WEATHER: This afternoon through Sunday midday: Partly cloudy and hazy with isolated showers possible.
Forecast High: 32°C
/ 90°F
Forecast
Low: 27°C / 81°F
Sunset Today: 6:33
P.M.
Sunrise
Tomorrow: 5:57 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS:
This afternoon through Sunday midday: Easterly with a gentle to
moderate breeze of 08 to 16 miles per hour.
SYNOPSIS:
Low-level moisture associated with a patch of clouds passing through the Eastern Caribbean may cause isolated showers across the region during this forecast period. Additionally, the Atlantic high pressure system will continue to generate mostly moderate easterly winds.
Seas are expected to remain slight to moderate through the next few days.
STATE OF THE SEA:
Slight to Moderate
WAVES/SWELLS: 3
to 5 feet
SPECIAL FEATURE: Tropical Depression Five formed at 11am, centered at 10.4 North, 47.9 West. The depression is moving toward the west near 12 mph (19 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue today. A turn toward the west-northwest is forecast on Sunday, and that motion is expected to continue through Tuesday. On the forecast track, the tropical cyclone is expected to be near the central Lesser Antilles on Tuesday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and the depression is forecast to become a tropical storm later tonight or on Sunday. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1010 mb (29.83 inches).
Meteorological Department St. Maarten will continue to monitor this system and keep the public updated accordingly.
OUTLOOK through Monday midday: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy.
FORECASTER: Connor
