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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:10:00 -0400
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Hi all,
Well we are ending the 2008 season, and we in
Grenada have been lucky.
Other countries have not been so lucky. Haiti has
really been clobbered. But most of their damage there has been caused by
heavy rains, made worse by the deforestation, causing really bad
floods and crops to be washed away.
I hope Grenada takes heed of what has happened in
Haiti. Any deforestation is bad, even small areas cleared create wash off of top
soil. It would be nice if the powers that be, could put more restrictions on
removal of vegetation.
Today we have been hit by a sudden burst of medium
- high overcast skies. This seems to have shot out from a stream of weather
stretching from just south of Tobago out ENE into the Atlantic. If this weather
continues in our direction, I guess we could have a bit more rain and more cloud
in the next couple of days.
All the best
Hogan
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- Fw: Max weather Nov. 27, 2008, Happy Thanksgiving ... 1900Z
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- From: Nealon Newton <nealondpo at yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:19:25 -0800 (PST)
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These updates are very enlightening-so I thought I share the experience.
On a different note; we now have the Trade winds and those trade wind alarms are working already. Not actual alarms but practically so. Cause everytime the northeasterlies start prevailing the kites startes singing. Don't know if its a usual thing anywhere else, but here in Corinth I can hear two singing, and by the sound of things it seems like winds are a bit gusty up there (60-100 ft above ground)
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--- On Thu, 11/27/08, MaxWeather at aol.com <MaxWeather at aol.com> wrote:
From: MaxWeather at aol.com <MaxWeather at aol.com>
Subject: Max weather Nov. 27, 2008, Happy Thanksgiving ... 1900Z
To: MaxWeather at aol.com
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 2:00 PM
As the season winds down some areas are cooler, windier and best suited for the most knowledgeable cruisers and pilots.
Most causes for weather events seem to be off shore Atlantic. In the NE a low kicking up gale force winds just off shore the Maritimes and in the Mid-Atlantic, 45 W 34 N moving east at 5 mph is a massive controlling low associated with a cold front pushing nasty weather east between the Canary and Cape Verde Islands.
This same low has dumped cooler temps and pretty impressive winds to the South and southwest from the Bahamas, PR, VI and most of the Lessor Antilles kicking up waves along most all north and east face land masses.
In the interior Caribbean, a stationary low over Panama is sucking in winds from the East and blasting the central Caribbean and ABC's on a pretty regular basis. None of these irritating winds are likely to subside for the next 48 hours.
Very likely that rough waters make navigation a bit on the nerve racking side but just another day for the seasoned veterans but never take anything for granted and keep the hatches closed tight!
With all the shearing steering winds aloft over the Caribbean remember that the ITCZ is still producing a line of convection sliding under along the surface to the West along the prevailing Easterlies carrying a good amount of moisture as it nears the TnT and Windward Islands.
Because the winds aloft are pulling to the Northeast, expect isolated buildups not only along the southern Caribbean but eventually up along the Windward to the Leeward Islands over the next 72 hours with some scattered isolated heavy showers along with cooler temps. Seems like paradise to me?
Because the season ends in the next few days means nothing as we are not in charge of closing the Dang door! As winds aloft change direction and subside the last of the surprises of the ITCZ are yet to come so .......
Always keep an eye to weather and be safe out there. Max
Charts, pictures and some scary satellite images:
Surface Prog Chart:
Wave action as a result of surface winds:
A few satellite images:
Sites:
Crown Weather:
Sea surface conditions:
Storm Carib:
Have a wonderful day and if you celebrate Thanksgiving, have a feast!
Always remember red sky in the morning sailors take warning!
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- Fw: Southern Caribbean Weather Extra. Nov. 20, 2008
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- From: Nealon Newton <nealondpo at yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:26:50 -0800 (PST)
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This was sent to me a few ays ago but I only just now got it so I thought I would still share. This explains what was happening in our weather on the week of the 17th-started Friday the 14th-and is still likely to happen.
Grenada had large amounts of infrastructual damage during the seven days of heavy rains.
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From: Bullwinkle41 at aol.com <Bullwinkle41 at aol.com>
Subject: Southern Caribbean Weather Extra. Nov. 20, 2008
To: Bullwinkle41 at aol.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:39 PM
After reading several island blogs I was surprised to see that many in the Southern Caribbean were unaware of what is happening during the beginning of a normal rainy season. It is anything but normal! Persons are dying in floods, mud slides, autos washed off of roadways, and boulders or houses are falling down hills. Very dangerous. On some islands entire communities are dealing with total devastation.
My usual e-pals are cruisers that have been boat bound with hatches and ports locked closed to keep out days and days of near constant heavy rains.
From my perspective many miles away I just wanted to advise some of you not normally on my little mailing list that conditions are NOT going to improve soon. At least not within the next 72 hours if my information is correct and I assume it is for now.
The whole picture across the entire southern Caribbean is this: There is a ridge of high pressure pushing a blanket of cold air behind a cold front that extends from Honduras to Puerto Rico and beyond compressing warm moist easterlies in the souther Caribbean and lower Lessor Antilles.
Though the entire region is covered high above with strong upper level westerly wind shear, it is not having an impact on the low level moisture filled winds off the ITCZ Atlantic and southeastern Caribbean. All it is doing it tearing off the tops but leaving the compressed air saturated with moisture and it is going to fall somewhere?
National sources, for the most part only advise or warn of tropical conditions that MAY result in a tropical storm or worse, a hurricane. Though most agree, water is the most dangerous impact of unwanted weather systems but just because it is going to rain they don't try to predict excessive amounts! They would be more concerned with storm surge or tidal waves.
