Posted By: Coffee
Weather - 09/19/2021 09:16 PM
Put this on a bit ago and must have pushed wrong send button.
Anyway, how is the weather there now?
A few showers, a couple thunder boomers, dead calm. Beautiful clouds! It's far away from us.
We expect to get a bit more rain and rough seas for a couple of days. No swimming for us!
Posted By: SXMScubaman
Re: Weather - 09/20/2021 01:24 AM
Latest.
"Tropical Storm Peter is approximately 350 miles to our east and slightly north as of 5pm. Tropical Storm Peter will be its closest to St. Maarten on the forecasted path on Monday afternoon at approximately 2 pm, about 140 miles to our north and east.
According to Island92 Chief Meteorologist, Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather, "Peter is being impacted by southwesterly wind shear of up to 20 knots and because of this, the low-level center of Peter is well removed from the convection. In addition, reconnaissance aircraft are finding that all of the tropical storm force winds are occurring on the northern side of Peter with no tropical storm force winds or really any squalls at all occurring on the southern side of the storm".
So, all in all, remain ALERT, but good news for Sint Maarten."
Posted By: Coffee
Re: Weather - 09/20/2021 05:19 AM
Thank you for the news. Sounds promising. This will be our 30th trip there since 1988. Time sure does fly. 👍
Beautiful sunshine this morning, roads are wet, dead calm again.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Weather - 09/20/2021 01:27 PM
Thanks for posting. Good news!
And Saba is back, three days now!
Sahara dust takes her and all the other islands away for months at a time these days.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Weather - 09/20/2021 04:47 PM
Hope she sticks around, as it is lovely to see her!