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

Today's Weather Update As of Thursday, 25 August, 2011 - 9:00am.

Almanac 2011: 237 days in, 128 days remaining Hurricane Season: 86 days in, 98 days remaining  Today's Temps High: 86F/30C, feels like 96F/36C Low: 78F/26C, feels like 85F/29C Local Weather Partly Cloudy & HOT with a shower or two possible. A weak area of disturbance that has maintained shower activity this week, mainly during the overnight hours, will begin moving away from the local region today. However, a chance for a shower or two still exists over parts of the SSS (and surrounding) Islands from time to time. Otherwise, wind and sea conditions have subsided to normal levels and have become more favorable for beaching and outdoor activities. Winds: are generally from the East to Southeast at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Seas: are moderate with wave heights between 2 to 4 feet. Tropical Weather Active Storms: Hurricane Irene, Tropical Depression 10. * As of 8am this morning, Major Hurricane Irene had maximum sustained winds of 115mph (Cat. 3) and was located at 25.5N 76.5W or about 1000mi NW of St. Maarten. Irene is moving towards the NW at 13mph and across the Bahamas. This dangerous system does NOT pose any threat to the SSS (or surrounding) Islands. * The tropical wave located about 435miles WSW of the Cape Verde Islands developed into Tropical Depression 10 this morning. The center of Depression10 was located 12.4N 30.4W or about 2200miles SE of the SSS islands, and is moving Westnorthwest at 13mph. This system may most likely develop into a tropical storm today, however is still about 5 days away from the local region. Forecasters show that Depression 10 will make a turn towards the Northwest sometime today, thus keeping it away from the Lesser Antilles. Special Weather None. Outlook for tomorrow  Partly to Mostly Cloudy with a few showers, mainly in the afternoon hours.             Today's Sunset: 6:32pm Tomorrow's Sunrise: 5:57am 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.