▁As ▁it ▁entered ▁Mississippi , ▁the ▁storm ▁began ▁to ▁interact ▁with ▁a ▁quasi - station ary ▁front . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁low - press ure ▁center ▁and ▁denoted ▁the ▁transition ▁from ▁a ▁tropical ▁to ▁extr at rop ical ▁cy clone ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   3 0 ; ▁and ▁these ▁rem n ants ▁advanced ▁n ortheast ward ▁into ▁the ▁Mid - At l antic ▁states ▁before ▁they ▁were ▁last ▁noted ▁on ▁October   1 ▁over ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁Car ib bean ▁impact s ▁O wing ▁to ▁the ▁scarc ity ▁of ▁sh ipping ▁traffic ▁across ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Sea , ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁intensity ▁and ▁potential ▁track ▁were ▁difficult ▁to ▁assess ▁early ▁in ▁its ▁lifetime . ▁Light ▁rain ▁from ▁the ▁system ▁fell ▁far ▁north ▁in ▁Puerto ▁Rico ▁and ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁and ▁Ca icos ▁Islands , ▁with ▁the ▁latter ▁reporting ▁ 0 . 2 3   in ▁( 6   mm ) ▁of ▁rain . ▁As ▁the ▁storm ▁passed ▁south ▁of ▁J ama ica , ▁strong ▁g ales ▁were ▁felt ▁in ▁King ston , ▁J ama ica . ▁Some ▁wind s ▁were ▁strong ▁enough ▁to ▁cut ▁tele communic ations ▁between ▁King ston ▁and ▁the ▁out lying ▁districts ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁nation . ▁The ▁h urr icane ' s ▁br ushing ▁of ▁J ama ica ▁led ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁raising ▁cot ton ▁prices ▁to ▁a ▁year ly ▁high . ▁Off sh ore , ▁the ▁United ▁F ruit ▁ste amer