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Nice weather her in B'dos
The air outside is nice and crispy; just the way I like it. Can't wait to see what january brings
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Its 8:02 p.m. and we've been seeing some phenomenal lightning displays spanding from approx. ENE through to the SW. From here in the Dover Gardens area it look spectacular; more light sheet and cloud to cloud Fork types and multiple flashes per second. And the weirdest part of it all is that there is no sound of thunder despite the intensity of the flashes. The wind too is blowing brisk at times and variable. The temperature has also come down a bit. Never have I seen such a display before with such light intensity and frequency. REALLY WEIRD! Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! |
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He's sucking in all the air...todat was a scorcher and I expect tomorrow will bring another hottt hott day.... ....and then we have Rita heading for the Bahamas and possibly Florida as if the USA hasn't had its share of cyclones this year. I wish the best for them all. .........AND as if that wasn't enough there is now 97L INVEST at 36 W and the model plots although "Highly Speculative" subsequently subject to large errors tracks what could become Stan, somewhere through the Lesser Antilles archipelago......GEEEEESH!!!! Its really heating up out there...no pun intended of course. We should all keep a watchful eye, can't remember the last time I saw Atlantic cyclones reaching as far down the alphabet as "S". Tuesday, September 22nd will mark 50 years since Janet [12.0 N 59.20 W 09/22/12Z as a 105 MPH HURRICANE-3], We have really been "I DARE SAY" lucky since.
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Another interesting observation is that the part of the satellite imagery "blacked out" just so happens to be where the 17 NONNAME is located........................... Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! |
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Hello Gert,
I read your postings but have never ventured anything myself, but the CEDERA postings on Janet and Gilbert reminded me that I survived them both. I was a young child in Barbados, in the 'days of yore' when clanging church bells and sirens woke us up at one o'clock in the morning to signal the arrival of Janet. We fled our house in the raging hurricane, thinking that it was on the point of blowing down, only to have the roof of the garage opposite, where we sought shelter, cave in --to this day, the sound that metal makes when it is being ripped apart stays with me. Many years later I lived through Gilbert in Jamaica. The eye was so big it took almost an hour to pass over Kingston. I foolishly ventured up on my roof to save it and was caught unawares by the eye wall which came down the Blue Mountains like a million banshees in one. A spatter of rain and a glance over my shoulder revealed what looked like a solid black wall advancing
so rapidly, it was on me before I could react. The ladder went in the 200 mile per hour blast, with me lying flat holding on to the roof for dear life. I jumped to the ground and made it inside where I spent the rest of the day watching roofs, satellite dishes etc. sailing by overhead. Hence the Lovindeer song, "Yuh see wha gilbert gi me." I lived without water and electricity for months. From the air, Jamaica looked like a giant lawn mower had run right down the spine of the Bliue Mountains and the then Prime Minister Edward Seaga said that it looked like an atom bomb had been dropped on Kingston. Yet, if it is any consolation to the people of New Orleans, a year later, the debris and rubbish littering Kingston was gone, all the downed telephone poles were replaced as well as roofs and the trees had sprouted new limbs and greenery. The shocking damage to New Orleans and other Gulf cities will be repaired and the rhythms of life will !
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Exploded into a hurricane. I agree with last poster from Vieques; From about 0115Z to 0345Z if one puts it in motion one would assume a more WNW to NNW movement. Over the past few hours Barbados on Radar has become covered by bright white; TS warning discontinued for us. Winds are currently gusting on the outside, and sea sounds very angry. not much rain. Maybe most of the clouds are High level cirrus? Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! |
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It is 3:51 p.m. and I am also from the south of the island - Silver Hill.
It has been consistently windy, and gusty at times, the intensification of
which has increased over the last 30 minutes or so.
However, these are not extreme gusts - I could Not open my windows when Ivan
passed last year and my windows have been open all day (aside from during
the rain which has not fallen since late morning in this area). I have
actually seen a few people have been walking through the neighbourhood.
Going to take some photos to see if it will capture what I am seeing.
