Published 11 February 2025
Buckie Got It
St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
…Small craft advisory for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis and the British
Virgin Islands …
Locations to be affected: Mainly, open waters on the Eastern and Northern sides of the islands out to 20 nautical miles.
Timing: Until Wednesday midday for Barbuda
Until Wednesday afternoon for Antigua
Until Monday pre-dawn for the British Virgin Islands
From Wednesday pre-dawn until Sunday evening for St. Kitts and Nevis
From Wednesday pre-dawn until Monday pre-dawn for Anguilla
From Wednesday dawn until Sunday evening for Montserrat
Synopsis: Fresh to strong winds associated with a tight pressure gradient, are generating a combination of wind waves and wind swells, resulting in hazardous seas, mainly on the eastern and northern sides of the islands. The threat level to the life, livelihood, property and infrastructure of mariners is to rise to moderate with the potential for significant impacts. A small craft advisory
means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots and or wind waves and or wind swells of 7 feet or greater are occurring or imminent.
Winds over open waters: East at 26 to 43 km/h (14 to 23 knots; 16 to 26 mph), with strong gusts to 67 km/h (33 knots; 41 mph).
Seas (significant wave heights): 1.8 to 2.7 metres (6 to 9 feet), occasionally or locally reaching near 3.4 metres (11 feet). Wind waves and or wind swells of 2.1 to 2.4 metres or 7 to 8 feet and occasionally higher. The dominant wind-wave period is 6 to 9 seconds.
Potential Impacts: Loss of life at sea; injuries to mariners; capsize or damage or loss of vessels and marine equipment; financial losses; disruption of fisheries and scarcity of fish products and disruption to marine transportation.
Caution: Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels should avoid navigating in these conditions.
Please continue to monitor these hazardous, life-threatening marine conditions.
Stay tuned to updates from the Meteorological Office
Forecaster: Letitia Humphrey