Conditions all along the southern most Caribbean and eastern islands mostly to the south of Antigua and Barbuda will not get either a surge or tidal wave but will continue to receive extraordinary rain falls endangering many on soft or sloping terrain islands. The ground can only accept so much rain before it saturates and then it floods or moves taking whatever with it!
The ridge across the central Caribbean is slow to move to the south and east as it's leading edges push up the warm moist winds and encourage more and more rains. Probably to make matters worse in the Windward Islands are a tropical wave at 52 W spanning from 7-15 N slowly creeping to the west beneath the shearing steering winds aloft.
For the foreseeable future, 72 hours at least, torrential isolated rains will occur anywhere in the concerned area slowly migration up to the southern Leeward Islands within a few days. There is a lot of fuel for convection
in the form of moist air and warm water over the entire southern Caribbean.
I am only providing you this information as so many don't know this is happening or is about to happen to them?
It would be appropriate you share significant weather related information to those that may not suspect the dangers of continued rains, it can and does kill.
In another regard, vessel deliveries and cruisers to the Bahamas and Caribbean from the N. US and Europe are on an indefinite hold as the N. Atlantic north of 35 N is flatly dangerous! High seas and gale force winds prevail and will continue for some time to come. There will be a window of opportunity but patience is the rule for now.
Always keep an eye out to weather and be safe out there. Max
To assist you in having an better understanding of what is going on, it does not take rocket science, you will find the Tropical Surface Prog Chart below.
Monitor all sources of weather information and forecasts and have a wonderful day .... Please be safe.
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- I think that weather has gone!
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:15:24 -0400
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Hi all,
After 1 week of bad weather, it loks as if we are
going into a drier patch now. Yesterday wasn't bad, but there was still very
little sun. The satellite images show the much drier weather has almost
reached us.
We drove round the island yesterday, hit some rain
on the west side, stopped at 'The Heights' bar and restaurant, near
Sauteurs and had a good view up through the islands, Union was clearly
visible, from there. On to Bathway, plenty of people enjoying themselves on the
beach. Then back via 'The Estuary bar at Simon. An accident on the coast road at
Marquis made us change plans and drive over Grand Etang. Stopped at Grand Etang
House (car over heated!), we and the car had a drink! Only as we got back to
Springs did we see more rain.
This morning has
started fine.
All the best
Hogan of Grenada
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- I have been asked how much more rain?
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:58:33 -0400
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Hi all,
After a slightly better day yesterday (I did say
slightly). We are back with rain and overcast again today. The one week tourists
that arrived, and got wet leaving the aircraft, last Friday, will be happy
to get back on the plane tomorrow. But be warned, I believe the UK is in for
artic blast this weekend!
I have received an email asking when is the rain
stopping? Well I have my piece of seaweed and it still looks pretty soggy. The
humidity at Pt Saline is 94% as I write. Looking at the satellite images, we
seem to be in (believe it or not) a relatively dry patch between a big blob to
the NW and what hopefully is the last of this weather to the SE. But there is a
small protrusion coming out of the NW area, straight towards GND, causing the
rain as I write.
About 300 miles out in the Atlantic is an area of
drier air, so hopefully in the next couple of days, if this weather can move
West, as it is traditionally meant to, we should have some better weather.
But too late for the tourists I mentioned above!
All the best,
Hogan of Grenada
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- AND THE RAIN CONTINUES
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- From: Caron Juerakhan <indiabella82 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:48:17 +0000
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HI ALL
DAY NO 5 AND NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP ANY TIME SOON. AT LEAST IN THE ST. JOHN'S AREA. THE SUN ACTUALLY CAME OUT TODAY FOR A FEW HOURS BUT AROUND 5 PM THE RAIN STARTED AGAIN AND HASN'T LET UP SINCE AND IT'S AFTER 6:30. WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER FLOWING IN THE RAVINE UNDER OUR BRIDGE I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A LOT OF RAIN. MY NEIGHBOUR'S HAVING SOME WORRIES WITH HER BACKWALL. THE RAVINE IS UNDERMINING THE SOIL AS IT RUSHES DOWN ITS PATH. I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S CAUSING HER SOME REAL HEADACHE.
AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL (ANGLICAN HIGH) AND THE T.A. MARRYSHOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE (TAMCC) HAD TO BE CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WATER SUPPLY. AS FOR THE WEST COAST, PART OF THE ROAD LEADING TO BRIZAN HAS BROKEN OFF AND ONE HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN PASSING THROUGH. A HUGH TREE FELL ON THE CORNER AT WHITE GATE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED UP.
SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. HOPEFULLY, THE RAIN WILL LET UP LATER OR TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR US FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
STAY SAFE AND DRY Y'ALL.
CJ
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- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:21:46 -0800 (PST)
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A link to the attachment I was suppose to attach.
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- From: Nealon Newton <nealondpo at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:55:43 -0800 (PST)
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Day 5 and counting since we've been getting heavy rains. At times when it comes down it does in torrents but today (tuesday) and monday night proved to be Deluges. It was like "RAIN SQUARED".
Today clouds were building on hills that is just 50 to 60 feet above sea level. Theres lots of land slipages that came down with huge trees, blocking roads and bringing down lines. (Not power lines though).
Theres quite a few areas of the island where water service is interrupted. But there were no reports of power outages.
As to what is causing this weather. I'm no expert-but I believe its a rear event where a detached (from the low pressure system) frontal boundrary is interacting with the ITCZ and combined with the strong upper level winds embedded in our territory is making the atmosphere very unstable.
In the attachment; see how far north low pressure has gripped. It shows how far north the ITCZ has gone. Pick out the ITCZ where north winds meet south winds. (the arrows represent the winds).
