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Local Weather... Variably Cloudy & HOT with a couple brief showers -- especially later today into early tomorrow. Tropical Storm Ida... As of 5am, Tropical Storm Ida was located about 840 miles east-northeast of St. Maarten. TS Ida still poses NO threat to the Caribbean as it continues to move in...

  Hurricane Irma is heading toward the Leeward Islands - preparations within the warning area should be rushed to completion. Irma is centered as of 8 p.m. AST/EDT about 450 miles (725 km) east of the Leeward Islands, moving toward the west near 13 mph...

Vigorous tropical wave developing... A vigorous tropical wave in the central Atlantic Ocean is forecast to reach the local region by late Monday/early Tuesday. This system is showing signs of developing, and may become a tropical depression within the next 2-5 days. If it further develops...

Video: Sunday, July 31, 2016 @ 11:00 AM (sxm time) Weather Forecaster:  Ms. Desiree Connor PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST FOR ST. MAARTEN DATE ISSUED: Sunday, July 31, 2016 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Monday evening (18:00 LST) August 01, 2016 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN UNTIL...

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The Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France was shattered late Thursday evening when a truck plowed into a crowd, killing multiple people and injuring scores of others. Mouvement de panique !! #Nice pic.twitter.com/RgXar3fWZs — HARP DETECTIVES (@harp_detectives) July 14, 2016 SEE ALSO: France releases terror alert app...

WPTV News: Tropical Storm Erika 11 a.m. Thursday Update: Cone shifts back west toward Florida Flooding - Dominica - Tropical Storm Erika

  ~ ...St. Maarten and will be upgraded to a warning later today. ~ The Atlantic high-pressure ridge will continue to strengthen over the next few days generating brisk winds and hazardous marine conditions across the local area. Winds are expected to gradually increase later today, with...

Source: NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center Over the Atlantic basin on this Friday night, there's a tropical wave located about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, moving westward at 20-25 mph. Associated shower activity is poorly organized and, given the fast motion of the system,...

Today's Temps High (Day): 87F/31C, feels like 95F/35C Low (Night): 77F/25C, feels like 79F/26C  Local Weather Variably Cloudy & Slightly Breezy yet HOT with a Generally Dry Day, then a passing Night-Shower/two possible.  (Click images to zoom in) Winds: are generally from the east at 8 to 18 miles per hour. Seas: Fairly Choppy...