Tropical Storm Jerry Soaks Leeward Islands With Heavy Rain

Tropical Storm Jerry is wringing out heavy rain over the Leeward Islands, but it is no threat to the mainland U.S.

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Jerry's Forecast

Tropical Storm Jerry is moving northward away from the Leeward Islands, but continues to stream rain through some islands. Some of this rain is likely falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour or more. So far, the heaviest rain has remained east of both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Total rainfall from 2 to 4 inches is expected in the Leeward Islands. Locally heavy rain on the order of a few inches could also spread to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through Saturday.

Flash flood warnings have been issued for Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where between 2 and 4 inches of rainfall has occurred so far and an additional 1-3 inches is possible. These conditions have helped bring power outages to about 10% of the tracked customers across the Virgin Islands.

Jerry will gradually pull away from the Leeward Islands into the central Atlantic this weekend, then make a dog-leg east turn well east of Bermuda by late Sunday or Monday.

Originally forecast to become a hurricane late last week, unfavorable conditions along Jerry's path have kept it at tropical storm strength. At this point, Jerry may struggle to gain any additional strength and may never become a hurricane.

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New Area to Watch In The Atlantic

A tropical wave may have a chance of development midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles through early week. It is expected to turn northward into the open Atlantic and will not be a threat to the Caribbean.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.