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DATE ISSUED: Wednesday 10th December 2025 @ 06:00 LST (10:00 UTC)
VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (06:00 LST) 11th December 2025

WEATHER:
This afternoon & evening: Cloudy to partly cloudy. Isolated showers are possible.
Tonight, through Thursday midday: Variably cloudy with isolated showers.

Forecast High: 29C / 84F       Forecast Low: 25C / 77F

Sunset Today: 5:38 P.M.            Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:34 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS:
Today through Thursday midday: East-northeast to east-southeast, with a gentle to moderate breeze, at 8 to 16 mph; higher gusts are possible.

SYNOPSIS:
Stable weather conditions will persist until tonight, as drier air enters the area Read more

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, 9 December 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) 10 December 2025WEATHER:This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Partly cloudy with brief isolated showers likely.Forecast High: 30C / 86F              
Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:37 P.M.                  
Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:33 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze at 7 to 16 mph.SYNOPSIS: A stable atmosphere will maintain a gentle to moderate breeze Read more

DATE ISSUED: Monday, 8 December 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) 9 December 2025WEATHER:This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy with brief showers possible.Forecast High: 30C / 86F              
Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:37 P.M.                  
Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:33 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze at 8 to 16 mph.SYNOPSIS: A somewhat stable atmosphere will maintain mostly fair weather conditions with a gentle to moderate breeze Read more

DATE ISSUED: Friday 5th December 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) 6th December 2025WEATHER:
This afternoon & evening: Variably cloudy with isolated showers.Tonight, through Saturday midday: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy. Isolated showers are likely.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low:  26C / 79FSunset Today: 5:36 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:31 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Northeast to east, with a gentle to moderate breeze, at 8 to 16 mph; higher gusts are possible.SYNOPSIS: A high-pressure system remains the dominant feature and will limit showers Read more

DATE ISSUED: Thursday 4th December 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) 5th December 2025WEATHER:
This afternoon & evening: Variably cloudy and slightly hazy, with isolated showers.Tonight, through Friday midday: Partly cloudy, slightly hazy and breezy. Isolated showers are likely.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low:  26C / 79FSunset Today: 5:36 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:30 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Friday midday: Northeast to east-southeast, with a gentle to moderate breeze, at 8 to 16 mph; higher gusts likely.SYNOPSIS: Weak instability will support isolated afternoon showers Read more

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, December 03, 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) December 04, 2025WEATHER:
This afternoon through Thursday midday: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:36 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:30 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: East to southeast with light to moderate breeze at 5 to 16 mph and higher gusts possible.SYNOPSIS: Moisture and instability associated with an approaching trough will lead to a gradual increase in clouds and shower activity across the local area.Sea levels are forecast to rise, peaking near 7 feet over the next few days Read more

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, December 02, 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) December 03, 2025WEATHER:
This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Fair to partly cloudy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:36 P.M.                &n Read more

DATE ISSUED: Monday 1st December 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) 2nd December 2025WEATHER:
This afternoon through tonight: Fair to partly cloudy with isolated showers.
Tuesday morning through midday: Variably cloudy with isolated showersForecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:35 P.M.                    Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:28 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Northeasterly to easterly with a light to gentle breeze at 4 to 12 mph.SYNOPSIS: Despite a relatively stable atmosphere, an approaching low-level trough will increase the likelihood of showers across the local area Read more

Minister Arrindell Expressed Strong Appreciation For AugustyS Dedication And Contributions To Researching And Preserving Sint MaartenS History

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) Her Excellency Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell met with young Sint Maarten historian Jean-Marc Augusty during his recent research visit to the Netherlands in November.

Augusty conducted historical research at Leiden University in The Hague, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), with additional sponsorship from the Plantz family, enabling him to extend his stay in the Netherlands for further research.

During his visit, Augusty consulted historical materials at the Nationaal Archief (National Archives) and the University of Amsterdam, including rare maps of Sint Maarten Read more

ONealS Dispossession Verdict Is Largely Confirmed On Appeal

 PHILIPSBURG--The Joint Court of Justice has mostly confirmed the lower courts criminal dispossession verdict against businessman ONeal Arrindell, who is currently serving a 40-month sentence at the Point Blanche prison.Arrindell has been irrevocably convicted in the so-called Emerald investigation, where he was found guilty of defrauding St. Maarten Harbour Group of Companies between July 2012 and June 2014.The fraud involved forged documents pertaining to mobilisation cost and general conditions charged to the port for dredging work done by contractor Devcon TCI Ltd.Arrindell received roughly US $2.7 million in consultancy fees through this arrangement, and later used a sum of $370,000 to bribe then-Member of Parliament (MP) and Emerald co-defendant Frans Richardson.In January 2023, the Court of First Instance ordered Arrindell to repay $2.33 million to the St Read more

Fire Brigade Responds To Industrial Building Fire

Firefighters extinguished a warehouse building fire near the Cul-de-Sac roundabout early Monday morning. Story on page . (Photo: Sapeurs Pompiers)

HOPE ESTATE--The Fire Brigade responded to a call at 3:00am Monday for a fire at an industrial building near the Cul-de-Sac roundabout. Two fire engines and an ambulance, and 11 firefighters and chief of the brigade were dispatched to the scene Read more

GrishaS Recent Changes To District 721S Permit Unsubstantiated And Unreasonable, Court Rules

PHILIPSBURG--An administrative judge has suspended the recent changes to District 721s operating permit, ruling that last months amendments by Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Grisha Heyliger-Marten were unsubstantiated and unreasonable. Court of First Instances verdict on Monday is the latest in a series of legal battles between the government and the open-air nightclub in Cole Bay involving decisions made by Heyliger-Marten Read more

5Th Gastronomy Festival Officially Launched On Grand Case Boulevard

Saint Martin Tourism Office President Valrie Damaseau (front row, left) poses with local chef ambassadors, Chef Laurent Huguet, Prfet Cyrille Le Vly, President Louis Mussington (rear), and Head Mixology Judge Arthur Sutley (right) at the festival launch. (Robert Luckock photo)

GRAND CASE--The 2025 Gastronomy Festival was officially launched Monday evening, appropriately in the culinary capital of Grand Case, with a pre-event of music and entertainment on the Boulevard Read more

Vsa Ministry Receives Draft 10 Year Mental Health Plan

The draft plan being presented to VSA Minister Richinel Brug (fifth right).

