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- Another Tropical [TAX] Day on the Island of Enchantment
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- By "S/v Don Quijote" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:45:41 -0400
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Those of you in the USVI and here in Puerto Rico, remember, today is TAX day! Get your returns in before midnight! Otherwise, just another beautiful day here on the north coast of Puerto Rico, the Island of Enchantment. Temps in the mid 80’s, a nice trade wind from the NNE and plenty of sun. But, like most places in the tropics, there has to be some rain. We should be getting some this afternoon as the clouds are building and radar shows heavy rain south of Caguas moving towards the northwest and spotty showers are starting to show up on radar in the Luquillo area. Sure beats dodging tornadoes! It’s time for my afternoon nap out on the hammock as I’ve done my taxes and now it is time to relax and enjoy… ya’ll do the same and I’ll post some more later…. |
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- Moderate Rain along the N. Coast
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- By Jack Hunter <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:37:58 -0400
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Well this morning it was beautiful. I had to run out to Canovanas this
morning and it was quite a delightful day. By the time I picked up my
daughter from school, heavy clouds were rolling in and around 1430 to
1500 local time, we had some pretty heavy rain. Most we've had for a
while. We even lost power for a few minutes. Although expensive (25.7
cents /kilowatt-hour) I must admit it is becoming more reliable. Local
radar shows moderate to heavy storms moving down out of the mountains
traveling north (towards the Atlantic) from the San Juan airport to
Barceloneta. Temp at the airport (as of 1456) was 81 degrees whereas
here in Toa Alta it's only 76 degrees. Winds are light and out of the
ENE. Except for no thunder and lightning, you'd think it was summer.
Stay dry
Jack
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- Update
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- By "vernonlliberty" <vernon at libertypr.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:34:58 -0400
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Fajardo Puerto Rico. Somewhat overcast for last two
days. Temperature is a perfect 78F but we haven't received much rain lately
and the area is starting to get a tinge of brown. Hopefully today we might
receive some rain. Vernon
ps Is there anyone out there I can get some information on
Avocado trees? Especially flower to fruit time... pruning,,, etc.
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- Update
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- By "vernonlliberty" <vernon at libertypr.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:31:31 -0400
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What's shaking?
5.4 between PR and Sto. Dom.
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- Just a bit of Shaking going on!
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- By Jack Hunter <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:22:43 -0400
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This morning at about 9:45, as I sat reading my e-mail for the day, the
house started shaking. First one way (east to west), then the other
(north to south). It didn't last long, but certainly got my attention,
especially after the 9.0 (depending on whose report you read) NE of
Japan. It seems to me if you have such a large movement of the plates
in one part of the world, it is bound to cause a ripple effect and
therefore more earthquakes throughout the world. Granted, we have
several 3.0 magnitude (or less) tremors each week here that few even
notice, let alone feel. So, experiencing one at the 5.0 level (although
distant) is unusual.
Weather wise, here on the north side we are experiencing early
morning/late night isolated (or is it scattered) rain showers. Daily
highs are in the low 80's and the low temps here in the low lands runs
in the low 70's. Pretty typical weather. Good sleeping weather.....
Hmmmmm where's my hammock?
:) Jack
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- From the Finca - Jayuya PR
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- By Suzanne Perta <fincadelseto at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:31:24 -0400
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Attaching article on the possibility of Caribbean tsunami.
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Suzanne
Attachment:
Tsunami can hit Caribbean.doc
Description: MS-Word document
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- Another fine day in the Caribbean!
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- By Jack Hunter <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:32:19 -0400
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Another fine day in the Caribbean! Satellite picture shows the whole
eastern Caribbean clear and sunny. Here on the north coast of Puerto
Rico it's nothing but sun. Well, maybe a cloud or two, but they are
hard to find. at 5pm local (2100Z) temps were in the mid 80's and the
wind, what there was of it, was out of the east. Radar is clear, except
for the central mountains. Temps for tonight should be in the low to
mid 70's. Not much else happening of importance on the big island of
Puerto Rico.
Talked with my daughter in central Pennsylvania and they will be happy
if it breaks freezing! Of course, it's snowing. I keep telling her
it's easier to shovel sunshine than it is to shovel snow.
'Till next time,
Jack
73 and . . .
. . . Sail fast . . . Live slow.......
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- Another Fine day in Carib.....
