Alert #6 on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Saturday September 27th, 2025, at 9am EDT.

BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY 

Forecast Office Section 

Telephone No. 377-7178/377-7040 Fax No. 377-5275 

Nassau, Bahamas 

Alert #6 on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Saturday September 27th, 2025, at 9am EDT. 

...DISTURBANCE GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED... 

...EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF 

EASTERN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS... 

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for the islands of the Northwest and Central Bahamas. This includes the islands of San Salvador, Rum Cay, Long Island, Exuma and its Cays, Cat Island, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, Berry Islands, Abaco, and Grand Bahama. 

Tropical Storm Warning means that Tropical Storm Conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. 

At 8AM EDT, the center of Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine was located near latitude 22.0 degrees north and longitude 75.9 degrees west, or about 18.9 miles Southwest of the Ragged Island chain, 93.5 miles Southwest of Deadman’s Cay, Long Island and 223.1 miles South-southeast of New Providence. 

The system is moving toward the northwest near 7 miles-per-hour. A north- northwestward motion is expected to begin later today and continue through Monday. On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to move across the Central and Northwest Bahamas on Saturday night and Sunday and out of The Bahamas on Monday. Due to a westward shift in the forecast track, the center of the system is now forecast to pass to the east of Andros and over New Providence early Sunday morning and between Abaco and East Grand Bahama on Sunday night as a Tropical Storm. 

Maximum sustained winds are near 35 miles-per-hour with higher gusts. The system is expected to become a Tropical Depression by tonight. Gradual Strengthening is forecast thereafter, with the system becoming a Tropical Storm by early Sunday and a hurricane by late Monday. 

Residents in the Northwest and Central Bahamas should begin to make final preparations today for the possibility of Tropical Storm conditions beginning on Saturday night and early Sunday morning. 

Rainfall amounts in the Central and Southeast Bahamas are anticipated to be between 4 to 8 inches with isolated amounts up to 10 inches. Residents in low- lying areas should take actions to mitigate property damages due to flooding.