By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

Expect more rainy days ahead, with forecasters warning that heavy downpours will soak parts of The Bahamas next week after several days of relentless showers and flooding.

The Department of Meteorology said northern islands, including Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini, and the Berry Islands, could see two to four inches of rain. New Providence is forecast to receive one to two inches.

Jeffrey Simmons, director of the Department of Meteorology, told The Tribune that conditions in the northern islands will remain unsettled through Wednesday.

“There’s gonna be some periods of heavy rainfall, then some light, and some nice sunny times,” he said. “Some islands are gonna be more intense than others.”

Mr Simmons explained the unsettled weather is linked to a frontal boundary that has lingered over South Florida and the northern Bahamas for about a week.

A Friday evening forecast from the Department said a stationary front and moist, unstable air will continue to trigger showers and thunderstorms across the Northern and Northwestern Bahamas on September 5 and 6.

While the front is expected to drift north over the weekend and high pressure builds in, lingering moisture and troughing will still fuel scattered showers and storms in the north into next week.