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

Today's Weather Update As of Sunday, 14 August, 2011 - 10:00am.

Almanac 2011: 226 days in, 139 days remaining Hurricane Season: 75 days in, 109 days remaining  Today's Temps High: 87F/31C, feels like 97F/36C Low: 78F/26C, feels like 86F/30C Local Weather Partly Sunny & HOT, with a brief shower or two possible. Moisture from a recently dissipated tropical disturbance will increase chances for a brief shower or two over parts of the SSS (and surrounding) islands during the next day or two. Additionally, showers will gradually increase by late Monday/early Tuesday as another tropical wave (see below) will just to the North of the local area. Otherwise, wind and sea conditions will begin to gradually increase as this wave passes.  Winds: are generally from the East at 5 to 15 miles per hour with occasional higher gusts. Seas: are moderate with wave heights between 3 to 5 feet. Tropical Weather Active Storms: Tropical Depression 7. * Tropical Storm Franklin lost its tropical cyclone characteristics over the North Atlantic Ocean, as it moved into cooler waters & less favorable environmental conditions. * A tropical disturbance developed into Tropical Depression 7, located about 300mi SSE of Bermuda. It is forecast to become a tropical storm on Sunday, at which time it would be named Gert. Note: These systems pose NO threat to the SSS (nor surrounding) Islands. * A tropical wave located about 500mi NE of the Northern Caribbean is showing minor signs for development, as it has a medium (30%) chance for development into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. This system will most likely bring few showers to the local region by late Monday/early Tuesday, while it passes just North of us. * Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours. Special Weather None.  Outlook for tomorrow  Partly Partly & HOT, with a few showers possible from time to time.            Today's Sunset: 6:39pm Tomorrow's Sunrise: 5:54am 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 daily!