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- Wind and rain

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:24:24 -0400

Hi,

Well the tropical wave arrived a bit earlier than I thought. Last night it seemed to push some heavy showers and squally winds infront of it. Looking at the radar we are in for some more rain and possibly storms this afternoon (just heard a rumble of distant thunder from the south.

Hogan

- Raining Cats and Dogs

From: jacqueline dowden <jacquiedowden at hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:10:37 +0000

OK - so who else was awake 3.30 am this morning? For me it was not so much the thunder and lightening as the six very frightened dogs, not small dogs you understand but big strapping Pot Hounds!! I spent the rest of the dark hours sitting in my living watching and listening to the show outside surrounded by dogs and woe betide me if I ventured to the bathroom and a cup of coffee meant a trip to the kitchen (trip almost being the operative word). I now realise the _expression_ 'dogging my every move' could have been thought of by me..... during a storm......

...... Then at 5.30 am in walks the cat!!! Soaking wet and rubbing himself against the dogs to get dry; this is the cat that spent 3 days away from home after Ivan, having spent the entire storm in the bush, this is the cat that is small even by Grenadian standards...... and those six large dogs can only look on with envy at such bravery.

The storm? Oh yes I believe there was a bit of a storm over Grenada in the early hours, me? I shall fall asleep at work and hope no one notices!

Stay Safe,

Jacquie
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- Martinique weather radar- blob over Grenada.

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:44:41 -0400

Hi all,

This morning is pretty grim, gusty winds, low visibility and intermittent rain. Attached is the current Weather Radar image as produced by Martinique radar. As you can see this blob of cloud is over the southern half of Grenada (at 07:30 27/6/09). The radar picks up thicker clouds and indicate possible rain. To see upto date images see http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/antilles/pack-public/animation/animMOSAIC2.html .

Hogan of Grenada

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- The second wave!

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:40:45 -0400

Well the wave did come through, with a few light showers one clap of thunder, and some squally winds! Looking at the Martinique radar it looks as if most of it slipped through between Grenada and St Vincent, what there was of it.

Hogan

- Another Tropical Wave!

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:40:56 -0400

Hi all,

The last tropical wave missed Grenada completely. But the effects of it went through Barbados and Antigua. Apparently causing the BA flight to Antigua and Grenada to be delayed due to heavy rain.

Anyway, there is another wave at 51W (just over 600 miles away) heading in this direction at about 15kt. At that speed it should get here in about 2 days.

Hopefully this one will bring a bit of rain. We have two Mango trees to plant and are waiting for the ground to get a soaking.

Update tomorrow.

Hogan of Grenada

- Lovely clear morning in Grenada

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:16:19 -0400

Hi all,

Today (Tuesday) has started out lovely. The horizon looking south is clear, with hardly a cloud in the sky. The satellite imagery shows the leading edge of the wave a few hours away. Barbados has been getting rain showers for about 3 hours (as of 10am). So enjoy the morning sun, I think we will see rain this afternoon or evening, may be some thunder.

Hogan

- Tropical wave to pass through Genada Tuesday?

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:54:57 -0400

Hi to all those interested in the weather in Grenada,

A tropical wave is on our doorstep. The leading edge is about 300 miles east of Grenada. It seems to have breaks in the convection, so not sure what it will bring. At its current speed and direction it looks as if we may get some rain tomorrow. But as someone said to me on the beach yesterday, 'but you are always wrong'. I couldn't disagree with him. So JL lets see what happens!

All the best folks.

Hogan of Grenada

- Saharan dust - hurricane season!

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:06:49 -0400

Hi all, pleasant day today (Sunday) down to a beach do as soon as I send this. Everything is turning green since the rain arrived (seemed to coincide with us returning to Grenada!

I have just read an interesting bit on the Jeff Masters web site about Sahara dust. It appears that the area of the Sahara that produces large amounts of dust that sweep across the Atlantic, has had larger than normal rainfall last year. This means there is more vegetation, which means less dust - it is believed.

Often the Atlantic hurricanes form just south of the Cape Verdes islands. It is believed that the more dust over this area of the Atlantic means that less hurricanes form.

So if the predictions are correct that more dust means less hurricanes, then I guess less dust means possibly more Atlantic hurricanes!

The first Atlantic storms over the last 4 years were:

2005 Emily 11-21 July (actually Delia was first but did a strange route)

2006 Debby 21-28 August

2007 Dean August 13-23 August

2008 Bertha 3-21 July

So far all looks peaceful. There is a slight tropical wave 2-3 days out in the Atlantic, that may give us some rain and maybe a thunderstorm or two, if it continues in our direction.

We have started to stock up on supplies, hope you have.

All the best to you all.

Hogan of Grenada

- Rain - well needed

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:01:47 -0400

The tropical wave started to come through Grenada during the night and has given us some well needed rain. The water level in the cistern has risen by about a foot. but it looks like the wave has nearly passed through (9am) so I expect it to start to brighten up soon.

The buds on a shrub by our veranda appear to be bursting out as I watch it.

Just what we needed.

Hogan

- All has been very quiet from Grenada.

From: "Wild in Grenada" <Chris at wildingrenada.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:54:19 -0400

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have not posted anything here for sometime. I have been in the UK for nearly 3 month where apart from a couple of weeks of warm weather (Near Cambridge) most has been rather chilly.

So we are at the beginning of the hurricane season. All looks OK here, for the time. We have come back to a very dry looking Grenada. Many of our plants have died, despite the gardener watering them as much as he could. The water cistern is half full, or rather half empty!.. The latest satellite images show a large portion of the Atlantic devoid of any real weather for the time being.

So, just to wish you all a good season, and if you haven't (and we haven't yet) start stocking up on those basic hurricane supplies.

Hogan of Grenada