Daily Forecast: St. Maarten-St. Eustatius-Saba (SSS Islands)

Today's Weather Update As of Monday, 5 September, 2011 - 9:00am.

Almanac 2011: 248 days in, 117 days remaining Hurricane Season: 97 days in, 87 days remaining  Today's Temps High: 88F/31C, feels like 97F/36C Low: 78F/26C, feels like 83F/28C Local Weather Partly Sunny & HOT with a possible shower during the morning hours. Fair weather is expected for the beginning of the week along with a brief shower or two possible during the morning hours, and shower activity is forecast to increase by Wednesday. Otherwise wind conditions remain moderate, while sea conditions begin to subside from the rough seas caused by the passing of Hurricane Katia over the weekend. A Small Craft Advisory and High Surf Advisory remain in effect until the seas have returned to normal. Winds: are from the South to Southeast at 2 to 12 miles per hour. Seas: are moderate to fairly rough with wave heights between 3 to 7 feet, and becoming 4 feet by later today. Conditions still pose a difficulty for swimmers today. Tropical Weather Active Storms: Hurricane Katia, Tropical Depression Lee. * Hurricane Katia was located 23.9N 62.0W or about 400miles N of the Northern Caribbean with maximum sustained winds of 100mph (Cat. 2). Katia continues to move Northwest at 12mph and is forecast to slowly strengthen over the next couple days. This system may become a major hurricane by Tuesday, but poses NO threat to the SSS (and surrounding) Islands. * Tropical Storm Lee was downgraded to tropical depression status and the National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Lee as of 11pm last night. This system does NOT pose any threat to the SSS Islands or the rest of the Caribbean. Special Weather None. Outlook for tomorrow  Partly Cloudy & HOT with a passing shower or two during the morning hours.               Today's Sunset: 6:23pm Tomorrow's Sunrise: 5:58am Do you have any Weather Photos? If you have any footage of heavy showers, flooding, clouds, sea conditions, or anything that you would like to share that is weather-related, please send them to EyeReporters@Eye4Weather.com with the location of each photo. We will post them on our FaceBook Fan Page and our (future) website. Thank you for sharing and be safe! CONTACT US Desiree_Connor@Eye4Weather.com http://eye4weather.blogspot.com Up-to-date Info: www.Facebook.com/Eye4Weather View Video Forecasts at www.FlamboyantBroadcasting.com/Eye4Weather www.FaceBook.com/Eye4Weather www.YouTube.com/Eye4Weather Note: Videos will be updated by 1:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays.