Posted July 1, 2009
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Page Updated July 1, 2009
All data on this page are continually updated throughout
hurricane season.
If you're looking for the current St. Maarten weather forecast from island
authorities,
scroll to the bottom of this page.
On-Island Hurricane Precautions
If you're visiting St. Maarten from July 1 to November 30, it's not a bad
idea to take a flashlight and portable (battery-operated) radio with you just so
you'll know quickly if anything's up. Most resorts have a standard set of
emergency plans you'll see in action within the 24 hours beforehand, if a storm
comes close. NOTE: The Cape Verde hurricane season usually calms down toward the
end of September. That's the season that spawns most of the storms that affect
the northeastern Caribbean, where St. Maarten / St. Martin is. (Before storms,
some resorts stack pool chairs INSIDE the pools, underwater, where they can't
blow around. Don't be surprised if you see them doing this; the message to you
is, time to go to the supermarket.) If you are on St. Maarten and a hurricane is
approaching, heed the directions of local officials.
DOWNLOAD A FREE OFFICIAL NOAA HURRICANE TRACKING CHART:
If you want an official free NOAA hurricane tracking chart -- the same one
used by authorities -- which you can print off the Web, click
here. This tracking
chart is an Adobe Acrobat PDF document. To see it, you'll need the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader which you can download at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Current Storm Information
2009 Hurricane Names
Here they are: Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred,
Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose,
Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda.
Below you will find current bulletins from the National Hurricane Center.
Early in the season, you will also see older bulletins here or even bulletins
from last year; just ignore them.
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Accu-Weather
CLICK HERE
for
Accu-Weather's
latest storm discussion. They have an excellent animated satellite
map as well, showing how storms have moved over the last several
hours.
Latest Tropical Weather Outlook From
The National Hurricane Center (NHC)
(appears 6/1 to 11/30 only)
Latest Storm Advisories (May or May
Not Appear)
These normally appear 6/1 to 11/30 only;
multiple advisories cover multiple storms.
Important
Note:
NOAA issues advisories under the headers TCPAT1 through TCPAT5 (for
storms #1 through #5), then recycles those numbers for later storms.
Note dates below.
Old advisories are left up by NOAA even after storms dissipate.
TCPAT1 through TCPAT5 are all displayed below.
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Special Tropical Disturbance Statements: |
"Special Statements"
From The NHC (May or May Not Appear)
These normally appear 6/1 to 11/30 only; last advisory
for dissipating storms stays up until advisories for new storms have
been posted; note dates.
CURRENT WEATHER FORECAST FOR ST MAARTEN:
Note: "Isolated showers" (except in the fall) are usually very
brief/transient.
The above is from
this site.
Page content updated 7/1/2009. Copyright ©
2009, JMB Communications
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