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- By Jack Hunter <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:29:46 -0400
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Someone once said that a bad day at golf is better than a good day at
work. Well, I'd go a step further and say that a bad day in the Carib
is better than a great day at work. As a mater of fact, why work? I
guess it does buy extra beer. Here on the "main" island of Puerto Rico,
life is normal, except for serious crime. The murder rate has
skyrocketed with 10 this pas weekend. We are on a pace to surpass the
record breaking years of 2009 and 2010! That, along with the horrible
road conditions and as usual poorly run schools, things are the same.
I feel for those who live on Culebra and Viequez who are still having to
deal with intermittent or lack of ferry service. It might get fixed in
the next decade, but don't hold your breath. Nonetheless, it is still
better than being back on the mainland and shoveling snow....
Speaking of that, just a few passing showers today. Otherwise a
beautiful day with Easterly tradewinds, a few coulds, temps in the mid
80's. Forecast is for more of the same.
Now where did I put my beer?
Jack
--... ...-- (73)
"Live Slow....Sail Fast...."
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- From the Finca - Jayuya
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- By Suzanne Perta <fincadelseto at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:42:35 -0400
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Christmas Eve earthquake upped to 5.4. Good shake on the finca!
Merry Christmas & Felicidades, Everyone.
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Suzanne
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- Whole lot of Rocking Going On!
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- By JACK HUNTER <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:33:10 -0400
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Today was a beautiful day here on the "Island of Enhcantment". That is until 1943 local (2343 GMT) when many of us felt the earth start a rockin' and rollin'! It registered a whopping 5.1 on the Richter Scale. At first, I thought some one had the music WAY up. No harm.... No foul!.
A very Merry Chrismas to All and to All a "Good Night"
J. Hunter
"Llive Slow.... Sail Fast"
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- Tremor on Puerto Rico
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- By Eric D Oliver <ericdoliver at yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:49:56 -0400
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A strong tremor was felt in the San Juan Metro area for about ten seconds.
Local time 7:40PM. no damages reported locally in Rio Piedras.
Sent from my iPhone 4
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- 36-hour rainfall total
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:58:03 -0400
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Measured 13.3" of rainfall on our property in the past 36 hours (7.3"
of which was in the past 24 hours). It was probably even more, as the
rain gauge overflowed at one point yesterday AM.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
http://www.PuertoRicoDayTrips.com - Your source for things to do in Puerto Rico
http://www.CoquisHideaway.com - Stay with us in the rain forest
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- Update
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- By "vernon" <vernon at coqui.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:09:27 -0400
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FYI only
Three earthquakes off S.E. coast of Santo Dom. within the last
24 hours. One of which was 5.6
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- A Lazy Friday Afternoon
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:56:31 -0400
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There are a few cumulus clouds to the north but otherwise a fine afternoon. A reprise from all the rain we’ve been dealing with. A look at this morning’s surface analysis map (1200Z) from NWS shows Puerto Rico sandwiched between two fronts so I doubt that this ice weather will last. The “official” rainfall for the year at the San Juan airport (TJSJ) has passed the 80inch (2.032 meters) for the year, compared to the average of only 40.25 inches (1.023 meters) and we expect more. We could very well set a new record for rain for the year. INVEST 94L off of the coast of Columbia bears watching as it drifts west to west-northwest over the next couple of days. The US National Weather Service gives it a 30% chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next 48 hours. Ffolks in Nicaragua and Honduras should pay close attention to this disturbance. I haven’t seen any computer models on 94L, it certainly bears watching. 2pm observations: San Juan METAR: TJSJ 121756Z 33004KT 10SM SCT040 BKN080 28/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02830217 Ponce METAR: TJPS 121750Z 08005KT 10SM FEW020 SCT060 32/22 A2987 Mayaguez METAR: TJMZ 121750Z 06012KT 10SM SCT040 31/24 A2988 Aguadilla METAR: TJBQ 121750Z 05011KT 10SM SCT025 28/23 A2990 Toa Alta: Temp – 83.0°F/28.0°C, Wind light ENE, Humidity 71%, Partly cloudy. San Juan: Temp – 86.7°F/30.4°C, Wind light ENE, Humidity 65%, Partly cloudy. Fajardo: Temp -- 83.0°F/28.0°C, Wind 10 mph ENE, Humidity 63%, Partly cloudy. Hope everyone has a great weekend and things quickly get back to normal on St. Lucia. Jack |
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- Invest 93
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- By Eric D Oliver <ericdoliver at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:10:19 -0400
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A star ... Uh a storm is born, here in Puerto Rico. The spectacular lightning
and booming thunder were quite the show. The water canons were quite a blast,
too, here in the Levittown-Metro San Juan area, where I am sure there was some
flash flooding. All seems quiet at the moment but there has been scattered
shower activity all afternoon leafing up to this evening's
main event. As I looked at the infrared map a large white area appeared over
Puerto Rico. Invest 93? Sure seems like it. Either way, it's very wet and is
forecast to move north. The fat lady is yet to sing.
