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LOCAL Wednesday 5 OctOber 2022

Honoring of loyal visitors at Marriot Aruba Surf Club

EAGLE BEACH - Recently, Jersey, United States and United States and the fact
Aruba Tourism Authority were honored as Goodwill that it’s outside of the Hur-
had the great pleasure in Ambassadors of Aruba. ricane belt.
honoring many loyal Aruba
visitors with their distinc- This symbolic honorary title Ms. Olga Ruiz representing
tive certificates. These cer- is presented on behalf of the Aruba Tourism Author-
tificates are a way to say the Minister of Tourism as ity, and members of the
“Masha Danki” for continu- a token of appreciation to Marriott's Aruba Surf Club
ously choosing Aruba as a the guests who visit Aruba bestowed the certifica-
favorite vacation destina- between the 10-20-35 and tion of the Ambassadors
tion. The titles are as fol- more consecutive year and presented the Am-
lowing: 10+ years “Distin- mark. bassadors with gifts, and
guished Visitor”, 20+ years thanked them on behalf of
“Goodwill Ambassador” Their reasons for returning the Government of Aruba
and 36+ years “Emerald to Aruba are the friendli- for choosing Aruba as their
Ambassador”. ness of the people, the favorite vacation destina-
beautiful beaches and tion for so many years. The
The honorees were Marcy sunsets, the wonderful Honorees can now call
Acevedo and Iris Rivera weather and tradewinds, Aruba their home away
who are residents of New the direct flights from the from home.q

Weather Update

The Aruba Weather Watch keeps the com-
munity and our visitors informed with any
developments in regards to the weather,
as well as any other phenomenon’s that
could be taking place around the Carib-
bean islands.

In the most recent update issued, the Aru- Windward Islands and southeastern Carib-
ba Weather Watch spoke of a broad area bean Sea. Conditions appear to become
of low pressure located a couple of hun- more conducive for development later
dred miles east of the southern Windward this week when the system reaches the
Islands that is producing an area of show- central and western Caribbean Sea.
ers and thunderstorms to the southeast of
an ill-defined center. Regardless of the development, locally
heavy rainfall and gusty winds are expect-
The upper-level winds are likely to become ed over portions of the Windward Islands
more conducive for development, and a tonight and Wednesday. Interests in the
tropical depression could form during the Windward Islands, the ABC Islands, and
next couple of days, if the system stays the northern coast of Venezuela should
far enough away from land while mov- monitor the progress of this system. An Air
ing westward at about 15 mph across the Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is
currently investigating this system.

There is also a tropical wave located south
and east of the islands with a low chance
of developing into a tropical cyclone with-
in 2 days at 40%, and a medium chance
of developing into a tropical cyclone in 5
days at 70%.q