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- Culebra Rainfall Data & "Earl" Passage
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, I attach the monthly rainfall data for Culebra. 9.20 inches of rain in August is the most ever recorded by us for this month. Also, you will note that our total for the year is equal to the average total for a complete year. So, with two or more "wet" months left in the year, we can expect a very high rainfall total for the year. "Earl"; In our area of Culebra we did not have any structural damage, mostly trees down and the like. We did not have electric or telephone service for more than 24 hours, but now all utilities are back up and running. I did hear we had some costal damage on the southern and western sections of the island, but have not got out and about yet to check things out. Most of
our winds were from the Southwest/West/Northwest at about 60 MPH sustained for about 4 hours Monday evening (5 PM -9 PM), with some gust that I figure at about 70 MPH. We also got almost two inches (1.70) of rain. I figured "Earl" was 60 miles almost due North of us at 7 PM Monday night, our pressure went down to 999 mb at that time. I also think "Earl" did a bit of slowing down at that time and actual had a more "flat" path, meaning west to east before making it's more dramatic recurve to the NW. That's my observations. I also attach a photo showing how amongst the trashed trees the cactus is still blooming. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Rainy Day & Night
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 04:06:07 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, Culebra received 1.40 inches of rain yesterday. 1 inch of that total fell in less than an hour around noon time, a real "Gulley Washer". The remainder fell in the late evening as on & off showers. This rain seemed to come out of nowhere, but is associated with a "Tutt" and wave system to our south. I took this photo of a classic "Anvil" thunderhead cloud in the afternoon. It did not affect Culebra, but did drop some rain on our sister island of Vieques. So, I am sure they thought the rain came out of nowhere also. Jackie in Dominica; Take care of that ankle! Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Culebra Rainfall Data
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 03:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, I have attached a chart of rainfall data for Culebra, showing a total of 10.4 inches of rain in July this year. This is a record smashing amount, with the closest year being '95 when we received 7.7 inches. In '95 Hurricane Marilyn came, in case you believe in precedent. We are up to a total of 34.9 inches for the year, and for some years in the past this was more than the grand total. I also attach showing the "super green" hillsides over the harbour. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Culebra Rainfall
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:44:59 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, This tropical wave left us with lots of rainfall the past two days. A total of 8.2 inches since Monday with 6.3 inches of that amount falling yesterday. At one point we received a 2 inch an hour amount early yesterday morning. Last night and this morning we are having a dry-out time and we hope it continues for a day or two. During one of the "deluges" I took this photo of the run-off roaring down the road. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Phones/DSL out on Culebra and Vieques
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- By MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:29:52 -0400
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This email came this morning and I wasn't here to get it but here it is now. This is from Vieques Karen's sister.
"I'm karen's sister.
She wanted me to let you know that it rained 5.7 inches since 12:30 last
night. All phones and dsl down. She said let storm2k and stormcaribe
know."
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Save what's left!
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- Culebra, PR Rainfall Data, June
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 04:39:46 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, As you can see on the attached chart, Culebra's rainfall for May - June is at record levels. In fact with 24.5 inches of rain for the first 6 months of 2010, we will most likely set an annual record also. Like the other correspondents have said, the growth on the island this year is beyond compare to other years. Thick, lush, green growth, with lots of flowers & fruits. Very unusual for Culebra. We have always been envious of places like Dominica, now we have a sense of what that is like. I also attach a photo of a bird nest with a view. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Tropical Wave Passage
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:57:52 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, The Tropical Wave left Culebra with a total of 5.10 inches of rain through the 4 day event. Attached is a photo of our rain gauge this morning showing a total of 2.20 inches of rain that fell in the 24 hour period of 7 AM Sunday to 7 AM Monday. We did experience some heavy runoff yesterday afternoon during a particularly heavy deluge. It is the Summer Solstice and the sun did try to break through the clouds this morning, way to the North. Hopefully we will have a few days of drying before the next rainy wave. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Dust...
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- By MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:58:18 -0400
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A friend of mine has asked me to take some photos of her house she plans on renting...we've been waiting for some 'Caribbean blue' skies for a couple of weeks now. Looks like that isn't going to happen any time soon...the color blue IS the color of the sky sometimes, right? I can sort of remember...
.DISCUSSION...MODIS AND SEAWIFS IMAGERY FROM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
NICELY DEPICTED A LARGE AND DENSE AREA OF SAHARAN DUST ACROSS
PR/USVI. REALLY...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THAT I HAVE SEEN AROUND HERE
IN QUITE A WHILE. HAZY...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY
ONCE AGAIN
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Save what's left!
