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FXCA20 KWBC 081929  
PMDCA  
 
TROPICAL DISCUSSION - INTERNATIONAL DESKS  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
328 PM EDT WED OCT 08 2025  
 
FORECAST BULLETIN 8 OCTOBER 2025 AT 1930 UTC:  
 
SYNOPSIS:  
 
A LOW-LEVEL INDUCED TROUGH IN THE GULF WILL CONTINUE IMPACTING THE  
EASTERN COAST OF MEXICO, INCLUDING VERACRUZ, SAN LUIS POTOSI, AND  
TAMAULIPAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT  
PRECIPITATION, AND FLASH AND URBAN FLOODING ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR.  
ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COASTAL LOW OFF  
THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION  
AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.  
IN THE LESSER ANTILLES, THE INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL STORM JERRY IS  
FORECAST TO BRING PRECIPITATION AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES  
NORTHWESTWARD, BUT OFF OF THE COASTS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. IN  
TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA, RAINY AND SEASONABLE CONDITIONS WILL  
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN THE FORM OF LOCALIZED  
CONVECTION.  
 
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA:  
 
THE ONGOING LOWER-LEVEL INDUCED TROUGH EVENT IN VERACRUZ, SAN LUIS  
POTOSI, AND TAMAULIPAS WILL CONTINUE BRINGING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL  
TO THESE AREAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG  
LOW-LEVEL WINDS OF OVER 25KTS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER EXCEEDING  
57MM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FLOWING ONSHORE IN VERACRUZ, WHERE IT  
WILL THEN BE OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED. ADDITIONALLY, THE PRESENCE  
OF AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH IN NORTHERN MEXICO WILL PROMOTE STRONG  
UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE AT ITS EASTERN PERIPHERY, WHICH WILL BE  
CONDUCIVE TO ELEVATED UPWARD ASCENT OF AIR. THIS WILL CONTINUE  
BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TODAY AND THURSDAY, BEFORE IT BEGINS  
TO DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO  
REACH UP TO 200-300MM FOR MOST OF VERACRUZ, NORTHEAST HIDALGO, AND  
EAST SAN LUIS POTOSI FROM TODAY UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 300MM ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE  
REGIONS, AND INSTANCES OF FLASH AND URBAN FLOODING ARE LIKELY,  
PARTICULARLY TODAY AND THURSDAY.  
 
HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH COAST  
OF MEXICO, DUE TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION LOCATED  
OFF THE COAST OF OAXACA/GUERRERO. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE IS  
CURRENTLY MONITORING THIS SYSTEM, AND HAS GIVEN IT A 70% CHANCE OF  
DEVELOPING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, PER THE LATEST OUTLOOK. THIS  
SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TO SKIRT THE SOUTH COAST OF MEXICO  
WHILE REMAINING OFFSHORE, BUT WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO  
CHIAPAS, OAXACA, GUERRERO, MICHOACAN, AND COLIMA OVER THE NEXT FEW  
DAYS. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF UP TO 30-60MM ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND  
THURSDAY FOR THESE AREAS. FURTHER OUT, THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY  
FORECAST TO TAKE A NORTHWESTWARD TRACK, AND PRECIPITATION EFFECTS  
IN NORTHWEST MEXICO, INCLUDING JALISCO, NAYARIT, AND SINALOA, ARE  
POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.  
 
IN COSTA RICA AND PANAMA, THE PRESENCE OF THE MONSOON TROUGH WILL  
PROVIDE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW OF MOISTURE OVER THE NEXT FEW  
DAYS, BRINGING DAILY PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.  
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON FRIDAY, WHERE  
TOTALS OF UP TO 25-50MM ARE EXPECTED.  
 
THE BAHAMAS AND CARIBBEAN:  
 
RAINY CONDITIONS IN THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA WILL CONTINUE OVER THE  
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS SIGNIFICANTLY  
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE TROUGH POSITION WILL RESULT IN THE  
BAHAMAS AND CUBA BEING SITUATED ON THE DIVERGENT SIDE, AND IS  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP A STRONG UPPER JET. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG  
UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE FROM NORTHERN CUBA TO MOST OF THE NORTHERN  
BAHAMAS. GIVEN THIS SETUP, A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE  
EASTERN UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS AND EXTEND FAR SOUTH  
INTO FLORIDA AND THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN ON THURSDAY EVENING. UNTIL  
THEN, A PERSISTENT STATIONARY FRONT IN THE ATLANTIC WILL REMAIN IN  
PLACE WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING, AND IS THEN EXPECTED TO QUICKLY  
DISSIPATE AS THE U.S. COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND BECOMES THE  
DOMINANT BOUNDARY. MEANWHILE, AS THE COLD FRONT TAKES ITS PLACE, A  
COASTAL LOW OFF OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ON FRIDAY. AS IT DEVELOPS, A NEW COLD FRONT IS  
FORECAST TO FORM IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA/THE GULF INTO NORTHERN CUBA,  
AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN CUBA AND  
THE BAHAMAS. PRECIPITATION IN THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA WILL GRADUALLY  
INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS THE LOW BEGINS  
DEVELOPING EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A SLIGHT  
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN BOTH THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA ON FRIDAY  
EVENING INTO SATURDAY.  
 
IN THE LESSER ANTILLES, TROPICAL STORM JERRY CONTINUES TO BE OF  
GREAT INTEREST LATE IN THE WEEK. THE CURRENT TRACK IS EXPECTED TO  
REMAIN OFF THE COAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS, BUT THE  
ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL BRING IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE  
LEEWARD ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. AS THE STORM  
MOVES NORTH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES, SOUTHERLY FLOW OF REMNANT  
MOISTURE WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS,  
SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND PRECIPITATION  
WILL CONTINUE AFTER JERRYâ€S DEPARTURE. MAXIMUM TOTAL  
PRECIPITATION OF UP TO 20-45MM AND 25-50MM IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY  
AND FRIDAY RESPECTIVELY IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. ADDITIONALLY,  
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE LEEWARD AND  
VIRGIN ISLANDS.  
 
TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA:  
 
NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TROPICAL SOUTH  
AMERICA, WITH PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
IN THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA, A STRONG LOW-LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW OF  
LONG FETCH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND  
SATURDAY. WITH WEAK UPPER-LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW BEING PRESENT AND  
BRINGING IN MOISTURE FROM THE AMAZON, THE LOWER-LEVEL INTERACTION  
WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO HIGH PRECIPITATION TOTALS ON THE COAST.  
 
LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY MOISTURE FLOW IS ALSO EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL  
PORTIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONVERGE IN THE  
MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS IN NORTHWEST BRAZIL, PERU, ECUADOR, SOUTHEAST  
VENEZUELA, AND EAST COLOMBIA, AND WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF  
DAILY LOCALIZED CONVECTION AND PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE  
FORECAST PERIOD.  
 
POSITIONS OF TROPICAL/EASTERLY WAVES INITIALIZED AT 12 UTC  
TYP SOF INIT 09/00 09/12 10/00 10/12 11/00 11/12 12/00 12/12  
TW 15N 63W 65W 67W 69W DISS----------  
 
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