Event: 2024 Newport to Bermuda race
Outlook for: Tuesday June 25 through Thursday June 27
Prepared: 1700 eastern time Tuesday June 25
Tropical discussion
No concerns about tropical storm development at this time.
Area of squalls over the far southeast Caribbean will not organize into a
low pressure system as it moves west
Tuesday: Low pressure will move to Newfoundland by Wednesday morning. Cold
front northwest of Bermuda is weakening and washing out early this evening.
Thunderstorms have weakened/dissipated dramatically from earlier today.
Winds will slowly veer from southwest to west southwest and diminish some
this evening across the race course.
Wednesday: Light and very light west and southwest winds across the race
course during the morning. Winds will freshen from the south during the
afternoon and will be as high as twelve to eighteen knots by Wednesday
evening. A few squalls could arrive from the south and southwest overnight
Thursday: Squally. A little low pressure may form west, northwest, and
north of Bermuda during the afternoon and evening. Most squalls to the
west, northwest, and north, but south and southeast winds could be as high
as sixteen to twenty fours knots during the afternoon.
Fleet Comms Office
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