GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten – Today through Thursday morning: Partly cloudy with passing showers.
Forecast High: 32°C / 90°F Forecast Low: 27°C / 81°F
Sunset Today: 6:50 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:48 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS:
Today through Thursday morning: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 09 to 17 mph.
SYNOPSIS:
Available low level moisture drifting in the trades wind flow will trigger some passing showers across the local area. Meanwhile, the Atlantic high pressure system will continue to produce gentle to moderate winds.
Meanwhile, seas will peak near 5 feet during the next few days.
STATE OF THE SEA: Slight to Moderate WAVES/SWELLS: 3 to 5 feet
SPECIAL FEATURE: Small Tropical Depression Seven (TD 7) close to Tropical Storm force strength. At 5am, TD 7 was moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph and had maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm today.
This system currently poses no threat to St. Maarten. The Meteorological Department of St. Maarten will continue to monitor the progress of this system and keep the public updated accordingly.
OUTLOOK through Friday morning: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers.
FORECASTER: Pierre