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- Record Rainfall For Culebra
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, Sorry for the bad link on the previous message, here is the correction. Good Morning, Culebra has surpassed it's rainfall average for the
month of May, with a whopping 9.80 inches of rain. We are hoping for
some clearing today, perhaps a little drying-out time. See the chart
below for comparisons of our rainfall data; Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Record Rainfall For May
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, Culebra has surpassed it's rainfall average for the month of May, with a whopping 9.80 inches of rain. We are hoping for some clearing today, perhaps a little drying-out time. See the chart below for comparisons of our rainfall data;  Click on thumbnail image to see larger size, Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Oh what a day!
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- By MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 17:45:13 -0400
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Bits of rain on and off and then the deluge came. I sort of figured it would be intense when it got dark as dusk in mid-afternoon, not that it had been bright all day really (except this morning about 5 the sky was clear and the moon was blazing bright). I could hear kids over the little hill playing basketball and wondered how fast they'd be running - but I wasn't going to stay outside to watch - and then bam! With a hit of lightning and a crash of thunder down it came, that kind that hits the tin roof so hard you can't hear anything else. The wind was blowing the wrong way (which it has been for two days or so) so the windows that rarely get closed got closed in a hurry; not before the floor was soaked though. Ah well, a little entertainment and a cleaner floor.
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- Rain and clouds and rain and clouds
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- By MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:10:55 -0400
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So much for a good viewing of the full moon! Because I'm not in town these days - bridge work = no cart - I don't hear the visitor woes, and we're a little short on visitors anyway... What looked like major rain here drifted off to the east, as the winds switch over and over but right now coming from the southwest and sort of blowing around us with the occasional right on target pour. Meaning grey skies, humidity high, warm strong winds and then night comes. A cooling off before it starts all over again. So it goes.
A photo from this day last year. The sun must have been shining!
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- Ok, enough with the rain dancing
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- By MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 18:20:38 -0400
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Rain and rain and rain. We're not getting poundings here, but on and off steady with the radar showing lots more ahead. Which boils down to our Memorial Day weekend being less than stellar, visitor wise. As it's the last big weekend for businesses before July, it's a hit we'd rather not take, but I know we're sharing it with many other islands. I guess that means we might be focusing more on what Memorial Day is actually about, which is, in itself, not a bad thing at all...
The upside is that the island is going blindingly green, blossoms are abounding and the air is cool without the hanging humidity of the days before. Gotta look at the good side!
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He'd learned long ago that understanding almost anything was what happened later on. J.Lent
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- "Gulley Washer"
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 04:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, Culebra received 2 inches of rain during the night, a small Gulley Washer. It felt a bit like our first tropical wave of the season, with some good gust and heavy rain at times, but the experts say no. Anyway the rain is welcome and all our cisterns got topped-off. This morning the Sun was trying to break through the cloud layers, see photo. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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- Rain and more rain
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- By M J <mjstark at coqui.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 05:17:45 -0400
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Watching the real thing, along with massive blobs coming across the
radar straight to our shore door was a wonderful way to spend a
Sunday, including the lightning and thunder, a rare event but one I
enjoy, having grown up in Florida's Lightning Alley. I thought again
how lucky we are to have laptops that can be unplugged and still
used...have movies on cds to watch, so many forms of entertainment
that don't require plugged in electricity. One day I'll hopefully go
back to being off the plug nipple...in the meantime, I'm glad there
are alternatives when I don't want jolts of white light coming inside
to play.
Sally from Grenada, glad your fire got taken care of, even if at the
last minute! Scary stuff.
We'll see what today brings. The weather will decide if I walk or
take the dinghy to town. I don't mind more rain - our ground was so
thirsty.
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- Weather Guilt
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- By M J <mjstark at coqui.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 07:32:35 -0400
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When it started raining in the wee hours this morning, lightening
flashing, thunder rumbling - I felt such a gladness...until I
remembered the people getting washed out in the eastern mid-states of
the US. Then I realized, I could take in the whole world's weather
disasters - and that thought showed me the silliness of my weather
pleasure guilt.
So instead, I will just enjoy this rain that has already, in mere
hours, brought a life and vitality to the yard and gardens that I
haven't seen in a long time! The leaves are falling like mad off the
genipe and sea almond trees, carpeting the ground, even as new leaves
emerge, bright iguana baby green against a dull sky. Joy joy!
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- April Rain Data
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- By William Kunke <wkunke787 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 03:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
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Good Morning, April rain in Culebra totaled only 1.5 inches. This is about half our average for this month. Our yearly total so far is 6.2 inches, again a low figure at this time. Somehow the hummingbirds find plenty of nectar to survive and seem happy. Enjoy, William Bill's Daily Notes & Photos: http://islandculebra.livejournal.com/
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