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Title: Message
It's now 5:45pm and after a
few hours of sunshine peeping through, the greater Bridgetown area is becoming
overcast once more. Winds are not as strong as appoximately 45 mins ago,
but are indeed more constant. it seems to me that the outer fringes of the
deep convection are now affecting this area. As I look outside all remains
quiet except for a few gutsy young men who decided to go and play football.
Emily remains unpredictable and who knows what can happen from one moment to the
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In the south of the island, seems that we continue to feel some of the effects of the outer bands although it's been sunny for a couple of hours. Not long ago, the clouds rolled in fairly quickly and we experienced a small sprinkle coupled with a strong gust. Just as fast, the clouds rolled away and the sun peeped out again. We wait to see what the next few hours will bring, although I suspect that we will experience some of the prevailing conditions. LGW
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Thanks for the response. I wasn't precisely critiquing any and/or every entry. I was referring to the West Indian habit of routinely exaggerating. Local newspapers routinely use "extremely" when they mean "very", as do most Barbadians and other islanders. I did see somewhat-emotional entries of no particular observational and/or meteorological value. I thought this forum was about scientifically-oriented reportage of actual conditions, not stuff in people's minds and girlish emotions, making a storm out of the vortex in one's teacup, kinda thing.. (an old tradition in sleepy Barbados where SweetFA happens more often than not!) I saw references to 'rain rain rain'. - WHERE? Here in Barbados 1.5 inches of rain is enough for the B'dos. Met. Office to post ominous Flood Warnings and close down the country! most of the time completely unjustified. I rather got the impression some people were posting just to say they'd posted, like something was happening (emotional gratification of seeing one's post,etc.). The Reality? -until noon Wed. absolutely NOthing was happening here. Webmaster may need to go thru and eliminate posts of no particular value (personal comments,etc) The last major system to hit Barbados was IVAN, last year, on Tues Sept. 7th. it doesn't have to be a dead-on, exact-center-of-the-eye hit, a la Nat'l. Hurricane Center parameters to be noteworthy. Before Ivan, ALLAN/ALLEN hit the West Coast of Barbados v.nicely, although South Coast people will tell you that Allan was a non-event (the same happened during JANET, in Sept. 1955, when the S.Coast got hit quite badly, and people over in Bathsheba(East Coast) hardly knew a hurricane was happening over on the S.coast!). Right now, 3:30 p.m., there's enough atmospheric stuff going on worthy of some reporting,yes, but all those people posting earlier on, ABOUT NOTHING essentially, are now all "posted out". - THIS, NOW is when we need their input, not to say "how incredibly-extremely still it was last night, so still that their campfire smoke was going dead-straight-up 150ft., a la Gale Force ZERO", like it was made out. C'mon. so it was still last night. This happens in July-Oct. !! whether there are systems about or not. Big Deal. This is not Biblical stuff, okay? that's all I'm saying. Forget the emotion, and "eerie feelings" (in your head?), 'Tremendous Downpours' and it 'being so hot not even the bats were about'.. dear oh DEAR! Please report actual happenings of worth, not the fact that nothing happened. |
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It's considerably more gusty, here in Barbados (South Coast,
1 km. inland) than it was just two hrs. ago. Strong winds, with gusts to 45/50 mph, with occasionally stronger gusts of maybe 60/65 mph. Strangely, a blue sky (hole!) overhead, brighter conditions, with sunlight (clear shadows being cast). Dry! no rain. |
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I saw the word "extremely" used once in a post, and it is my opinion that it was INDEED "extremely" still last night on the outside. I have not seen any examples of exaggeration thus far. The last Major system to hit Barbados was, as I recall, Janet in 1955. Most of us have never really experience anything that intense since. Having said that, most of us will awe at some of the weather phenomenon are a part of these cyclones. Lets not concentrate too much on grammatic _expression_, realism etc. and see the bigger picture which is stormcarib.com as a medium to convey to others what we see, hear, and feel during the passage of such a system. ..................and too hope that use the alleged "superlatives for when the sand REALLY hits the fan" wont happen anytime soon.
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Title: Message
Hello
All!
