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- Updates from the Islands -- - Curaçao - - |
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For the most recent reports from Curacao see this page.
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| - current conditions in Curacao |
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Current conditions 20070820 11:20am (15:20pm UTC) Temperature: 87.8 °F / 31.0 °C
Humidity: 75% Sea level pressure: 29.89 in / 1012 hPa Visibility: 6.2 miles / 10.0 kilometers Wind: 90 degrees, East, 15.0 mph / 24.1 km/h UV index: 9 Sky: mostly blue skies with scattered clouds. Continue monitoring the next batch coming off the African West coast...nothing seems to be forming there, however NOGAPS computer model shows something forming north of the coast of Colombia. I'm a bit wary about computer models that project more than 3 days into the future, so don't bank on this... |
| - cayman isles live pictures of hurricane Dean |
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check out cayman isles live pictures of hurricane Dean http://caymanchillin.com/caymanchillin-live.htm |
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| - ...dust off your umbrella Curacao-ans..!!! | |||
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Boy, today sure was an interesting day. Yesterday it was forecasted that the blob, as Gert called it, was going to pass way off teh northern coastal area of the ABC silands. Then this morning it appeared to come bearing down on Curacao. A few moments later Bonaire got crazy wind and a nice rainshower. So I called my dad at his farm to open the "sails" to "harvest" the rainwater. Just as the blob's outer rim came within 6 miles...the whole blob's lower left quadrant just dissipated into nothing. Poof...there went our hope for rain...oh well...the season is still young. The forecast calls for isolated rainshowers in the am on Friday Aug 3rd. from a small chaser right behind the tail of the blob...so once more we'll wait and see... It did feel kinda uneasy today not to have had access most of the day to a pc, and having only access to analog weather monitoring instruments...but all went ok and all is clear for the time being as the blob looks like to have dissipated altogether. Godspeed to all of ye, Marcus |
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No wind, no waves, no rain, no worries! On the infrared sat image you saw a big white mass of tall, cold clouds approaching Curacao, and is currently breaking up just before reaching Curacao.
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As this BLOB is approaching Curacao, we still have sunny skies with a cloud here and there. The blob has made a turn for the NW...so it may still miss Curacao... Heyyyyy Ann Phelan we have no rain...please send some this way... |
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| - cold air approaching hot air over Curacao... | ||||
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Marcus was wondering below why Emily and Ivan were missing from Curacao's
hurricane tracks page ( http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TNCC_all_isl.htm
). That is because they didn't get closer then 60 nautical miles from the
island (see below). That is the threshold I used to determine if storms
were included in the analysis. This doesn't mean that the effects of
these storms weren't felt on the island. It would have been better to use
the windfield for the climatology, but unfortunately that data is not
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Below the 'closest point of approach' data for the two storms. I plugged in the track data from http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.html in the the 'how close can it get'-tool ( http://stormcarib.com/closest.htm ). Also attached an image of the tracks. Ivan: Results for Curacao (12.2N, 68.97W):The approximate Closest Point of Approach (CPA) is located near 13.5N, 68.6W or about 89.9 miles (144.8 km) from your location. Emily: Results for Curacao (12.2N, 68.97W):The approximate Closest Point of Approach (CPA) is located near 13.8N, 68.6W or about 110.5 miles (177.9 km) from your location. * ** *** Gert van Dijken ( gert at vandijken.com ) **** Caribbean Hurricane Network - http://stormcarib.com/ Attachment:
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This early morning Curacao's flora and fauna was bathed by light rain for 2.5 hours from 0330hrs till about 0500hrs!! At 0700hrs the birds were still splashing around in puddles in my back yard. On the way to work it was the same scene all over the place. Current conditions: humidity 85%, temp 75F / 24C, pressure 29.95 in / 1014 hPa, wind 10.4 mph / 16.7 km/h, sky mostly cloudy. sunny regards, Marcus DeMaaijer |
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To see what a determining factor the SAL (sahara air layer) has been on blocking the development of water vapor airmasses into potential storms, and is currently pushing the bad weather out of the Caribbean... This link shows a movie of the past 5 days up to the current hour... http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/movies/m8g10split/m8g10splitjava5.html Current conditions in Curacao: sunny skies, the windconditions are a nice and cool seabreeze of 16 mph (25.6 km/h), temp 30 degrees celsius, humidity 72%, pressure 29.89 in (1012 hPa), coastal seawater temp is 26 degrees celsius...come on and jump in...!!! |
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Current conditions in Curacao mostly overcast skies, wind 13 Mph (21 Km/h), waves 3 to 6 feet along the southern coastline and flat inshore, zero precipitation. |
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Weather current conditions and outlook for Willemstad, Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean.
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Weather current conditions and outlook for Willemstad, Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean.
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Weather current conditions and outlook for Willemstad, Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean.
