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- Lots a rain...

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 06:56:20 -0400

Well Folks did we get rain last night or what?

Heavy down pours all night for a total of 3.20 inches in approx. 7 hours.

Not complaining though. Better then using cistern water to keep plants watered.

From NOAA images more is heading this way. Big clouds with cold tops.

Be Well

- Earthquake Info

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 02:44:55 -0400

Hi Folks,

Sorry about the late posting of this info. Thought & rethought about "should I post or not". My wife said she felt it while sitting at Nisbet Plantation Beach Club enjoying the food & lovely weather. Her remark was "it felt like someone grabbed the back of my chair & gave it a small jerk" I was sitting across from her but felt nothing.

For more reading & info. follow this link http://earthquake.usgs.gov/.

Be Well ......

Harry

A moderate earthquake occurred at 16:23:33 (UTC) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004. The magnitude 5.0 event has been located in the LEEWARD ISLANDS. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 52 km (32 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Small map showing earthquake

Magnitude 5.0

Date-Time Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 16:23:33 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 12:23:33 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 17.481°N, 61.974°W

Depth 51.5 km (32.0 miles)

Region LEEWARD ISLANDS

- Cool in Nevis

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:23:11 -0400

Cool meaning temperature wise! 72.9 outside air temp at 12 noon. It's a cloudy, rainy day today with .35 in. so far. GEOS8 images suggest a day of rain.

- Nevis News

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:35:17 -0400

We just can't seem to get away from the constant rain. OK a nice shower at night is fine with me but cloudy rain/shower filled days are getting to be the norm around here.

I know avg. annual rain fall= 48" for us & we're very near that. Just seems it all came in Oct-Dec. Talk again some time.

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- Nevis Report

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:06:22 -0400

It's Official.....the nice weather is back!

After about 2 weeks of clouds & rain the "stuck" wave is gone. This is more like the normal weather we've grown accustomed to. Vacationers come on down.

- Rain

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 01:34:10 -0400

Title: Clear Day

Talk about wet !! Three Inches of rain so far this month & looking at the weather pattern it looks like the mass of rain producing wave just off to the right of the islands will linger for a few days keeping up in the wet pattern. Thank you but all the cisterns are over flowing & everything is green & bright. Tourists here in Nevis are depressed....returning home with NO tan? Sorry folks I'm just the messenger. I'll report when the fair weather returns.

- Beautiful Day

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:41:54 -0400

Today on Nevis, just doesn't get any better. Sunny, dry, slight breeze, crystal blue sky. Picture of our sister island of St.Kitts from the house. Be Well Everyone.

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- Nevis Doing Fine

From: "Harry W. Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:49:59 -0400

With all the rain this month things certainly are green, green, green to the max. This month, so far, is the winner for total monthly rainfall. Weather is just great here. Did some sailing around Booby Island this afternoon & waved to the passengers on AA on final approach into Nevis. Gee no one waved back must have been more interested in the view of Mt. Nevis.

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- Nevis

From: "Harry Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:56:59 -0400

Gotta love those guys & gals at the National Weather Service Hurricane Center. Their model is proving out. Fabian has turned from Lat 15.5N to Lat 16.8N (5am). Nevis weather stuff attached (if interested).

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- Still on Lat 15.5N

From: "Harry Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:26:47 -0400

My charting shows little movement away from Latitude 15.5N in the last 24 hrs (11:00 am)

This from the National Hurricane Center

"A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED JUST EAST
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD. THIS WOULD ALLOW FABIAN TO TURN MORE TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IN THE LONG RANGE."

I hope this High Pressure Ridge will force a change in it's course. Here's hoping things develop according to NWS predictions.

- Nevis Report

From: "Harry Hallstrom" <lemongrass AT caribsurf.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:19:21 -0400

National Weather Service Hurricane Center estimates TD#10 Tracking to our north. Lets hope it tracks as modeled.

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