| AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ISSUED BY ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 15:59 UTC OCTOBER 10 2026
DISCUSSION: A
WEAK WESTWARD-MOVING SURFACE TROUGH, ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASED MOISTURE
AND FAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL INSTABILITY, WILL MAINTAIN PARTLY CLOUDY TO
CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR
THE REST OF TODAY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. BASED
ON LATEST FORECAST MODELS, TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING LINGERING
MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING MID-TO-UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT CLOUDY SPELLS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE
GRADUALLY TOMORROW MORNING, INSTABILITY AND UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL
MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY. THIS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST ISSUED FORECAST, THEREFORE NO AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
FORECASTER JALEEL JACOBS
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