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Weather current conditions and outlook for Curacao
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Title: Message
Current conditions in Curacao partial overcast
skies, wind 20 to 25 Mph (32 - 41 Km/h), waves 3 to 6 feet along the southern
coastline and flat inshore, and a light rain drizzle in some spots otherwise
dry... |
| - in the news: July 10 weather flipped a boat in Aruba |
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| An update about the weather in Aruba on July 10. which caused a popular snorkeling boat to capsize, according to a spokeswoman at the Aruba Tourism Authority. All 38 passengers and 4 crewmembers were rescued with no reported injuries. It is unknown at this point whether any of the tourists aboard were cruise passengers; Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas was the only ship in port. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on july 10 an unexpected gust of wind tipped one of Jolly Pirates' (www.jolly-pirates.com)two tour boats. "It was very strong, just a few seconds," says Margaret Wever, an Associated Press writer and editor for Aruba newspaper The News. "The wind gust reached a maximum of 46 knots according to the Department of Meteorological Services. It was just unfortunate the boat was in full sail, and if you don't expect something like that, [an accident] can happen." "There was no warning that bad weather was on the horizon. It wasn't even a shower, it was a drizzle," Wever says -- "and it departed as quickly as it arrived." Jolly Pirates is going to attempt to salvage the boat, according to Wever; it will be floated on air pillows and taken to an area where repairs can be assessed. In the meantime, the company's second boat is still in operation. If they had only been watching the reports posted by stormcarib correspondents Marcus de Maayer of Curacao and Ann Phelan of Bonaire which were posted on www.stormcarib.com that day, they would have been warned... greets, Wendy Martina |
| - Storm and more weather forecasts for Curacao |
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Storm and other weather forecasts for Curacao
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Title: Message
"Be careful what you wish for..." is what my
colleague Barry Brown always tells me. And it sure does look like Curacao got
it's wish for rain as the sat image of NASA shows below and the photos that were
taken at Curacao Ocean Resort. The first photo is looking North-East, and the
second is looking South East. Very strong swirling wind with wind gusts that can
be felt at the southern coastline near Ocean resort of up to 85 Km/hr (53.125
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Title: Message
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Title: Message
Get all data about
96L here at this link
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/float1.html Warmest regards, Marcus DeMaaijer |
| - Curacao current conditions |
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Current condions at southern coastline of Curacao: strong sustained winds of 40 to 60 Km/hr (25 to 38 Miles/hr), inland winds of 20 to 39 Km/hr. Cloudy with a chance of isolated rain patches. What's the latest news with 96L??? See this link http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/catl/loop-vis.html Thank you for your time. warm greetings, Marcus DeMaaijer Curacao Wildlife President & Emergency Animal Care Coordinator Website: http://www.curacaowildlife.com Email: demaaijer at yahoo.com ALARM PHONE: +(599-9) 668-3500 Fax/phone: +(599-9) 461-0739 Skype: marcus.demaaijer |
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Historically we have not seen something like disturbance 96L develop into a storm this early in the season. But then again how long have we been recording storms? Excactly!! So this one is a good one to monitor closely just in case...better safe than sorry... Thank you for your time. warm greetings, Marcus DeMaaijer Curacao Wildlife President & Emergency Animal Care Coordinator Website: http://www.curacaowildlife.com Email: demaaijer at yahoo.com ALARM PHONE: +(599-9) 668-3500 Fax/phone: +(599-9) 461-0739 Skype: marcus.demaaijer |
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Current weather in Curacao. Sunny, high seas (see photo of a fisherman's boat below), and winds of 50 to 60 KM/hr. Windgusts up to 70 Km/Hr measured at the southern coastline. We are keeping an eye on that wave off the coast of Nicaragua heading NNW...let's hope it does not organize and dissipate like the last one in this area a few weeks ago.  Thank you for your time. warm greetings, Marcus DeMaaijer Curacao Wildlife President & Emergency Animal Care Coordinator Website: http://www.curacaowildlife.com Email: demaaijer at yahoo.com ALARM PHONE: +(599-9) 668-3500 Fax/phone: +(599-9) 461-0739 Skype: marcus.demaaijer |
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Hello to all my friends in the Caribbean, historically storms that become hurricanes in June were born in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Western Caribbean. Right now there is something developing onland and at the shores of Northern Belize heading North East. Let's hope not...but it is good to keep an eye on this system because it looks a bit like the sister of Lenny...remember that weird storm?? Greets from sunny Curacao, Marcus |
| - getting ready for this year's storm season |
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Title: Message
Hello everyone out
there in the Caribbean and the mainland of the Americas. Down here in Curacao
things have been quiet for months. I sincerely hope things will remain quiet for
the upcoming hurricane season for all of us. Making predictions usually gets my
rear end burned, but my guess is that a storm named Ingrid may come very close
to Curacao this season. And as susual it will probably vear off to the north at
the last moment as previous years.
Godspeed to all of ya and yours. |
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