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Small craft advisory in effect for East End Tortola

- DDM says moderate chance of periodic & brief showers for Saturday
July 10th, 2021 | Tags: DDM BVI Small craft advisors sea weather
The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) says a small craft advisory remains in effect for the eastern side of the Virgin Islands today, Saturday, July 10, 2021. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) says a small craft advisory remains in effect for the eastern side of the Virgin Islands (VI) today, Saturday, July 10, 2021.

The Department is also forecasting that for today, a tropical wave will be moving through the area.

“Weak unstable conditions ahead of the wave could produce periodic and brief showers throughout the day but by tonight, more unstable conditions behind the wave are expected to further increase the chance for showers. 

The DDM said that in addition to this, moderate to fresh breeze continues to blow across the area making sea conditions challenging for small crafts operators to navigate through these waters.

As such the DDM said the weather for Saturday is partly cloudy with a 40 percent or a moderate chance of showers and for tonight, mostly cloudy with occasional showers mainly after midnight.

Winds will be East-northeast today and east tonight where speeds will range from 22 to 35 km/h or 14 to 22 mph with gusts to as high as 56 km/h or 35 mph.

Seas will be 1.5 to 2.1 metres or 5 to 7 feet.

3 Responses to “Small craft advisory in effect for East End Tortola”

  • cgb (10/07/2021, 12:46) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Out there full of people n boats
  • Ddm needs help (11/07/2021, 07:52) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    You guys seriously should just stop posting garbage like this and invest in an actual meteorologist. You could simply copy and paste from a reliable source like windy or PredictWind but as it is your forecasts are always late, and usually wrong. It’s embarrassing.
  • meteorologist (12/07/2021, 14:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Totally agree with you. they need to stop giving forecast as they are not forecasters. They could be sued.


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