AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
ISSUED BY ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

15:51 UTC FEBRUARY 15 2025

 

DISCUSSION: DRIER CONDITIONS PREVAILED OVER THE ISLANDS AS MOISTURE LEVELS DECREASED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED A FEW ECHOES ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE MORNING, WHILE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A DRY PATCH MOVING OVER THE AREA LATER ON. WINDS WERE STILL ELEVATED, HOWEVER A DECREASE IN SPEED WAS OBSERVED OVER THE PERIOD.

MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST AS A DRIER PATCH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WHICH MAY CONTINUE TO RESTRICT SHOWER ACTIVITY. HOWEVER ELEVATED WINDS COULD STILL BRING LOW LEVEL PATCHES OVER THE ISLANDS. MEANWHILE, THE OPEN WATERS ARE STILL CHOPPY DUE TO ELEVATED WINDS.

THIS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST ISSUED FORECAST AND NO AMENDMENTS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

 

FORECASTER

LETITIA HUMPHREYS/CHARISSA HUMPHREYS