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- Culebra Rainfall Data
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- From: "William Kunke" <wkunke at verizonmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:01:41 -0400
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Good Morning, Even though our June rainfall of 2.9 inches is about
average, Culebra's six month amount is far below average. Compare
our six month total to this statement about San Juan's rainfall for
June:
ALSO OF INTEREST...THANKS TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND A FAIRLY PERSISTENT EL
YUNQUE STREAMER THIS AFTERNOON...SAN JUAN AIRPORT HAS LOGGED ITS
SECOND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD...SURPASSING 9.32 INCHES IN 1958.
LATE ARRIVAL OF THE SAHARAN AIR LAYER AND PERSISTENT TROUGHINESS
IN THE SW ATLC AND CARIBBEAN HAVE BEEN FACTORS IN MAKING THIS A
VERY WET MONTH.
The rainfall there in San Juan for one month almost equals our six
month total.
We did get the Sahara Dust cleared out with a nice rainfall on
Monday, leaving us a rainbow and clear skies. Enjoy, William
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- thunder and red blobs
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:13:03 -0400
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Culebra is going to get what apparently just went through St. Thomas...the thunder has been going on for 20 minutes now, closing in. I'm very glad I decided not to go back to town until 3 and took a nap instead. At 2.5, outracing a storm on the water isn't a reality in my dinghy.
Yep, I think I'll just stay right here and enjoy the storm.
These are some gulls going nuts feeding on a school of something or other at the entrance reef yesterday. They might have known something then? Or it was just a great happy hour...
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- Aye, the warnings begin
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:04:55 -0400
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I've been trying (and the universe has been helping a lot by staying calm around here) to not become Season Obsessed this year, so far so good...until this bit of an advance ripple in our NHC email alerts that sounds more serious than the couple previous. Maps and radars and satellites slowly move back up the bookmarks list as it all begins once more, as much a part of our year as mosquitos after rain.
But in the meantime! Even though the weather has been hot, it's been bearable, and sometimes strange. This afternoon fell into the strange category, with Sahara dust (I think?) making its fog like visuals across the hills and coating my skin and lungs until it was definitely time to close up and go home. Oh darn.
Under the trees at mi casita, it is shady and cooler. I played in the gardens while laundry hung like a sweet smelling curtain across the porch to dry. Thanks to humidity, it is still out there. Oh well, if I wear dampish clothes in the morning, they will be dry by the time I get to town.
The flamingo is still hanging around, and still single. If you know of another single flamingo somewhere, send him/her our way!
Another good day in Paradox.
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- Wild storm moment
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:36:33 -0400
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I've been watching the radar on and off for a few hours now, and finally it's here...the boomers and pounding rain. This is why I'm not at the cart today (little rains came in earlier, but this is the one I've been watching), a white out in the bay. The cat curled up cozy close by, air cool. Where is my soup? Another cup of tea will have to do it. There's popcorn in the pan, a new Netflix movie to watch and new plants drinking up their nectar.
Life is good. BOOM!
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- Nice rain
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:19:27 -0400
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It was good to wake up to a hard rain during the wee hours...twice. No need to water the garden and dilute that gorgeous rainwater. With a radar full of blobs, it seems like we might get more but right now the sun is out and the sky is a mix of clouds and blue, so we could get skipped...3 x7 miles is easy to miss.
I'm staying home 'just in case' and will use the time to make another batch of Manaya Heat (mango & papaya) hot sauce. Incredibly, it's still cool out, making it a fine day for cooking.
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- We Call It Arco Iris
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- From: "William Kunke" <wkunke at verizonmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:00:33 -0400
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Good Morning, June seems to be starting off with some nice rain
showers for Culebra. Yesterday morning we had a quick 0.10 inch of
rain. Last night we had a wonderful shower of 0.30 inches. This
refreshed the ground and filled our storage tanks. This morning at
first light we had this beautiful rainbow and cloud formation to
enjoy from our front porch.
Enjoy, William
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- Geeze!
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:11:41 -0400
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Alerts and first days and systems oh my! Is it August yet? I'm happy to look at the location and the direction of the latest NHC heads up and not see much in the way of trouble for anyone. Well, except for fisherman or those in boats far far off shore. Get out of the way, y'all!
We're continuing to have blissful days. Some are calling it hot, but I'm not there yet. Though today, starting my new part time occupation as a prep helper at Susie's restaurant, I'm pretty sure a part of my body was sweating that I'd rather not talk about but won't care if heat takes a few pounds from. Joy of Cooking, absolutely! This could be a video craze...I like it!
As ever, prepare for the worst, hope for the best and live the life. What? You're not ready? Well...you know what to do! and if you don't, google 'hurricane plans'. You'll find out more than you ever wanted to know on how to be prepared. So...what are you waiting for? Eh?
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- Rainfall Data Correction
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- From: "William Kunke" <wkunke at verizonmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:36:10 -0400
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Good Morning Again,
The total rainfall for Culebra thus far this year should be 7.3 inches, not
17.3 inches of rain.
