| AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ISSUED BY ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 01:10 UTC AUGUST 25 2026
DISCUSSION: RELATIVELY
STABLE CONDITIONS WERE MAINTAINED OVER THE LEEWARDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS THIS EVENING. A FEW LOW LEVEL PATCHES OF CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED
OVER THE ISLANDS AND RADAR ECHOES INDICATED THAT MOST OF THESE PATCHES
OF CLOUDINESS OR PRECIPITATION REMAINED OVER OPEN WATERS. BASED ON MODEL GUIDANCE, THESE RELATIVELY STABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE BY OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA; HOWEVER, SURFACE MOSITURE LEVEL IS LIMITED; THUS, A MODERATE CHANCE OF SHOWERS OF PASSING SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COULD INDUCE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TOMORROW. THIS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST ISSUED FORECAST, THEREFORE NO AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
FORECASTER PATRICE EDWARDS/ BIANCA BESS
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