As Hogan predicted, I do concur that it will continue for a while. Unless surface pressure makes a drastic shuffle over the Atlantic ocean we will remain unstable here in the south and we can look out for more of the same.
Meanwhile I'm absolutely loving it all, the flash flooding, the pounding rain and the high winds. Afterall its not everyday that we get rain for 5 days and counting in paradise.
Stay dry Grenadians (if you so choose)
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- Msg from Trinidad!
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:50:12 -0400
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Just received this from someone n
Trinidad!
Hi Chris
We are in Trinidad for the day, and it's as bad here. The
traffic is solid because so many routes are flooded. We may not reach the
airport in time!
Cheers Robin
Hogan.
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- Not really sure what is causing this weather.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:20:30 -0400
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Hi all,
Great to see all the reports coming in to Storm
Carib. During my travels today I only saw one land slide near Woburn Junction on
the road to the Cliff. There was minor flooding (still passable) in the
Spiceland Mall area.
Have looked at the satellite photos and various web
sites. And it appears that this weather is locked between North of Tobago and
South of St Lucia, with Grenada apparently getting the worse. The bright sky
that we have seen to the south of us (when the rain is not blocking it out) is
quite clear on the satellite images. What ever this is (a front, a wave, or part
of the ITCZ) it doesn't seem to want to move. To my untrained eye, it seems the
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) has moved further north than usual. Look
at the Satellite loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-avn.html and
you will see what I mean. It seems to spread all the way across the Atlantic.
As I said, this kind of weather is normally a couple of hundred miles
further south. You can also see on the images the drier warmer weather further
up the chain.
I hate to say this, and this is one of those times
I really want to be wrong, but it looks like we could continue with this for a
while yet.
So now (17:17) it is still raining (not heavy).
Pool is cold and again has too much water in it, the water tank is cold. The
tree frogs are happy, and will soon be singing louder than ever.
All the best
Hogan
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- WET, WET,WET.
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- From: Caron Juerakhan <indiabella82 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:37:26 +0000
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Hi everyone,
And it's pouring down again. I'm holed up at home (sick leave) so I can't move around but from what I can see from my balcony, the soil is very waterlogged. There's a bit of landslide in front of our house and the ravine under our bridge is flowing like an angry river and is taking away some of the soil with it, as usual. It's quite cloudy and dark and it seems that we'll have more rain coming and there's a tropical wave in the vicinity(?). I was told that the Mt. Parnasus Road is impassable and that there's a major landslide on Marrast Hill.
I hope that everyone gets home safely and that there'll be no accidents. Let's hope for the best.
chao, CJ.
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- From: "storm tracker" <grenadatracker at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:02 -0400
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I took a quick drive around St. George's Parish to see what kind of damage the rains have brought. There are a lot of small land slippages that are partially blocking roads. The Sendall Tunnel is flooded (as usual). I didn't see much to take a picture of on river road, but I could see evidence that the high water mark was about 2 feet higher than it was when I was driving through there. I have no doubt the river was over it's banks through the night. I didn't find the house that had the pool slide down the mountainside in Grand Anse, and with gas at nearly $16 a gallon, I wasn't up for going too far off the beaten track looking for it.
Anyway, based on the distribution of landslides I saw this morning, the dryforest area of Grenada (South, Southwest) seem to be taking the most damage.
The National Water and Sewage Authority has issued notices for quite a long list of parishes that are without water today and are likely to have service interrupted for days. One area I recall being mentioned was damage done to the Anandale dam (or piping to the dam, or something like that). We still have running water at our house, but it's so brown, it's not worth drinking even if it were boiled.
As far as I know, electricity is ok.
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- From: "storm tracker" <grenadatracker at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:47:45 -0400
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While driving my husband to work this morning, I was shocked to see the ammount of damage caused by the rains last night. I'm heading out in my car with a camera to capture the damage. I saw one house that had a land slippage so severe, the house is perched on about 2 feet of soggy unstable looking frontage now (Calivigny). Someone I know said a pool nearly ended up in his livingroom last night (Grand Anse).There's considerable road damage (debris, trees down in the roadway, road breakage). As for the guestimate of how much rain we had...I had a bucket placed on my balcony (covered balcony) and the bucket caught 2 inches of rain with what was blown under the roof....so imagine we probably got closer to three inches if not more? Will check with Point Salines later.
Where's NaDMA?
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- We don't seem to be out of this band of weather, yet.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:28:31 -0400
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Good morning Grenada, and friends.
Here are a couple of photos to remind us of the weather over the last few
days!
Well, last night saw another 2 inches of rain, I
guess. And although the patch of heavy cloud that has been over us most of
the night is breaking, we still seem to be in this same band of weather. It is
spreading out to the East. It looks as if Grenada has had more rain
than any other island, and maybe more to come.
The inlets below us are completely brown with
run-off. This is made worse by thoughtless land clearance. The trees, scrub and
topsoil act as a sponge. When removed, any rain will just wash the soil away,
into the drains and straight into the sea. The silt then kills the coral, and
thus the habitat for fish.
I do not understand why a complete lot has to be
cleared to build a house. The trees and scrub give protection to the top
soil, they also give the ground protection from the sun, thus making
the area around the house cooler. It also gives a habitat for wildlife. Slowly
the scrub can be replaced by the plants we want in the garden. Why do we all
think it is someone elses problem to protect the environment and not
ours? Every little helps. Remember how hot it was after Ivan, that wasn't
due to the weather it was due to the lack of trees and plants absorbing the heat
of the sun. Where do we go if we are hot? Into the shade of a tree!
Sorry for the lecture. Happy to hear your
comments.
