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
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