NEWS RELEASE

Saturday, October 06, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

***...LESLIE LOITERING OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...***

At 4:00 a.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Leslie was located near latitude 37.2 North, longitude 56.4 West or 940 km northeast Bermuda. Leslie is moving toward the northeast near 13 km/h. A faster motion toward the east and east-southeast is expected through the middle of next week, taking Leslie across the central and eastern Atlantic.

Maximum sustained winds are near 95 km/h with higher gusts. Some weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Leslie is not a threat to Jamaica.
The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor this system.

JKH