Hogan of Grenada (looking forward to seeing the sun
again)
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- For once my predictions were spot on.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:29:56 -0400
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Hello Grenada!
Two days ago I predicted it would be cloudy and
wet, and this time I was correct. Makes a change! The only part of my
prediction that was wrong was I said we would be having luke warm water - it is
COLD!
The pool is down to 26.5C, the coldest in well over
a month - easily!
I am really feeling sorry for the tourists that
arrived on the BA flight on Friday. Their plane arrived and were disembarking
when the rain started. I hear many got wet. And they have hardly seen any
sun since arriving. If any of them read this, what we are having is very very
unusual. This is the first time in 4 years that we have run out of hot, solar
heated, water! Still I nearly have a full cistern of water, having emptied it 6
weeks ago filling the swimming pool.
The weather we are having is all part of a
weak tropical wave. As I write, the worst seems to be just north of us, but
wanders out to the east in the Atlantic. As with all tropical weather, it is a
bit unpredictable. It may fizzle out, or the wave may drift down and give us
more overcast/wet weather.
Overnight and this morning we have had just under 2
inches of rain (the pool has risen this amount). I am currently in the process
of siphoning off some to bring it down to the skimmers.
For interest the temperature in various islands, as
I write, is:
Antigua - 27C 80F
Barbados - 27C 80F
Dominica - 31C 87F
Martinique - 31C 87F
St Lucia - 31C 87F
St Vincent - 28C 82F (on the north edge of
this weather)
Grenada - 26C 78F
Tobago - 29C 84F
So we have the worst of the weather (at the
moment)!
Still we don't have to water the
plants!
All the best
Hogan of Grenada
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- A change in the weaher
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:53:12 -0400
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Good mornng,
For the last couple of days the weather has
changed. We now have the trade winds back. Sleeping at night is much
easier.
Looking at the satelite pictures, I feel we are in
for some overcast days, maybe further ran. If it is as I predict, we will be
running on luke warm water in a couple of days. The process speeded up by having
4 people in the house. The pool is getting colder each day, partly due to the
wind and rain and partly due to it not getting much sun during the
day.
There is a small tropical wave just off to the east
that is adding to the amount of cloud that I am expecting. The National
Hurricane Centre doesn't give this wave much chance of developing, but could
still give us some weather.
Have a nice weekend.
Hogan of Grenada
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- Paloma - now Cat 4, here dead calm!
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:11:22 -0400
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Hello Storm Carib and Grenada friends.
Well as we watch a beautiful sunset with skies
clear enough to see Venezuela very clearly, I think we should think of the
people of Cuba that are just about to get clobbered by Hurricane Paloma which
has jumped to a Cat 4. Also think of the people of Cayman Brac and Little
Cayman, both of which are through the storm, but with a lot of
damage.
All the best to you all, and enjoy the peace and
quiet of Grenada. And don't complain if it is hot and still tonight, it won't be
in parts of Cuba!
We are now off to a meal at the Little
Dipper.
Hogan of Grenada
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 06:30:25 -0400
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Tropical depression 17 has now developed into
Hurricane Paloma, in the far Western Caribbean. It appears to be no threat to
us, and is twice as far away as Omar was, which caused the sea surge about 3
weeks ago. It;s path is predicted to go North, through Cuba and towards the
Bahamas.
The weather here (06:25) is calm. We have had
a stuffy night. Looking out I see a few slow moving showers to the
East.
So, for now, we seem to be back to this years norm
of little breeze and few showers.
All the best
Hogan of Grenada
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:05:13 -0400
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Grand Anse Beach, near Real Value seems fine now.
We had a swim there yesterday, and the beach looks fine and the water was
clear. The car park seems to have been enlarged. There is one poor
tree (Almond), trying to grow. It what is now needed is a row of trees between
the carpark and the beach to give shade. Almond trees are perfect, they
grow fast and give good shade.
Really fine weather at the moment. The horizon is
very clear with large ships easily visible passing between us and Trinidad. It
is not quite clear enough to see Venezuela though.
There is a weather disturbance (93L) in the far
west of the Caribbean, with potential to develop, but not likely to cause us any
concern.
Interesting post from Jaquie, about the
lightning.
Hogan of Grenada
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- Too close for comfort!
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:47:08 +0000
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Hi everyone,
Lucky or what? Last night, as Hogan has said, we had some heavy rain but the lightening was just too close a call.
My husband was in the kitchen cooking and thought the gas tank (empty I might add) on the back veranda had exploded, I was on the computer and looking toward the back door and saw an empty metal dog bowl jump in the air (thank goodness the dogs had finished eating), a huge flash of light and the sound of an explosion. This morning we found out that our next door neighbour lost his Cable box, his TV was smoking as was his stereo and his uninterruptible power supply (UPS) was interrupted.
That is definitely too close for comfort.
Jacquie
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:44:31 -0400
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Went for a swim at Coconut Beach (Grand Anse) and
it looks fine. This part of Grand Anse seems to have recovered well.
Please send me updates on any of the beaches you
visit and I will forward them.
Plenty of short showers during the night, here in
Westerhall, and many more visible as I type this. Looking at the various web
sites, it appears that we have the trade winds back (for the time), the Atlantic
appears calm, except for a blob half way across, at about our Latitude. NHC
gives this area of 'weather' less than 20% chance of developing in the next 48
hours, although it has been designated 92L. The few model plots, show 92L
travelling NW, at the moment. I will monitor this.
Hogan of Grenada
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- Update on the Beaches
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:37:38 -0300
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Hi all,
Sorry for the delay, could not get a connection for
most of yesterday.
