Division Prévision Antilles-Guyane

Division Prévision Antilles-Guyane
FFMR41 TFFF 101001
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
WEST INDIES AREA
Friday 10 February 2017 at 10 UTC
Issued by the french Marine Forecast Office of Martinique.
Wind speed in Beaufort scale. Sea : significant height. Please, be aware, wind gusts can be a
further 40 percent stronger than the average given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice
the significant height.
Storm warning in area bounded by 10N/20N and 50W/70W
No warning at this time.
General synopsis, today at 06 UTC.
Moderate to fresh trade winds.
Forecasts from 10N to 20N and 57W to 65W for the next 24 hours.
From Virgin Islands to Trinidad.
Weather
Isolated light showers. Light sand haze.
Wind
Easterly : 4 to 5 Beaufort, decreasing 3 to 4 Beaufort to North of 16 N.
Sea
Over the Caribbean Sea : moderate, 5 to 7ft.
Over the Atlantic Ocean : moderate to rough, 7 to 8 ft North of 16 N, and 8 to 10ft further South.
Decreasing slowly.
Visibility
Mainly good, deteriorating with showers. Light sand haze.
Marine extended outlook
Saturday and Sunday :
Weather : occasional light showers.
Météo France-Division Prévision Antilles-Guyane. Aéroport BP 379 - 97288 Le Lamentin Cedex 02
Prévisions
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Wind : East to Northeast, 4 to 5 Beaufort. Decreasing 3 to 4 Beaufort Sunday afternoon.
Sea : moderate to locally rough over the far South-East of the area on saturday. Increasing on
sunday from the North, and becoming rough North of 17 N, with the arrival of a long period
Northerly swell.