At 4:00 p.m., the center of Hurricane Kirk was located near
latitude 29.6 degrees North, longitude 50.0 degrees West.
Kirk is moving toward the north near 31 km/h and this motion
is expected to continue through tonight. A faster northeastward
motion is expected on Sunday and Monday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 195 km/h with higher gusts.
Kirk is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Weakening is forecast through early next week,
but Kirk will remain a large hurricane for the next couple of days.
Hurricane Kirk is not a threat to Jamaica.


Hurricane Kirk is not a threat to Jamaica.

Meanwhile...


***...LESLIE HOLDING STEADY...***

At 4:00 p.m., the center of Hurricane Leslie was located
near latitude 11.6 degrees North, longitude 36.0 degrees West.
Leslie is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 km/h.
A northwestward motion with an increase in forward speed is
forecast to begin by tonight and continue through Tuesday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 130 km/h with higher
gusts. A gradual weakening trend is forecast to begin on Sunday.

Hurricane Leslie is not a threat to Jamaica.

Also...



***...MILTON FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND BRING THE RISK OF
LIFE-THREATENING IMPACTS TO PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA
NEXT WEEK...***

At 4:00 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Milton was located near
latitude 22.7 degrees North, longitude 95.5 degrees West. Milton is
moving toward the north-northeast near 6 km/h. A slow east-northeastward
motion is expected to begin tonight. A slightly faster eastward to
east-northeastward motion is forecast by Monday and Tuesday. On the
forecast track, the depression is forecast to remain over the southwestern
Gulf of Mexico through Sunday night, then move across the south-central Gulf
of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, and approach the west coast of the Florida
Peninsula by midweek.

Maximum sustained winds are near 65 km/h with higher gusts. Steady to rapid
strengthening is forecast during the next few days. Milton is forecast to become
a hurricane Sunday night, and it could become a major hurricane while it moves
across the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Milton is not a threat to Jamaica.

The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor these systems.

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