I did a tour of the beaches, from Grand Anse to the
Aquarium beach. This was on Friday, so please take this as one day out of
date.
Grand Anse, near Spiceland Mall - is missing
a lot of sand. Also bits of coral at the waters edge, rolling in the waves..
Mourne Rouge - covered in seaweed, the first 30 ft
of sea full of flotsam and jetsam, less sand than usual, and a smell of seaweed.
Really needs raking.
Beach House - eroded so that palm trees have their
roots visible, also large lumps of coral where the waves hit the
beach.
Dr Grooms - not bad at the North end, badly eroded
at the south end (Clay and rocks easily visible where there used to be sand.
Also some trees washed away and many branches and tree bits half buried in
the sand. Upper beach has been raked and looks OK.
Aquarium Beach (public car park) Was being tidied
while we were there. Much sand had gone.
At all the beaches the water looks very millky,
this could be due to the heavy rain in the last 3 days, rather than
the surge.
Also a photo of a water spout, seen Saturday afternoon, just off the South
coast, near Westerhall.
At 07:35 today, Sunday, it is a lovely morning, very calm. The sun is
shining, although there is some hazy high level cloud.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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- Floods.
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:23:22 +0000
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I have put off going down to Grand Anse since Tuesday because of all the rain we have had and foolishly (couldn't leave it any longer) decided to go today. Big mistake!!!! I'm lucky to have gotten out of the Spiceland Mall without a boat. I waited by the car park entrance hoping a bus would pull in and waited and waited.... the lucky bit was that a bus driver was in the Mall and his bus in the car park. By this time the car park was completely flooded, one car had got stuck with his two offside wheels in a drain (who would know the drain was there!!). I have to say I have never been on a bus travelling so slowly as we crept through the car park and out into the river.... hmmm I mean of course the road!!! Once we were up on the main drag it was clearer but we did encounter some mud slides and lots more water along the road to Town.
We now have some sunshine but the clouds are building again.
Jacquie
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- Rain - more rain.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:10:01 -0300
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09:30 Thursday,
Well Having been watching the satellite images this
morning, the big blob has just hit us. We are on the western side of what looks
like some miserable weather that stretches across the Atlantic for some
distance. I believe this is an area called the ITCZ or Inter Tropical
Convergence Zone. Normally this is a little further South, but a tropical wave
about 600 hundred miles out in the Atlantic seems to be pulling this area
North. If the satellite images are correct it looks as if we could
have some grim weather for a good part of the day. Having said that this weather
does not stretch very far North, St Vincent appears to be just North of this
weather, also Barbados is on the edge of it.
To try to understand the Infrared images, the light
grey to white is low level clouds, then passing through the yellow,orange,
reds to dark grey shows a decrease in temperature, which corresponds to the
height of the cloud tops. The dark brow, red and dark grey, are often the
tops of towering thunder, or at least heavy rain, clouds. This isn't always
the case though; as I said it is an indication of height of the tops of the
clouds, sometimes there can be a high layer of cloud with little or no
rain. Yesterday afternoon was a case of this.
I hope this makes some kind of sense. An expert
would probably cringe at my explanation.
Unfortunately we do not get weather radar from
Grenada, this would give a much better indication of rain. Google earth weather
shows this very well in areas where there is radar coverage.
All the best, try to have a nice
day!
Hogan of Grenada
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- Rain - maybe more?
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:14:10 -0300
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It has been raining for almost an hour now. Looking
at the satelite images, this blob of weather started in Barbados at about 02:00
this morning. It slowly built to, what appears, quite a blob, which is generally
moving in this direction. It currently (at 08:00 this morning) appears to spead
NE for about 150 miles, and is still building. As with weather here, it
may disappear as quickly as it comes. But for the time being, I would expect
quite a bit more rain, this morning. I have just unplugged my laptop from
the mains, as there is thunder in the neighbourhood. Hey - that one was
CLOSE!!!
My sister-in-law, arrived last night, and
today, instead of sunshine, she is getting thunder and rain.
Hope you have a good day!
Hogan of Grenada
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- More banging and crashing
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:27:02 +0000
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Now that was rain!!! This morning we had loud thunder and lightening and lots of rain. OK I know 'lots' is not very technical but the ravine opposite me was running white water, of course it wasn't wide enough for rafting or I could have made a fortune from tourists this morning. I suppose it only rained for just over an hour but the heavens opened would be an understatement.
All cleared up this afternoon and sunshine took over.
Jacquie
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- Beaches - update from Mango Bay
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:41:21 -0300
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Below is an email I have just received from Mango
Bay:-
Hi Hogan,
also the beaches at the west coast
Moliniere, Flamingo Bay and our beach at the Mango Bay Cottages lost a lot of
sand.
We lost about 3 feet of sand and we also
lost one tree at the beach. But the sand already started to come
back.
see you soon in
Grenada...
______________________
Kai Niermann
Mango Bay Cottages
Woodford
St. John
Grenada
www.mangobaygrenada.com
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- Just received this from Tony and Kath - thanks
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:16:34 -0300
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On Saturday we were down atthe BBC - not too bad but
plenty of weed and
detrius washed up - the ususal beach
cleaners were not apparent having all
been sent over to
clear up Grand Anse first!
Yesterday afternoon on the
Aquarium beach, water very high
and up to the vegetation so much washed away
and
undermined the Aquarium terrace and steps, but otherwise
not too bad
- but so much sand has been washed away
entirely....
Hope this
helps
Tony & Kath
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- Update on Beaches
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:29:31 -0300
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Apparently, They have done a fantastic job in
tidying up Grand Anse. Most of it has been cleared up, all that is needed is a
bit of nature to sift it a bit. Well done to those responsible for the
clear-up.
