DATE ISSUED: Monday, June 28, 2021 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)
VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) June 29, 2021
WEATHER:
This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy and slightly hazy with brief passing showers possible.
Forecast High: 32°C / 90°F Forecast Low: 26°C / 79°F
Sunset Today: 6:51 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:40 A.M.
SURFACE WINDS:
This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 16 mph.
SYNOPSIS:
Despite a weak tropical wave moving through the region, low moisture levels and unfavorable upper-level winds will limit shower activity across the local area during the forecast period. The Atlantic high-pressure ridge will maintain gentle to moderate winds.
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 FEATURES: A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is producing a small cluster of showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean. Some slow development is possible through the end of the week while this system moves quickly westward to west-northwestward at about 20 mph, likely reaching our local region by Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF ST. MAARTEN WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM AND UPDATE THE PUBLIC ACCORDINGLY.
At 11am, Tropical Depression Four formed off the coast of South Carolina.
This system poses no threat to St Maarten.
OUTLOOK through Wednesday midday: Partly cloudy and hazy with a brief local shower possible.
FORECASTER: Pierre
