WEATHER: Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Tonight through Monday morning: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible.
Forecast High: 32°C / 90°F Forecast Low: 27°C / 81°F
Sunset Today: 6:38 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:55 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS: Today through Monday morning: South-southeasterly to easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 17 mph.
SYNOPSIS: Moisture and instability trailing Tropical Storm Josephine will account for showers and possible thunderstorms across the region. Residents are urged to be vigilant in flood-prone areas.
Seas will remain slight to moderate during the next few days.
STATE OF THE SEA: Slight to moderate WAVES/SWELLS: 4 to 6 feet
SPECIAL FEATURE: At 5:00 am, the center of Tropical Storm Josephine was located about 166 miles north-northwest of St. Maarten and moving toward west-northwest (away from St. Maarten) near 15 mph. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to 40 mph and the system is expected to become a remnant or dissipate by Monday.
Josephine poses no direct threat to St. Maarten.
A fast-moving tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is producing a small area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…30 percent.
THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF ST. MAARTEN WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE SYSTEMS AND UPDATE THE PUBLIC.
OUTLOOK through Tuesday morning: Partly cloudy and breezy with a local shower possible.
FORECASTER: Albert