Aquarium beach could be better, but is not bad. The
sea bottom is a bit mashed. And as of yesterday the sand was in steep 'cliffs'
approaching the sea. But nature is doing its bit.
So Grenada is almost back to normal.
Thanks to those that have updated me.
Hogan of Grenada
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- State of the beaches.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:46:43 -0300
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Thanks to Paula and Jacquie for the reports about
the state of the beaches.
I have only heard about Grand Anse, which seems to
be piles of coral/sand mixture piled up along the full length of the beach, some
parts worse than others. I have not heard about Mourne Rouge Bay beach (BBC), or
the Aquarium, Doctor Grooms or Beach House beaches. If anyone can let me
know the state of these beaches, then I will pass it on. Use email at the top of
this post.
The reason these beaches have suffered is because
they are normally protected from the prevailing wind.
On the other coasts the beaches seem untouched, La
Sagesse looks fine and also Bathway.
At last, we have winds back from the prevailing
direction. Much cooler last night.
The Atlantic appears quiet, at the moment. Nothing
forcast.
Hogan
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- Grand Mal
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:52:58 +0000
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I have not visited any of the beaches in the last couple of days but I know the sea was coming over the sea wall along Grand Mal and by Sunset View so I would think the beaches are pretty bad there.
Jacquie
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- Grand Anse Beach
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:03:30 -0300
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Apart from the light displays, long before Omar was
even 97L, Grenada came off lightly. But I had predicted that we would get some
rough seas off the South side of Omar whn it was in Mid Caribbean, and hovering.
Well the waves arrived yesterday, along the West coast. I had reports of huge
waves breaking on Grand Anse. Well we went to the beach today and Grand anse is
just a pile of broken bits of coral and sand. we hear that it is the same along
many of the West facing beaches. Can anyone let us know the state of
beaches you have visited. Then we can let people know where to go.
The South Coast should be OK as it didn't get the
waves, but please let me know.
Hogan
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- Now its Hurricane Omar.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:34:49 -0300
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Hi all,
Omar has started it's journey North, although,
despite the official report of it moving at 6 MPH, watching the last 5 hours of
satellite loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-avn.html I
see no movement at all. It looks like a trapped monster, trying to find a way
out of the chain of islands. The predicted escape route is close to
Puerto Rico. Strangely, this is where it was originally meant to go, before
it's journey South to have a look at the ABC islands.
Last night saw another light display off the West
coast of Grenada, as a street of thunder storms made their journey North,
chasing Omar. Here today, a pleasant day, with a nice breeze.
Now back to some chores!
Hogan of Grenada
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- 97L became TD 15 now Tropical Storm Omar
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:01:24 -0300
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Since my post this morning, 'Our blob', which is
still slowly moving towards Curacao, has now been officially named Omar. The
high hazy cloud we are now experiencing is the upperlevel outflow from
Omar. It is expected to turn East (yep that is our direction), but then
towards the North on Wednesday. I hope it doesn't come too close before
moving North.
Barbados is experiencing a large amount of rain
today, enough to close schools!
Have a pleasant evening.
Hogan
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- A lovely morning in Westerhall.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:07:57 -0300
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Good morning,
What a lovely morning, very slight breeze, few
clouds.
I have been looking at the various web sites this
morning. Nana, in the Atlantic has all but been demolished by high level winds,
wind shear. But, it has produced a child of Nana (90L), It also seems to be
breaking up this morning. It is well out in the Atlantic at 14N.
What was 97L (the weather we had over us a few days
ago, is now Tropical Depression Fifteen. It has not been obeying the rules (this
seems quite common this year). It was about 200 miles South of Puerto Rico and
was predicted to turn to a NE direction, but it continued West for a while then
towards the South, and is currently moving very slowly SE. It is now 120
Nautical Miles North of Curacao, and about 350 miles west of us, in
Grenada. It is predicted to turn North again, and increase slowly into a
Tropical Storm. It is worth keeping an eye on it still. The upper outflow
is not far to the west of us. If you want to see it on the satellite animation,
see
TD15 unless it disappears, has to break out of the
Caribbean, somewhere, so where will it be? NHC predicts Puerto
Rico.
Now back to do a bit of gardening. Enjoy the
day.
Hogan of Grenada.
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- 97L becomes Nana and 98L is looking ugly.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:16:32 +0100
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The disturbance 97L in the mid Atlantic has gained
strength to become Tropical Storm Nana. All the predictions have it going North,
but its current direction is more WNW. Even if it stays on this course, it will
clear the Caribbean.
Our own blob 98L is about 150 miles due S of Puerto
Rico, and appears to be building. Its current direction is West(just), but
nearly all the predictions turn it to the NE. Whatever, we seem to be OK here in
Grenada.
Now feel that breeze! the development of 98L
seems to have brought our easterly winds back. It was a much more pleasant
night, only disturbed by dogs barking. Hopefully a pleasant day ahead
of us.
All the best to all of you
Hogan of Grenada
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- I stand corrected!
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:39:48 +0100
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Thanks Syd,
Spelling was never my strong point, I am sure many
have noticed that in the past. Regarding the wind, well I can at least
half agree. Now that the system has moved away, we have been left with a
slight easterly breeze. This is the first evening when our, East facing,
bedrooms feel slightly cooler. So I will give you that the excessive wind was
squall but increased by what is now the prevailing wind returning. We
hope!
Back to the weather system that has been passing
through the Windwards over the last few days, and gave us that display last
night. It has now been designated 98L. and is now 200 miles south of Puerto
Rico. Keep an eye on it!
97L is still out there, struggling with wind shear.
It is not likely to be of any trouble to us. It is now at 15N and travelling
just N of West.
