Weather

Hurricane Luis... Today marks exactly 20 years since Hurricane Luis wreaked havoc in St. Maarten(5-9-95)!  It was the 12th named storm, 6th hurricane, and 2nd major hurricane (above Cat. 3) of the 1995 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Quick Facts... The center (or eye) of Hurricane Luis passed about...

Today's Temps High (Day): 87F/31C, feels like 93F/34C Low (Night): 76F/24C, feels like 79F/26C  Local Weather Partly to Mostly Cloudy, Slightly Breezy yet HOT, and Slightly Hazy with increasing showers & possible thunder/lightning -- especially tonight. Winds: are from East at 8 to 18 miles per hour, with higher gusts possible. Seas:...

Source: NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center On this Saturday morning, a tropical wave is located over the Atlantic Ocean about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, moving westward at 25 to 30 mph. While the associated shower activity has increased since yesterday, any additional development should be slow to...

  Early morning satellite images on this Tuesday indicate that the cloud pattern associated with the low pressure system located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean about 800 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands has not changed very much in organization. Environmental conditions, however,...

GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:42 pm EST today. The satellite will boost the nation’s weather observation network and NOAA’s prediction capabilities, leading to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings. In...

  Source: Eye4weather ON Sunday Morning February 5, A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the N coast of Anguilla & St. Maarten this morning (@ 9:28am). It's epicenter was located at 18.2N 631.W or about 12 mi (20 km) North of Marigot, St. Martin / 7 mi (12 km) West of Stoney Ground,...

Local Weather... Partly Cloudy, Slightly Hazy, HOT, and Generally Dry, then brief overnight shower/two. Weakened Tropical Wave... As of 8am: The weakened tropical wave that is approaching the Eastern Caribbean is stillforecast to bring some much needed rain to  the local region by late Monday/earlyTuesday. We will continue...

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...

  Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin

  Tropical Storm Irma is close to hurricane strength this morning. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 70 mph (110 km/h) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast, and Irma is likely to become a hurricane later today and possibly a major hurricane later...