DATE ISSUED: Friday, August 30, 2019 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)
VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) August 31, 2019
WEATHER:
This afternoon through Saturday midday: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a local shower possible.
Forecast High: 32°C / 90°F
Forecast Low: 27°C / 81°F
Sunset Today: 6:28 P.M.
Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:58 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS:
This afternoon through Saturday midday: Southeast to east with a gentle to moderate breeze of 07 to 14 miles per hour.
SYNOPSIS:
A drier air mass accompanied by Saharan dust will limit precipitation during this forecast period. Additionally a weak Atlantic high pressure system will maintain gentle to moderate winds. However, patches of low-level clouds moving in this wind flow may cause a brief local shower at times.
Seas are expected to remain moderate through the next few days.
STATE OF THE SEA: Moderate
WAVES/SWELLS: up to 5 feet
SPECIAL FEATURE: At 11:00 am today, the center of strengthening Hurricane Dorian was located about 618 miles northwest of St. Maarten and moving further away. Dorian no longer poses a threat to St. Maarten.
OUTLOOK through Sunday midday: Partly cloudy and hazy with brief isolated showers possible.
FORECASTER: Connor