Sorry for the error. William
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- Culebra May Rainfall
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- From: "William Kunke" <wkunke at verizonmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:19:11 -0400
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Good Morning,
Culebra rainfall for May was 2 inches for a total for '09 thus far
of 17.3 inches.
This is far below our average of 3.75 inches for the month of May.
At the beginning of hurricane season we are having some good indications
of an "El Nino" event this year. "El Nino" helps to shear-off
potential storms.
All of this is better said by Jeff Masters at Wonderground:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/
The last day of May dawned super clear and warm, a good day to get some
salt water therapy with the fish. It was so clear that from the
surface you could
clearly see PR, some 15 miles away.
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- Beauty!
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:13:10 -0400
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The last three days (it's still dark, but the birds are singing and it was still cool enough for a light blanket last night, so I'll lean out on a solid limb and say four) have been one better than the other in beauty. Blue sky...oh the wonder! Sun and breeze, joy. Water warm enough to swim in, but not scary warm, perfect. (Culebra winning a major battle against developers - intoxicating)
Does anyone else notice the birds singing more than usual? And different birds? I am finding this here, though I'm not seeing any particularly unusual birds. It's pretty glorious though.
And for St. John Val...hope those fiends weren't too difficult at the pig roast (sorry, I can't resist a good typo, especially when it's not mine!).
Happy June 1!
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- It's true!
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 06:05:43 -0400
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If you hear the rumor that there was actually color in our sunrise this morning, it's true! It's gone now, but as you can clearly see, pink was happening for about 5 minutes there. I'm taking this to be a sign of hope, like a triple rainbow, like a flamingo, like something other than grey!
I thank the cat, who made sure I got up in time to see it. Also, the baby lizard that was on my foot for making sure I was WIDE awake.
Have a shiny day. Mine looks to be polished pewter once again.
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- All is well, not so bright
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:21:45 -0400
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The sun made a very weak appearance this morning and is now showing as a bright area of white sky. But the humidity seems to have gone again...last night in one of our third and 1/2 days of rolling black outs (until someone fixes something somewhere, I suppose), it wasn't hard to go back to sleep like the night before when it felt like the humidity was an unwelcome blanket on the bed.
This morning is almost cool in contrast, even without blue skies...which I'm beginning to think are one of those memories that maybe wasn't true, except I have photos to prove it.
So the brightest thing in my world this morning are the bougainvilla, tumbling out of the trees. As Hector, our Milka market guy would say, "Beauty!"
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- Watching and waiting
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 07:19:47 -0400
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Our radar shows ONE big system with rain climbing ever so slowly to the northwest, just southeast of St. Croix. Will it get here before falling apart? Will it get bigger? Should I wear a raincoat?
Dr. Jeff Master's blog talks about 90L, which appears to be a welcome rain event in Florida where a long drought is getting some relief from copious amounts of rain.
Let this be your kick in the butt if you needed one, prepare for the worst, hope for the best! It only takes one..let's see, I know there are more cliche's here but I'll just stretch them out for the next six months!
Right now the sun is out, sparkling on the wat...oops, it's gone! Well, it's like that, again. Have an excellent Tuesday!
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- Oh my
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- From: MJ <caribemj at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 15:50:11 -0400
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I was just, literally JUST going through all of my links for the upcoming season and POOF! into my mail appears this...I was not QUITE expecting it...
000
ABNT20 KNHC 181942
TWOAT
SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
340 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2009
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT AN AREA OF
DISTURBED WEATHER HAS FORMED OVER EASTERN CUBA...THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM
IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES GENERALLY
NORTHWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT WILL INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY...IF NECESSARY.
THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM
BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
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- Another grey morning
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- From: M J <mjstark at coqui.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 07:32:38 -0400
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Oh these tricky days! The last two starting out with lovely blue skies
and nice breezes, fluffy white clouds and decent temperatures. Only to
switch in the blink of an eye to a huge incoming dark grey to black
mass of cloud full of rain. Yesterday, deep into a project with my
attention concentrated (single mindedness seems to grow stronger with
age, I'm finding, not that I was ever a wonder at multitasking) it was
only thanks to Les walking by and pausing for a quiet word of rain
warning that kept me from a mad scramble. As it was I looked up and
everything had gone dim. I got the last lock snapped shut just as the
rain started down in a serious way. Thanks, Les!
No blue skies today. There was a glimmer of color at dawn but now
greyish-white is prevailing from the horizon to the top. I was
considering taking the dinghy in to town, thanks to Bob, who kindly
fixed what ailed my little outboard, but I think I'll give it a miss
for today.
My yard is in defiance of this gloom. The much needed rain, while
untimely for us shopkeepers and the tourists and locals who feed us,
has been making life bursts all over the island. The once reluctant-to-
bloom orchid is now sporting SIX blossoms! Where will it end? Every
rain seems to bring on new ones. And various other wild flowers
continue to appear, along with the hummingbirds very very favorite.
Hummingbird favorite
The bougainvilla are also doing a fine job of decorating the trees
Checking out the fishing scene...looks good!
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