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- Updates from the Islands -- - St.Kitts - - |
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| - Heavy rain and thunder |
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The heavy rain accompanied by loud thunder and lightning started around 1:30am. It stopped about an hour later but resumed about 7am and is still going strong. The storm seems to be going in a circle all around us. Earlier this morning the thunder seemed to be coming from the east, then south, then west. It appears to be coming from the south again. Right now the rain has intensified and it is a very heavy rain, but fortunately little wind. I'm sure there is a lot of street flooding. The winds have just picked up and it is raining even heavier than before. In the six years I have lived here, I have never seen such rain. I think the cable and tv are about to go.
Paula
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| - Finally!! |
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| Yesterday and the night before we finally got some very much needed rain on the islad. It was blowing and raining for the majority of the day. This morning there are clouds but they don't look like they'll cause us any more rain. Keep positive and hopefully we'll continue to glide through the season. |
| - Thunderstorms |
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A couple of thunderstorms came rolling up this morning/afternoon - from the looks of it, thanks to TS Gordon. On our part of the island the rain didn't start until about 15 minutes ago, but once it opened up, the rain came down hard. Caught me a little off guard too, as the wind was in the opposite direction of most showers around here (again, thanks to Gordon) - so I had to run around the house switching which windows were opened and which were closed. As I write, the rain is still coming, making this one of the longer showers we've had in a while, but at least we can't complain for lack of water. |
| - Good Luck in Bermuda |
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| Looks like our friends in Bermuda are going to get hit by Flo. All our best wishes and prayers go out to those of you on that island. Everyone stay safe. |
| - another day in paradise |
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| Looks like another beautiful day here in paradise. Light winds, blue skies with just a few scattered clouds. We keep crossing our fingers and hoping this slow time with the weather continues. Looks like the big storm out east is breaking up nicely. Everybody stay cool and enjoy it while it lasts. |
| - Clear and Beautiful |
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This morning came with a beautiful blue sky. The dust in the atmosphere has cleared up (it looks like we have Ernesto to thank for that), and although there are a fair amount of cirrus clouds - there's only a few spots of cumulus around - mostly south/southeast of us. I can see some haze is sticking around as I look over to Nevis - but this is just about the clearest day we've had in a little bit, and its quite lovely for late August. Doug |
| - Good Luck |
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| Got a nice dropping of rain in the middle of the night to help keep everything green but nothing bad. It looks like those of you in Jamaica and the Caymans are going to get TD5. Here's wishing you the best. Looks like it's going to end up in the gulf and who knows from there. |
| - Perfect Day |
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| My first post here and I'm heppy to report an excellent day here on St. Kitts. Blue skies and nice breeze. Great day for a beach barbeque. |
| - Tropical Wave |
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It started raining here about 10 minutes ago, and from the satellite it looks like the tropical wave is passing directly south of us now. It looks like we may get a bit more rain as the tail end of the wave continues to brush past. In the meantime, it's only been a light sprinkle so far, and that just stopped. Doug |
| - Rain |
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Some heavy rain this morning - it really started last night around midnight (at least on our side of the island), and has been off and on heavy rain since. Just started up again about 15 minutes ago and is just tapering off now. It's even affecting the cable television as they lose the satellite connection every now and then. No lightening so far though, just a good wet spell. Doug |
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| - Tropical Storm Chris |
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All is calm here on St. Kttts. We had a beautiful sunset tonight. It certainly doesn't seem as if Chris will be bothering us as the sky is quite clear and there isn't a breeze to be had. I hope these words don't come back to haunt me, but it appears that this tropical storm is northeast of us now. Let's all hope and pray that it does not develop into anything more than it is now and that it does not create any problems for the other islands.
Paula
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| - Chris is a-coming |
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Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the island (along with all our neighbors). The three day track has the storm center passing north of us late tonight or early tomorrow morning, with the closest point at around 58 miles from us, in just over 14 hours. It looks like Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Maarten and St. Barts might get the worst of it, although given the size it looks like we'll get at least a bit of rain and maybe some wind too. This morning is calm, and the skies are fairly clear (aside from the haze that's been around for the past week). Some scattered clouds, mostly high cirrus. |
| - Thunderstorms |
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Lots of thunder around us as scattered thunderstorms roll across the island. We've had rain off and on all day, with only the odd bit of lightening until this evening, when it started to pick up. The rain is coming down a bit heavy now - and although I don't think the ghauts have filled up, the rain never lasts that long, but my garden certainly has received this weeks quota over the course of the day. Doug |
| - Rain |
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Today we got our first good downpour we've had in a while - at least on this part of the island. Lots of little 10 minute showers recently, and today started out like one, but after a few minutes we got some real heavy downpours, with the wind picking up. It's already starting to subside now (showers here don't usually last more than 20 minutes), and looking east it looks like it'll clear up and we'll have the sun out again soon. It's been pretty quiet here recently otherwise - the showers are always welcome since they cool things down, and its feels a little less humid afterwards. The temperatures have been creeping up to the mid and high 80's most days now, and only dropping down to the high 70's at night. Summer has come, and I already miss the cooler nights we had a few months ago. |
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