Things here in
southern St. Michael are pretty quiet. Near Bridgetown it is still
overcast and there are gusts of wind from time to time, but there is no
rain. The last downpour we had was a few hours ago. Right now the
island is in a state of shut down. The airport won't be open until 7am
tomorrow. Emily seems to be quite erratic in its movement and development.
It's my hope that no one gets affected. God knows the Caribbean has had
more than enough to deal with weather
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This cyclonic system is one strange one. Emily is defying all forecasts. Reports from the RECO aircraft indicated that 3 centres where found......and winds in all four quadrants where the same strength and extended farther than initially inferred from satellite imagery. This came as quite a surprise to meteorologists unboard this Hurricane Hunter aircraft. Subsequently, the tropical storm warning is still in effect for Barbados. We are currently in a state of "shutdown" On the southside of the island [Dover Gardens] As of 12:55 pm the wind has been picking up. Not sustained; but in regular gusts and some brisk ones at that wow!!!! there's another gust at 1:02 p.m. Coming from the E - ESE. The sky is grey. Not much rain at the moment. More later Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! |
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The time in Barbados is now 12:50 p.m. Wednesday. After a morning of grey overcast skies with little real rain and quiet wind conditions, wind speeds generally have picked up, becoming a bit gusty, - nothing more than 15-25 mph. ? with gusts a bit higher, 30-35 mph? now and then. Tree Action is a good indicator, and yes, they're moving a bit more than usual, when small gusts occur periodically. Cloud cover continues to be of the medium to high type (low level clouds generally bear rain, but not much of that). Thus far, Emily ain't saying much, not that we're complaining. Having read other posts today, I'd like to encourage others posting not to exaggerate. Don't use 'extremely' when a simple 'very' is more realistic. Leave the superlatives for when the sand REALLY hits the fan which, during this washed-out disorganised Tropical Storm, is not likely to happen! It's NOT a case of Ivan All Over Again: - so far it's Just Another 'Blow' |
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Seems like Emily might be repositioning herself
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Tonight seems extremely still...Can't even hear the crickets. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come. Although this system may only have minimal wind speeds, we ought not to take it lightly as our Deputy Prime Minister stated in her Press Conference tonight. We will be on national shutdown as of 11:30AM tomorrow morning. And, we really ought to be monitoring the system currrently west of the Cape Verde Islands. If this current trend continues, I say we are in for the long haul between now and November. Will try to post another update as condtions warrant as long as the connection lasts. Fingers crossed my friends!!!! LGW
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Just had a sudden moderate downpour; lasted about 15 minutes. Satellites obs. reveal the outer cirrus fringes of Emily moving across us. Perhaps with the embedded odd low level rain clouds. On the outside here on the southside of the island around the Dover Gardens area; there are interludes of some light wind with the eerie eerie zephyr. Very humid sticky feel too. I'll post more as conditions deteriorate and power permits. Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! |
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Awfully close.
Latest model runs leans toward the left of the projected track.
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Like the previous
correspondent wrote, the air has an eerie feel to it. Very Still. Just had
an slight sprinkle. but otherwise its just still and warm/humid. The
official forecast track takes it north of Barbados. However these models
can/ do have large errors. Looking at the latest satellite imagery [below]
.....my goodness!! seem awful close to us. Hope it does make that WNW
turn. If Anyone is interested in viewing its movement in real time try this site
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/RAMM/Rmsdsol/tropical.html and
under GOES - EAST click on the Vis/ IR Floater over the Lesser
Antilles.
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You could feel the difference in the atmosphere this evening here in Barbados. There was almost no wind blowing and even the birds were quiet. I pray that the forecast models are correct and this system will by-pass us. However, our weather forecast calls for us to begin feeling some effects late on Wednesday into Thursday. We'll be watching this one and the others that seem to be following right behind very closely LGW
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.........................AND HUMID!!! I don't think I've ever felt heat like this before. So hot one evening last week that even the bats were nowhere to be seen. I do not know what I may APPEAR to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Sir Isaac Newton GaBa ________________________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! |
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