DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)
VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) September 04, 2019
WEATHER:
This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Fair to partly cloudy with isolated showers possible.
Forecast High: 32°C / 90°F Forecast Low: 27°C / 81°F
Sunset Today: 6:25 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:59 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 16 miles per hour.
SYNOPSIS:
The Atlantic high pressure system will maintain gentle to moderate easterly winds across the region during this forecast period. Patches of low level clouds embedded in the wind flow may cause isolated showers.
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: The low pressure system located about 2070 miles east of St. Maarten continues to become better defined. Thunderstorm activity has been increasing and a tropical depression is expected to form later today while the system moves generally northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
This system currently poses no threat to St Maarten.
OUTLOOK through Thursday midday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible.
FORECASTER: Albert
