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TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 7:00 AM ECT THU, SEP 28, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, THE REST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MEANS THAT A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS IN THE AREA OF CONCERN AND WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED IN 18 TO 24 HOURS
AT 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 54.6 WEST. OR 542 MILES EAST OF THE ST. KITTS AND NEVIS.
PHILIPPE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH (7 KM/H). A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO WESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO, FOLLOWED BY A SLOWER WESTWARD TO WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION BY THIS WEEKEND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH (85 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO, WITH SLOW WEAKENING FORECAST THIS WEEKEND.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES (280 KM)FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB (29.59 INCHES).
PHILLIPE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY BUT WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF UNCERTAINTY IN HIS FORECAST TRACK AND STRENGTH. BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION, PHILLIPE OR ITS REMNANTS COULD BE NEAR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD DURING THE WEEKEND; IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT IMPACTS OTHER PROPAGATING SWELLS COULD REALIZE FROM THE SYSTEM; THIS WILL BECOME CLEAR IN TIME.
AT THIS TIME, NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT; HOWEVER, RESIDENTS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BVI ARE URGED TO CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE AS QUICK ACTION MAY BE REQUIRED IF A WATCH OR WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.
]]>The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the St. Kitts Met office are tracking a weather system – Invest 95L – approaching the North-Eastern Caribbean Islands.
In an Invest 95L Statement #1 advisory notice issued on Monday, September 4th, NEMA states,
“Conditions are expected to be favourable for development as this system approaches the vicinity of the northern Leeward Islands by later this week and a cyclone is likely to develop before the system reaches the vicinity of the island chain.”
All residents are urged to monitor and prepare as there is a level of uncertainty.
]]>Present Weather: Partly cloudy skies with slight dust haze
Winds: A gentle breeze of 10mph from an easterly direction
Temperature: 29°C / 84°F Humidity: 78%
Sea Level Pressure: 1016.3mbs or 30.01″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:57 am Sunset: Today, 6:26 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 9 to 15 mph.
Seas: 0.6 to 1.2 metres or 2 to 4 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny with a 30 percent or low chance of showers.
Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent or slight chance of brief showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: The Atlantic high-pressure system will be dominant across the Leeward Islands. Shallow patches of low-level clouds will occasionally move across the area and conditions are likely to be mostly sunny to partly cloudy across the region. Lingering moisture and instability embedded in the wind flow could trigger periods of brief showers mainly across the Windward Islands south of Trinidad and Tobago.
]]>Present Weather: Partly cloudy skies
Winds: A gentle breeze of 9mph from an easterly direction
Temperature: 29°C / 83°F Humidity: 84%
Sea Level Pressure: 1016.2mbs or 30.01″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:57 am Sunset: Today 6:27 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 8 to 15 mph.
Seas: 1 to 1.2 meters or 3 to 4 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent or moderate chance of brief passing showers.
Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent or slight chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A westward-moving tropical wave will bring an increase in clouds and shower activity over the Windward Islands, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago today with improvements expected by tonight. Meanwhile, weak instability will prevail over the rest of the islands which includes the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico; however, moisture levels in the lower atmosphere will inhibit significant clouds and shower activity over these islands. Partly cloudy skies in general with brief passing afternoon showers could take place over these islands.
]]>Present Weather: Fair Skies
Winds: Calm
Temperature: 28°C / 83°F Humidity: 87%
Sea Level Pressure: 1014.6mbs or 29.96″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:57 am Sunset: Today, 6:28 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: Southeast at 9 to 16 mph with lighter spells overnight.
Seas: Not exceeding 1.2 metres or 4 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny skies with a 20 percent or slight chance of a brief shower.
Weather tonight: Fair to partly cloudy skies initially, with brief cloudy spells and a 50 percent or moderate chance of short showers mainly after midnight.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Across the eastern Caribbean from the British Virgin Islands southwards to Trinidad & Tobag0, we can expect fair to partly cloudy conditions today with only a slight chance of a brief shower as a relatively stable airmass persists across the area. By tonight into early tomorrow morning, as a weak trough moves into the area, we can expect brief cloudy spells with a moderate chance of passing showers over and around the islands during that time.