Sent from my iPhone 4
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- Update
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:47:46 -0400
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Good morning!
Good news and bad news. First the good. Dr. Jeff
Masters of Wunderground.com predicts that the 2010 hurricane season has a 50%
chance of being over and a 15% chance of a named storm developing that will
impact any populated area. The bad news is that we are expecting more
rain. Now if we can just get rid of the remnants of TOMAS and its
associated trough we can see sunny skies and less rain! (Total of 78.67
inches for the year with 41.41in being the year to date average)
Today in Toa Alta it’s mostly cloudy to overcast with 1200
AST (1600Z) temps in the mid 80s and humidity hanging around the 70 – 73 %
range. Heat index is in the low 90s. Light winds from the WNW with
radar showing large areas of rain stretching from several miles SW of Cabo Rojo
to just south of Humacao and the island of Viequez.
Jack
Toa Alta, PR
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- Earthquakes around Puerto Rico and neaby islands.
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- By "vernon" <vernon at coqui.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:14:06 -0400
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I no longer post on this site because I now prefer just to
read what others post. Most of you do a better job of it than I did.
But I ran across something I'd like to share
with all of you. I've been following this earthquake site for over a
year. I am seeing a marked increase in activity around PR.
People living in the Caribbean should be aware of this. An
earthquake could affect us as much as a Hurricane might.(Tsunami...or
worse.)
I offer the link and hope to be able to read
the input presented by others.
Vernon-Fajardo (PR)
pay special attention to just North Of San Juan..... happening
as I write this email.
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- Rainy Rainy Day in Puerto Rico
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:11:25 -0400
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It’s been a rainy rainy day here on the north coast of
Puerto Rico. Had some T-storms roll through around 1430-1500 local time
(1830-1900 UTC), but other than that just rain. National weather service
has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for all of Puerto Rico (including Culebra and
Viequez) until Monday afternoon. I’ll be glad when it all stops and
we can start to dry out…..
Jack
Toa Alta, PR
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- Tomas
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:29:39 +0000
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Howling wind all last night blowing up through the valley here in the hills above Ponce. Howling wind continuing this morning mixed with varied amounts of rain. Humidity at 72%, temperature at 78.6 F, and so far this morning, rain guage registering at 0.10 and gaining as I write.
Very cloudy outside, and I can't see the ocean this morning. Guess this weather is here for a while, thanks to Hurricane Thomas. Just glad it didn't pass over PR!
Stay safe.
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- A Quiet Day in Puerto Rico
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:05:18 -0400
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‘Tis another quiet day here on the north side of
Puerto Rico. Winds have been out of the east to southeast at 10 to 15
kts. Scattered rain showers and temps in the upper 80s to low 90s. Barometer
is 1012 mb and falling. Current radar shows a few strong storms between
St. Croix and Puerto Rico moving westerly at about 22 kts and should just clip
the southern coast.
Caribbean Hurricane Network shows the closest point of
approach(CPA) to the southern coast of Puerto Rico for hurricane TOMAS will be
tomorrow morning with the CPA being about 195 nautical miles south of Puerto
Rico. If TOMAS maintains a westerly track, IMHO, it will intensify to a
cat 3 storm sooner that forecasted to do so. By what I’ve read and
heard, the bigger question is when will TOMAS turn north.
Jack
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- Another Beautiful Day in Puerto Rico
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:27:40 -0400
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Although it is another beautiful day on the “Enchanted
Island” of Puerto Rico, INVEST 91L bears watching. It continues to
become more organized and is certainly something the ffolks of the Southern
Windward Islands such as Trinidad & Tobago, Grenda and the north coast of
Venezuela should closely watch. Looking at the NWS computer models, once into
the Caribbean they seem to show two trends. One has 91L curving north into the
Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico and the other a more southerly route over the ABC
islands and on into the western Caribbean. What makes this disturbance of
concern to me is that within the Caribbean Sea there is ample fuel for 91L to
intensify rapidly, regardless of which direction it takes. How close to land
it comes over the next couple of days will, in my opinion, determine just how
much of a threat it will be for the Eastern Caribbean Islands.
