WEATHER:
THIS EVENING: PARTLY CLOUDY AND GENERALLY DRY DURING THE OVERNIGHT, EARLY MORNING AND TOMORROW: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A BRIEF SHOWER
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 33 CENTIGRADES MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 27 CENTIGRADES HEAT INDEX DURING AND AROUND THE AFTERNOON HOURS: 34 TO 45 DEGREES CELSIUS UV INDEX: 12
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IT IS THEREFORE ADVICED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO AVOID HEAT RELATED COMPLICATIONS.
SUNSET : 6:28 PM
SUNRISE: 6:29 AM.
WIND: FROM EAST-NORTHEAST TO EAST-SOUTHEAST DIRECTIONS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE; FORCE 2 TO 4 (7 TO 30 KM/HR, 4 TO 16 KNOTS). TEMPORARILY WEAK AND VARIABLE; FORCE 1 (1 TO 6 KM/HR, 1 TO 3 KNOTS)
SYNOPSIS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS:
AN ABUNDANT HUMID AND UNSTABLE REGIONAL ATMOSPHERE CAN COMBINE WITH THE DIURNAL HEATING TO PRODUCE LOCAL BRIEF SHOWERS DURING THIS FORECAST PERIOD WITH ALSO RISK OF SOME THUNDER. LOCALLY SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY AND CAUSE SOME STREET TO URBAN FLOODING.
MARINE CONDITIONS/ STATE OF THE SEA:
ON THE PROTECTED SITES: CALM: AROUND 1 FOOT. ON THE SOUTH SECTIONS: SMOOTH AT 2 TO 3 FEET. ON THE EAST TO NORTHWEST COASTLINES: GENERALLY MODERATE AT 2 TO 3 FEET.
WARNINGS/ ADVISORIES:
SEAS CAN BUILD DURING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING QUITE ROUGH. IT IS THEREFORE ADVISED TO BOATERS TO AVOID AREAS WITH SHOWERS AND OR THUNDERSTORMS.
SPECIAL FEATURES: NONE
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK:
TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS LOCATED NEAR 410 KM NORTH- NORTHWEST OF ST. THOMAS AND WAS MOVING NORTH- NORTHWEST AT 15 KM/H. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE 75 KM/H.
RAINFALL POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS: 3 TO 10 MM; THIS CAN BE LOCALLY DIFFERENT.
OBSERVED TEMPERATURE (CENTIGRADE) AND RAINFALL (MM) IN THE LAST 24 HOURS (8 AM TO 8 AM):
AIRPORT : MAX 33 / MIN 24 / 19.6 MM
WESTPUNT: MAX 33 / MIN 25 / 10.3 MM
STA ROSA: MAX 33 / MIN 25 / 16.8 MM
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING 3 DAYS:
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A BRIEF SHOWER; WINDS WILL BE FROM EAST DIRECTIONS AND GENTLE TO MODERATE, POSSIBLY FRESH IN GUSTS; MAX/ MIN TEMPERATURES (CENTIGRADES) WILL BE: 33 / 27