]]>Present Weather: Fair skies
Winds: Calm
Temperature: 27°C / 81°F Humidity: 93%
Sea Level Pressure: 1018.1mbs or 30.06″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:57 am Sunset: Today, 6:40 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: South-southeast 4 to 9 mph today then becoming light and variable tonight. Seas: 0.6 to 1.2 metres or 2 to 4 feet
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny in the morning with a 30 percent or moderate chance of showers, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon with a 50 percent or moderate chance of showers.
Weather tonight: Mostly fair with a 20 percent or slight chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Some moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave that has moved west of the region will maintain a high chance of showers across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today with drier air restricting shower activity across the islands tonight. Meanwhile, a more settled and less moist atmosphere dominating the rest of the Eastern Caribbean from the Leeward Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago will restrict shower activity for most of the forecast period. The exception is during the afternoon period today where the combination of daytime heating along with a light southeasterly wind flow could increase the chances of showers.
]]>Present Weather: Partly Cloudy skies
Winds: A gentle breeze of 9mph from the East
Temperature: 27°C / 81°F Humidity: 83%
Sea Level Pressure: 1017.3mbs or 30.04″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:49 am Sunset: Today, 6:46 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 10 to 20 mph and gusting to 31 mph.
Seas: 1.2 to 1.8 metres or 4 to 6 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly cloudy with a 60 percent or moderate chance of passing showers.
Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent or moderate chance of passing showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Moisture and instability associated with the passage of a tropical wave could trigger a few showers across the region. Weather conditions over the Virgin and Leeward Islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers today and tonight. Weather conditions over the Windward Islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers today and tonight. Puerto Rico will be partly cloudy with a moderate case of passing showers.
]]>Present Weather: Cloudy with a slight dust haze
Winds: A moderate breeze of 15mph from the East
Temperature: 28°C / 83°F Humidity: 83%
Sea Level Pressure: 1015.7mbs or 29.99″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:49 am Sunset: Today, 6:46 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 9 to 17 mph.
Seas: 1.2 to 1.8 metres or 4 to 6 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis
Today: Partly sunny skies in general with a 40 percent or moderate chance of brief passing showers.
Weather tonight: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a 50 percent or moderate chance of brief passing showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Across the Eastern Caribbean from the BVI southwards to T&T, we can expect partly cloudy skies with a moderate chance of brief passing showers as a moderate to fresh trade wind flow continues to transport shallow low-level patches over and around the islands occasionally during the next 24 hours.
]]>Present Weather: Partly cloudy with dust haze
Winds: A gentle breeze of 13mph from a Northeasterly direction
Temperature: 28°C / 83°F Humidity: 76%
Sea Level Pressure: 1018.9mbs or 30.09″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:42 am Sunset: Today, 6:49 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 10 to 18 mph with possible gusts up to 30 mph.
Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres or 3 to 5 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis
Weather today: Partly sunny and hazy with a 10 percent or slight chance of showers.
Weather tonight: Mostly fair and hazy with a 10 percent or slight chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Settled atmospheric conditions will prevail across the region as the Atlantic high-pressure system will be dominant over the region. Skies across the region will generally be mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a slight chance of periods of light showers over the next 24 hours. Additionally, Saharan dust will continue to traverse the region in varying concentrations.
]]>Present Weather: Partly Cloudy skies
Winds: A gentle breeze of 9mph from an Easterly direction
Temperature: 27°C / 80°F Humidity: 80%
Sea Level Pressure: 1016.5mbs or 30.01″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:44 am Sunset: Today, 6:31 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 8 to 16 mph.
Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres or 4 to 5 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny with a 20 percent or slight chance of a brief afternoon shower.
Weather tonight: Fair to partly cloudy with a 20 percent or slight chance of an overnight shower.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A ridge will continue to restrict the formation of significant weather over the islands of the Eastern Caribbean today and tonight. Skies over the islands will be generally partly cloudy with only brief passing showers possible mainly over the Windwards and the interior portions of Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago.
]]>Present Weather: Partly cloudy skies with volcanic gas.
