KINGSTON, Jamaica— Scotiabank Jamaica says it will be closing all local branches at 12 noon on Friday due to the weather conditions currently affecting the island.

The heavy rainfall and strong winds being experienced are due to an area of disturbed weather, with the potential to become a tropical storm by Friday night, the Meteorological Service of Jamaica said. As a result, the Met Service issued a tropical storm watch for the island.

READ: Tropical storm watch remains in effect – Met Service

The next name on the tropical storm list is Vince.

“Please be advised that our Scotiabank branches across the island will be closed early today at 12:00pm (midday) as we anticipate the greatest impact of Potential Tropical Cyclone 22,” Scotiabank said in a post made to their Instagram stories.

It added: “Customers may utilise our convenient self-service channels— Scotia OnLine, ATMs and the mobile app for 24/7 access to a variety of banking services including paying bills, account deposits and withdrawals, transfers of funds to any local bank, checking account balances”.