Activities include but are not limited to interacting with students at the Saba Comprehensive School, replacing the batteries of the off-grid site on Grey Hill and upgrading firmware and downloading locally stored supplemental data at all monitoring sites.

To monitor weather conditions, seismicity and volcanic activity on Saba, the KNMI has several monitoring sites with measuring equipment on the island. This includes a monitoring site in St Johns that has been operational since 2006 with a seismometer and later also the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System).

As it is vital to cover all of Saba and to ensure accurate monitoring and advising, it is important to continue measurements in St Johns. In November equipment will be relocated from the SATEL building in St Johns to a stand-alone set-up close to the GNSS antenna (the white, mushroom-shaped unit located by the path behind the Saba Comprehensive School). The relocation of the equipment will be finalized during KNMI’s next visit in May/June 2027 while monitoring will remain operational in the interim period. The KNMI would like to express their gratitude for working with SATEL over the years and thanks Saba Comprehensive school for their support until the relocation is finalized.

The KNMI will regularly post updates of their work throughout their stay on their Facebook group named “Volcano monitoring” and is pleased to answer any questions you post there.