PUERTO RICO Weather (2pm AST/1600Z)
SAN JUAN: Temp 85°F, wind 080° at 12 Kts. Barometer 1010 mb
and falling. Scattered clouds.
PONCE: Temp 90°F, wind 160° at 10 Kts. Barometer 1010 mb
and falling. Scatterd clouds.
MAYAGUEZ: Temp 88°F, Wind 050° at 16 Kts. Barometer 1011
and steady. Scatterd clouds.
RADAR: Moderate to Heavy rain S & SE of Mayaguez to
Cabo Rojo and east to north and west of Ponce. Storms are moving west at 10 to
15 Kts.
Jack
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- INVEST 91L -- Worth Watching...
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:25:30 -0400
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I guess the quiet time was too good to be true. So
far, 91L is just a blob of T-storms, but certainly worth keeping an eye on
during the next couple of days. Located SE of Trinidad & Tobago and
forecast to move W or NW, this is one that could sneak up on us. The next
couple of days will tell. Stand by to batten down the hatches!
This past weekend through today has been a pretty typical
Carib day with temps in the mid 80’s, easterly winds and an occasional
rain shower. Currently it’s 79°F and the wind is at 21kts from
the East. Forecast is for scattered showers (60% chance) through
tomorrow.
More tomorrow…
Jack
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- Another Beautiful Carib Day!
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:05:34 -0400
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Just another beautiful Caribbean day! Temps in the high 80s
to low 90s, a few clouds and a gentle breeze. Forecast for the next couple of
days is MOTS (more of the same!).
Top it off with all 33 miners being rescued safely and you
can’t ask for anything better.
Jack
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- where did that storm come from?
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:44:23 -0400
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The sun was shining and the sky was blue all morning. Then, around
11:30am, it started pouring buckets of rain. Now the sky is, once
again, blue and the sun is trying to come out. We received about 2.5"
of rain in the past 2 hours.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
http://www.PuertoRicoDayTrips.com - Your source for things to do in Puerto Rico
http://www.CoquisHideaway.com - Stay with us in the rain forest
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- A Beautiful Caribbean Day
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:15:10 -0400
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What a wonderful 10-10-10 day! Temps in the low 90’s °F
(30’s °C) light winds and a clear sky. Finally a chance for my yard to
dry out! Here in Puerto Rico (and the mainland US) will be celebrating
Columbus Day on Monday in recognition of Columbus’ discovery of the “new
world” in 1492. He didn’t discover San Juan Bautista until his
next trip in 1493. he didn’t really discover the “Americas” until
later, but that’s a different story.
Let us not forget today is the re-organisation of the
Netherland Antilles! Now that is something to celebrate!
Later ya’ll…..
Jack
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- Another Rainy Day
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 12:02:08 +0000
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Torrential rains for most of the night and lots of loud, rumbling thunder and lightening!! Still raining heavily this morning and so socked in I can't see down the valley.....the rain guage is showing 3.17 inches and still raining! Is this ever going to stop? Wondered out yesterday afternoon to collect mail and get some supplies and couldn't get back home for two hours as the bridge on PR 505 from Glenview was underwater! We tried going up PR 10 to PR 503 which connects to the top of PR 505 in an attempt to reach our finca from the top but there was a mud slide on PR 503 so it was impassable!! By the time we got back around the bridge top was showing and we made it home about 7:30pm! Lots of wind and rain still this morning....Humidity 76%, tempature at 77F....and thundering....
Quack, quack!!
Pam
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- All night long rains!
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- By Francisco Echegaray <fechegaray at hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:24:03 +0000
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Here in San Juan we have had sporadic rains throughout the past week but nothing serious until yesterday. Since about 3 PM yesterday we started getting squalls , and as the night fell they intensified. It has been raining almost constantly all night and continues to do so as I write, around 5 am.
Yesterday afternoon there were island wide reports flooding at many roads. At least 40 roads had been closed due to flooding, and several comunities were isolated; at least one due to the collapse of a bridge in Cayey (center of the island). I imagine that today in the morning the situation will be even worse after being raining all night long. It is going to be an interesting and challenging morning commute for many around the island if at all possible.