Here's to a good nights sleep.
And Jacquie, it is the number of seconds between
the flash of lightning and the thunder divided by 5, gives approx distance in
miles. But as I said, with last nights display, it was impossible to tell what
thunder came from what lightning.
Hogan of Grenada
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- What a night, Oh what a night.
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:40:40 +0000
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I can only agree with what the others have said, it was a terrific light show. I watched it all night and as Chris said there were no breaks in the lightening and thunder and my dogs will attest to that!! I was busily trying to remember how Chris had told us to work out how far away it was (as a child I always thought you just counted between the two and that was how many miles away it was, now I see it is much more technical than that) when I realised my stupidity.... it was overhead!!!
Stay safe
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- Strobe Lights In Grenada
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- From: "storm tracker" <grenadatracker at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:39:18 -0400
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Wow! Is about all I can say about the most fantastic strobe light display I've seen in years.
The storm that passed over Grenada while we slept (as best we could) seemed to carry a constant pulse of flashes...there was little to no time between one flash and the next. I don't remember any thunder, but my window was closed and the fan was on....in a vein attempt to deal with the abundance of nuisance mosquistos that live in our closets. Public health officials say the dengue risk is very low, so there's been no fogging this year - and my goodness, does it show!
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- Re: The weather system stays with us.
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- From: "S. Wells" <s.wells at spiceisle.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:35:55 -0400
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Thank you "Weatherman Wild" - another
edifying meteorological update!
You mention the word 'preasure' a couple
times and I must ask if this is a special Sunday spelling.
Maybe because it is closer to the word
'pray'! Or is it a UK spelling?
(I don't think you mind me pulling your leg,
Chris.)
The wind here seems closer to normal for
Spray Bay, but it seems more like squall-driven, than
isobar-driven. Almost always greater
than 20 mph with much higher gusts.
Time will tell.
The NOAA time-sequence/satellite analysis
shows clearly there was a great area of
heavy rain over Grenada at 6:45 AM. and
the air mass movement right now is from
south-southwest to NNE. Unusual!
Thanks again,
Syd
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- The weather system stays with us.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:12:24 +0100
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The low preasure trough (can't call it a wave as
waves move) is still with us. Creating a very impressive light display at 05:00
this morning. I sat and watched it for some time and the longest gap in
lightning was about 3 seconds. During all the time I watched, I never saw any
fork lightning, only sheet or cloud lightning (probably due to it being blocked
by rain). It was also impossible to tell how far it was away as there was so
much lighning and thunder (fairly distant from Westerhall) that one couldn't
tell which thunder belonged to which lightning. From the direction of most of
it, I guess it was brighter and louder from St Georges north towards
Victoria.
For those that are interested this is what the NHC
say about this system:-
THE TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 66W S OF 19N MOVING W NEAR 10 KT.
THIS WAVE
HAS PUSHED TO THE W OF A 1008 MB SURFACE LOW LOCATED
IN THE E CARIBBEAN NEAR
14N64W. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND A ASCAT
PASS DEPICTS COUNTERCLOCKWISE
CURVATURE ALONG THE WAVE AXIS.
SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG
CONVECTION IS FROM 11N-15N
BETWEEN 60W-64W.
I hope you are now wiser!
Anyway, it has brought easterly winds back, for the
time, although I feel this is just a temporary condition as the higher preasure
to the east tries to fill the low preasure trough. As I finish this post
(07:06) the wind is really picking up, considerably higher than 14 mph from
Point Saline at 06:00!
Further afield, 97L does seem to be obeying the
computer predictions. The blob seems to have moved a little North, it is now
about 1600 miles due east of Antigua.
All the best folks, maybe some better weather
soon.
Hogan
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- The unusual weather continues.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:34:49 +0100
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19:20 Saturday evening:
It has started to rain again. Earlier this
afternoon I watched a very strange dark cloud roll in from the south and moved
north toward St Georges. This is all part of the same weather system that has
been over us for the last few days. Well at least we had some breeze today,
although mostly from the south. Apparently this system is due to move slowly NW,
towards Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile 97L is still out in the Atlantic and
struggling to get a single area to revolve round. NHC still give the system a
20-50% chance of developing. It is still predicted to move in a NW direction,
which should take it North of the island chain.
Just over a week ago I filled our swimming pool,
directly from the water cistern. This left the cistern almost empty. Well this
weather has already half filled the cistern, without using any mains
water.
All the best.
Hogan
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- 97L and our own disturbance.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:50:51 +0100
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Well, looking at the various web sites we see that
97L has been uprated to 20-50% chance of developing into a tropical storm.
Currently all predicted paths take it on a Northery corse, harmlessly (unlass
you are a small boat) up the Atlantic.
I just had a pleasant evening with friends at a BBQ
at Aubreys, the talk there was how little wind there has been for some
considerable time.
The strange weather we have had the last couple of
days, seems to be not far away, it has just moved further north, and has been
designated as an area with less than 20% chance of developing! 97L was that
yesterday!
So with 97L out there and the strange weather
nearby. Have a pleasant night.
Hogan of
Grenada
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- Light display last night
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:12:00 +0100
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Well, yesterday brought a good bit of rain, and in
the evening a light display. Way out to the West was a large storm, too far to
hear any thunder, but very illuminating. To the East of Westerhall was another
storm. The nearest any lightning got to us was about 5 miles, guess it was
noisier up towards Grenville. There was also another storm further
North.
Looking at the various web sites, it seems that we
are still imbedded in the 'wave' that is passing through, but it doesn't look
too bad.
