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DISCUSSION: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS IS THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. THIS FEATURE REMAINS ALIGNED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM, PLACING THE ISLANDS BENEATH A REGION FAVORABLE FOR UPWARD MOTION. THIS UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT SUPPORTED SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE BVI AND ANGUILLA, RESULTING IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THIS ACTIVITY HAS SINCE DIMINISHED, CLOUDY CONDITIONS HAVE PERSISTED THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE REST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, CONDITIONS REMAINED COMPARATIVELY QUIETER. THE LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY OBSERVED WAS CONSISTENT WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING ACROSS THE AREA, AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST MIMIC TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY, WHICH RESTRICTED SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF SOME UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT.

FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE UPPER-LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, CONTINUING TO INFLUENCE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AT LOWER LEVELS, THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO LINGER NEAR THE BVI, WITH MOISTURE LARGELY CONCENTRATED IN THE MID-LEVELS. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED PERIODS OF CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE BVI AND ANGUILLA, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IF LOW-LEVEL FORCING INTERACTS WITH DAYTIME INSTABILITY. AS A RESULT, LOCALIZED FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN AND CONDITIONS MAY WARRANT CLOSE MONITORING. ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS AT THE LOWER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. HOWEVER, AN INCREASE IN MID-LEVEL MOISTURE MAY PROMOTE MORE WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SUPPORT A MODERATE CHANCE OF BRIEF PASSING SHOWERS. A MORE NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE PERIOD AS MOISTURE GRADUALLY DEEPENS ACROSS THE AREA. FOR THE SEAS, SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS MARINE CONDITIONS REMAIN MODERATE.

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JALEEL JACOBS/BIANCA BESS