Published 14 August 2020
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
WEATHER FORECAST 7AM
Weather Bulletin
Issued at: 7am
Present Weather: Cloudy with scattered showers
Winds: A gentle breeze of 8mph from the northeast Temperature: 27°C / 80°F Humidity: 88% Sea Level Pressure: 1012.8mbs or 29.91’’
Sunrise: Tom 5:54am Sunset: Today 6:37pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8am Tomorrow
Winds: East-northeast at 12 to 17mph. Seas: 1.2 to 2.1metres or 4 to 7feet.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis: Today will be partly cloudy with a 70 percent or a high chance of showers. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent or a slight chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A moderate wind flow will drive available low level moisture across the region. Some of this moisture could trigger a few passing showers across the area. Skies over the Leeward and Virgin Islands will be partly cloudy with a high chance of showers mainly on the morning hours. Conditions over these Islands will be generally partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers for tonight. The Windward Islands will be generally partly cloudy with a moderate chance of showers for today and tonight. Few isolated thunderstorms could also develop across Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. Puerto Rico will be partly cloudy with a moderate chance of a few showers.
TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT
TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 AM ECT FRI, AUG 14, 2020
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
…JOSEPHINE CONTINUES ON ITS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK
OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
AT 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JOSEPHINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 53.3 WEST OR
ABOUT 680 MI…1090 KM ESE OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17
MPH (28 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWED BY A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF JOSEPHINE IS EXPECTED
TO PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH (65 KM/H) WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES
(130 KM)
FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB (29.71
INCHES).
BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTED TRACK AND ANALYSIS, TROPICAL
STORM JOSEPHINE
IS EXPECTED TO PASS AT A SAFE DISTANCE NORTH EAST OF THE
LEEWARD AND
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, BY TOMORROW SATURDAY.
HOWEVER, RESIDENTS IN THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT AND KEEP CLOSELY
MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE UNTIL
IT CLEARS THE AREA.
REPEATING THE 5 AM POSITION
LATITUDE .15.3N LONGITUDE 53.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH…65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 17 MPH…28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 MB…29.71 INCHES
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11 PM ECT
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FORECASTER
CECIL MATTHEW