Winds: A gentle breeze of 7mph from a northerly direction
Temperature: 23°C / 73°F Humidity: 85%
Sea Level Pressure: 1017.6mbs or 30.05″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 6:20 am Sunset: Today, 6:21pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 3 to 9 mph becoming variable or calm at times. Seas: Not exceeding 1.5 metres or 5 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny skies in general with a 20 percent or slight chance of a brief isolated morning shower.
Weather tonight: Mostly fair and cool conditions.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Across the eastern Caribbean from the British Virgin Islands southwards to Trinidad & Tobago, we can expect fair to partly cloudy skies in general with only a slight chance of a brief isolated morning shower as a dry and stable airmass continues to sit across the area and restrict any meaningful shower activity over and around the islands during the next 24 hours.
]]>Present Weather: Clear skies
Winds: A gentle breeze of 9mph from an Easterly direction
Temperature: 24°C / 76°F Humidity: 74%
Sea Level Pressure: 1016.7mbs or 30.02″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 6:25 am Sunset: Today 6:19 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 8 to 16 mph.
Seas: 1.5 to 1.8 metres or 5 to 6 feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis: A light to moderate wind flow will continue to persist across the area. Available low-level moisture could trigger a few showers across the area.
Weather today: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent or moderate chance of showers. Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent or slight chance of showers
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A high surface pressure will remain the dominant weather feature across the region. Weather conditions over the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers for today and a slight chance of showers for tonight. Weather conditions over the Windward islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers for today and a slight chance of showers for tonight. Puerto Rico will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers.
]]>Present Weather: Partly cloudy skies
Winds: A Gentle breeze of 10mph from a Northeasterly direction
Temperature: 24°C / 74°F Humidity: 81%
Sea Level Pressure: 1017.7mbs or 30.05″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 6:28 am Sunset: Today, 6:18 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East-northeast at 5 to 12 mph with lighter spells overnight.
Seas: 1.2 to 1.8 metres or 4 to 6 feet consisting mainly of north-easterly swells. A high surf advisory remains in effect mainly for the northern coastlines of the islands.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly sunny skies in general with a 20 percent or slight chance of a brief isolated shower.
Weather tonight: Mostly fair and cool conditions.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Across the eastern Caribbean from the British Virgin Islands southwards to Trinidad & Tobago, we can expect mostly fair skies with a slight chance of brief isolated showers as a dry and stable airmass continues to sit across the area and restrict any meaningful shower activity over and around these islands during the next 24 hours.
]]>Present Weather: Fair
Winds: A light breeze of 6mph from the northeast
Temperature: 23°C / 74°F Humidity: 81%
Sea Level Pressure: 1017.4mbs or 30.04″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 6:29 am Sunset: Today 6:17 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: Northeast to East at 6 to 14mph.
Seas: 1.5 to 1.8 metres or 5 to 6 feet in northerly swells. A high surf advisory is in effect for sea bathers.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis: Today will be partly cloudy with a 40 percent or a moderate chance of showers. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent or a slight chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A high-pressure system will dominate the area producing mainly stable atmospheric conditions across the region. Weather conditions over the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers for today and a slight chance of showers for tonight. Weather conditions over the Windward Islands will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers for today and tonight. Puerto Rico will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers.
]]>Present Weather: Fair skies with a slight dust haze
Winds: A light breeze of 5mph from a Northeasterly direction
Temperature: 23°C / 74°F Humidity: 83%
Sea Level Pressure: 1016.6mbs or 30.02″
Sunrise: Tomorrow, 6:30 am Sunset: Today, 6:17 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow.
Winds: East at 3 to 9 mph becoming variable or calm at times.
Seas: 1.5 metres or 5 feet consisting mainly of northerly swells. Therefore, a high surf advisory is in effect mainly for the northern coastlines of the islands.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis:
Weather today: Partly cloudy skies with a 50 percent or moderate chance of brief passing morning showers, becoming mostly sunny thereafter.
Weather tonight: Mostly fair and cool conditions with a 20 percent or slight chance of a brief isolated late-night shower.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: Across the eastern Caribbean from the British Virgin Islands southwards to Trinidad & Tobago, weak available low-level moisture along with light winds and daytime heating could lead to a moderate chance of showers over and around these islands today, becoming mostly fair and cool by tonight.
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