamas. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeasterlyat 10 to 15 knots int the Northwest Bahamas; South to Southwest at 10 to 15 knots or less in the Central and SoutheastBahamas. Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.

SATURDAY 03RD – Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds andhigher seas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: North to Northeast at 10 to 15 knots in theNorthwest Bahamas; Southwest to West at 10 to 15 knots, with higher gusts in the Central and Southeast Bahamas.Seas: 2 to 4 feet over the ocean.

SUNDAY 04TH – Partly sunny and warm with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect gusty winds and higherseas in or near heavy showers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeast to East at 10 knots or less in the NorthwestBahamas; Southwest to West at 10 knots or less in the Central and Southeast Bahamas, falling light and variable attimes across all areas. Seas: 1 to 3 feet over the ocean.

MONDAY 05TH - Partly sunny and warm with a few showers and possible thunderstorms in the Northwest andCentral Bahamas, turning mainly fair at night; partly cloudy, very warm and humid with isolated showers andthunderstorms in the Southeast Bahamas through night. Expect gusty winds and higher seas in or near heavyshowers and thunderstorms. Winds: Northeast to East at 10 to 15 knots in the Northwest Bahamas; Southeast toSouth at 10 knots or less but falling light and variable at times in the Central and Southeast Bahamas. Seas: 1 to 3feet over the ocean but up to 5 feet in northeasterly swells along Atlantic exposed shorelines in the SoutheastBahamas.