PHILIPSBURG--The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA has received the final draft of St Maartens 10-year mental health vision and strategic plan for 2025 through 2035, titled Stronger Minds, Stronger Communities.

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, 20 October 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)
VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) 21 October 2025

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM TODAY
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM TUESDAY

WEATHER:   This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy with light haze and isolated showers possible.

Forecast High: 33C / 91F               Forecast Low: 27C / 81F

Sunset Today: 5:47 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:08 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS:    This afternoon through Tuesday midday: East-southeasterly to easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze at 8 to 16 mph.

SYNOPSIS:    A relatively stable atmosphere will restrict significant shower activity across the region Read more

Court Orders Mp Ardwell Irion To Retract Comments About Attorney Jairo Bloem

~ Judge rules remarks unnecessarily disparaging ~PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance has ordered National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament Ardwell Irion to publicly correct statements he made about attorney Jairo Bloem in connection with Bloems proposed appointment as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Curaao and St Read more

An aerial view of the stalled Carbon Grove development and the damage inflicted on the hillside. Developers appear to have clear-cut the land to build, and the project now stands as a monument to short-sighted planning and failed development, leaving a permanent scar on the landscape. (Photo by Serb Tember)

  

~ Are we saving our green? ~

By Rajesh Chintaman

PHILIPSBURG--In Cole Bay, a long-time resident still remembers the tamarind tree that towered beside her familys home Read more

CourtConvictsFormerBusDriverOf GroomingMinorAfterTwo-YearWait

In 2024, a warning was issued to all school bus drivers in response to growing reports of misconduct. 

PHILIPSBURG--Nearly two years after a complaint was first filed, the Court of First Instance on Thursday convicted former school bus driver Charles Fredericks of grooming a minor, finding him guilty of engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with a student and attempting to arrange a meeting.

The case, which dates back to September 2023, was based on a police complaint supported by WhatsApp conversations of a sexual nature between the suspect and the victim Read more

Tropical Storm Warning Is In Effect

FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
SMALL CRAFT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

At 5:00AM the center of Tropical Storm Jerry was located near latitude 19.2 North, longitude 62.5 West or about 90 miles north-northeast of St. Maarten.

The system is moving towards the northwest near 17 mph (28 km/h), and a turn toward the north is expected tonight into Saturday, followed by a northward to north-northeastward motion through the rest of the weekend. On this forecast track, the center of Jerry is currently at its closest point: 90 miles north-northeast of St Read more

 FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

SMALL CRAFT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

 DATE ISSUED: Thursday, 9th October 2025 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) 

VALID UNTIL: Friday evening (18:00 LST) 10th October 2025

 WEATHER:

Tonight: Partly cloudy and breezy at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers. Thunderstorms are likely.

Friday morning through evening: Cloudy to overcast and windy with scattered moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms.

Forecast High: 29C / 84F Forrecast Low: 24C / 75F

Sunset Today: 5:54 P.M Read more

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, 9 October 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) 10 October 2025A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECTA FLOOD WATCH & HIGH SEAS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6PM TODAY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWEATHER:This afternoon: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated showers possible.Tonight through Friday midday: Cloudy and breezy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.Forecast High: 32C / 90F              
Forecast Low: 24C / 75FSunset Today: 5:54 P.M.                  
Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:05 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon: North-northeasterly with a light to moderate breeze at 6 to 12 mph.Tonight through Friday midday: Northerly to southwesterly with a moderate to strong breeze at 16 to 26 mph, and occasional higher gusts.SYNOPSIS: Limited shower activity will prevail for this afternoon Read more

St. Maarten, Suriname Move Toward Stronger Ties At Unga

Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina (right) and Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, President of the Republic of Suriname.

NEW YORK--Prime Minister (PM) Dr. Luc Mercelina, recently initiated Read more

Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, September 22, 2025 @12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) 

VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) September 23, 2025

WEATHER:
This afternoon: Partly cloudy with light haze and isolated showers possible.

Tonight through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy to increasingly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. 

Forecast High: 33C / 91F           Forecast Low: 27C / 81F

Sunset Today: 6:08 P.M.               Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:02 A.M

SURFACE WINDS:
This through Tuesday midday: East northeast to east southeast with a gentle to moderate breeze at 7 to 16 mph, and higher gusts possible.

SYNOPSIS:
As the forecast period progresses, a surge of moisture and instability associated with an approaching strong tropical wave will result in deteriorating weather conditions Read more

Over 300 Men Screened For Prostate Cancer, LetS Talk About Sex Panel Discussion Next

From left: Swinda Richardson (Collective Prevention Services), Elton Richardson (St. Maarten Lions Club member), Nirmala Vlaun (Collective Prevention Services), Mercedes Elektra van der Waals-Wyatt (Elektralyets Foundation President), Alvin Prescod (St. Maarten Lions Club President), Shelly Alphonso (Positive Foundation President) and Jimmy Challenger (St Read more