Further afield, In the mid-Atlantic there is a
disturbance called 97L. It is about 10 degs N and the predictions are for it to
travel NW, and currently only a low (less than 20%) chance of developing.
I will watch this one.
Still no trade winds. Looking around the islands,
Barbados has a NWesterly breeze (not trade wind direction). Most of the others
are showing calm. Antigua does seem to have a NE breeze.
Have a nice day and enjoy the weekend.
Hogan of Grenada
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- You have probably noticed the wind direction
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:30:43 +0100
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Today is really interesting.
Here in Westerhall, the wind is from the NW and
quite breezy. Interesting as that is blowing the wind directly from St
Georges towards us. For the first time since we have been here, we heard the
cruise ship sound it's horn, very loud and clear. A good indication of the wind
direction.
If I read the weather from NHC correctly, this
strange weather is a combination of a tropical wave, or trough, off to our
East and an anticyclone (high preasure) coming off of South America
(Colombia and Venezuela). Thus the wind from the W/NW. Anyway,
there doesn't seem to be anything really nasty arround. I just hope we don't get
too much rain from the West, our veranda gets wet! No breeze in our bedrooms
tonight - they all face east.
It has been a busy day on the Stormcarib website
for Grenada today.
have a pleasant evening.
Hogan
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- From: Nealon Newton <nealondpo at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:00:26 -0700 (PDT)
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About ten minutes after I posted the rain stopped. Right now its drizzling...increasing as I write.Based on the satellite loops it seems theres a frontal boundary developing in our territory. From my vintage point I can see the clouds moving in an unusual direction. Its moving from NNW to SSE. To put it in perspective. The clouds is coming from Frequente direction, cuts straight across MB Highway, and heads over to L'Anse Epines direction. That quite unusual. Right now the rain has increased to a medium steady rate. I'm headed home.
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- Strange thins are happening with the weather today.
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:00:08 +0100
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Hi all,
Time Wednesday 13:45
Strange things are a happening. As Nealon said,
this weather seems to be coming in from the West. Here at Westerhall we have not
had torrential rain, but some of it blew from the East, most unusual, but not
unheard of.
Now there is a lot of rumbling to the South and a
large belt of rain from SE to the west. But the strange thing is my
thermometer has just dropped to 25C (about 76F) and this is in the early
afternoon. Point Saline weather hasn't been updated since 12:00 and still shows
31C. The satelite loops show this weather building and spreading. I uess it
will disappear as quick as it came.
So for the record (so far) Westerhall has had some
heavy showers, but not exceptional.
Just looked again, the blackest sky is due South
South East of our vantage point and thunder has eased off a bit.
All the best to you all,
Hogan of Grenada
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- Torrential Downpour
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- From: Nealon Newton <nealondpo at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:09:07 -0700 (PDT)
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Yes folks
Its happening here in the south again. It started at 12:43 and its now 1:02 pm. Its relentless Just falling in torrents right now. I'll give it 15 more minutes before we start seeing major problems cause we're already saturated. I'm at work at the moment which is on Maurice Bishop Highway. I can say that the back yard of the Baptiste Church next door is already a pool. The house next to the church is in a pool now. Theres lightening and thunder. And based on the satellite loops, it seem to all be coming in from the caribbean sea. I wonder if this is widespread.
I'll keep monitoring and keep us posted.
later.
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- Is that a Breeze??
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- From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:12:48 +0000
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I think I just spied a breeze from the glimpse I get out of the window (doing some temporary work at present in Grand Anse), yes the trees is still moving. I just wish I could open the window and feel it because the A/C is not working properly and I'm boiling. Oh dear I spoke too soon, the tree is now at a standstill, the sky is a brilliant blue and I wish I was on the beach.
My home is in Mt. Moritz, we're on the back farm road that goes down to Happy Hill. We usually get a lovely breeze up there but it has missing for quite a while and to think I sometimes complained that it was too windy.
Stay safe
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- Back to this years norm!
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- From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:13:28 +0100
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Nice to read the posts from Jacquie &
Nealon. It would be nice to pin point your exact positions on the Island
for future reference. For the record I am at Westerhall Heights, above Island
Ice (Westerhall rum factory).
Well, below is a snapshot of the Point Saline
weather, this morning. Although I have been away for a few months, I have been
watching the weather daily. The noticeable bit is 'CALM'. When can anyone
remember it being so calm, so much? Where have the Trade winds gone. We
live on a ridge, and it has always been windy up here, but not this year.
We get the odd breeze, especially when there is a shower around, but that is
all. Is this a symptom of climate change, or just a blip this year? Is it
only affecting Grenada, or is it the same up the islands? Have the trade winds
moved further north?
Anyway, I am not complaining, I have been in the UK
for 4 months, where the weather has been pretty grim!
All the best
Hogan
Time
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Temperature
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F (C) |
Pressure
Inches (hPa) |
Wind
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8 AM (12)
Oct 06 |
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78
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29.88
(1012) |
SSE
8 |
|
|
7 AM (11)
Oct 06 |
80
(27) |
78
(26) |
29.85
(1011) |
Calm |
|
|
6 AM (10)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
5 AM (9)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
4 AM (8)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
3 AM (7)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
2 AM (6)
Oct 06 |
77
(25) |
77
(25) |
29.80
(1009) |
Calm |
|
|
1 AM (5)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
Midnight (4)
Oct 06 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.83
(1010) |
Calm |
|
|
11 PM (3)
Oct 05 |
78
(26) |
77
(25) |
29.85
(1011) |
Calm |
|
|
10 PM (2)
Oct 05 |
80
(27) |
77
(25) |
29.85
(1011) |
Calm |
|
|
9 PM (1)
Oct 05 |
80
(27) |
77
| |
| |