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- Update Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:08:52 +0000
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Haven't given an update as I have been at my home on St. John, USVI, and didn't report as I see others are reporting from there. Went back to St. John for 10 days to clean up after Earl and just as we finished cleaning up all the downed branches and debris...boom! along came what is not Otto and made the mess all over. Lots of mud slides on St. John....more than I've seen in quite a long time....Needless to say the weather on St. John did not cooperate enough for us to get all the intended work done there that was needed...so we put our hands up and flew back to Ponce....noticing on the radar what looked like much nicer weather here! NOT! Howling winds and rain last night, and gusts and rain continuing today...as of right now we have had 1.23 inches of rain and still falling, 77% humidity with a tempature of 79.3F....the little rain guage shows the following history:
0.23 inches yesterday (but we noticed that the wind had knocked it over...and there was soo much rain I doubt that was accurate!!)
0.57 inches on 10/05/10
2.46 inches on 10/04/10
3.34 on 10/03/10 and
0.03 on 10/02/10....
WOW! Guess it wasn't as clear as we thought...still dreary now...a little break in the wind and rain...am hoping for some sun to dry things out and charge the solar batteries so we don't have to listen to the groan of the generator (lol!), but looking at the sky, it doesn't look hopeful!!
Stay safe.
Pam
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- Rain Rain & Rain
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- By "CC from RinconSportsMassage.com" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 11:42:20 +0000
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Rain all night in Puntas Rincon - power went out around 8pm before the rain -
and it just poured all night. Not much wind. Water is out this Thursday AM.
Sent from Rincon, Puerto Rico BlackBerry http://www.RinconSportsMassage.com &
http://www.413geek.com
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- From the Finca - Jayuya PR
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- By Suzanne Perta <fincadelseto at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:26:29 -0400
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Cloudy & rainy here on the mountain, but so far, no record-breaking stats. About 2in of rain overnight on the finca, but the Punta must have seen considerably more - the river down below is very swollen.
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Suzanne
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- Thunderstorms this afternoon
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:10:03 -0400
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We had thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon from about 4pm -
5pm ... seemed to come from the south-east. We got about 0.6" of rain
in that hour. Thunder continued until well after 6pm. We could see
rain in the distance in San Juan, Loiza and down along the coast in
Rio Grande. Then we got this picture-perfect sunset ...
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
http://www.PuertoRicoDayTrips.com - Your source for things to do in Puerto Rico
http://www.CoquisHideaway.com - Stay with us in the rain forest
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- Thunder and rain along the north coast
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- By Ray
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:58:45 -0400
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Up here in the rain forest, it's breezy, cloudy and dry (so far). But I can see
it raining down along the north east coast. Photo is looking northward just to
the west of Coco Beach.
//Ray
www.PuertoRicoDayTrips.com - Your source for things to do in Puerto Rico
www.CoquisHideaway.com - Stay with us in the rain forest
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- Update
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:46:47 -0400
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Hi everyone! Not a bad day today, a typical tropical
day with the temp maxing out in the upper 80s with high humidity and isolated
T-storms. On the way to my daughter’s soccer game, we ran into a
downpour, but by the time we got to the game site, there were a few clouds
about, high temps, high humidity, and a great soccer game. The only bad
part was after the game, a girl from the other team collapsed from heat
exhaustion. She was treated at the park, but as a precaution, an
ambulance was called. Although livening here in the Caribbean is great,
we sometimes forget to take the proper precautions regarding heat related
injuries! Have fun, but be safe!
Although the Atlantic looks quiet, I’m keeping an eye
on a stationary 1012mb low in the vicinity of 12N 34W. It doesn’t
look like much but if it starts to develop, we could have little time to
prepare. Other than some isolated showers across Puerto Rico,
looks like Sunday will be another fine day.
Jack
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- Bermuda in the eye of Igor
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- By Francisco Echegaray <fechegaray at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:38:29 +0000
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I just found this image at the Bermuda Dopler Radar page. It clearly shows the eye of Igor going over the half south of Bermuda! (Bermuda island in gray color at the center)
My prayers are with all Bermudians.
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- Update
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:32:50 -0400
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A rather pleasant day but unusual to have the winds out of
the west and showers tracking west to east! High in my neighborhood the high
was 89°F/32°C with partly cloudy skies. Isolated showers were observed tracking
west to east, but otherwise a great day! Hope all ya’ll have a great
weekend! Forecast for Sunday is MOS (more of the same!).
IGOR the giant has set its sights on Bermuda and, although
weakening, may still strike Bermuda as a category 3 storm. Let’s hope it
degrades quickly or veers off to the north and spares the island!
Jack
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- Puerto Rico update (Tuesday 9/14)
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:02:46 -0400
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Another mixed day here on the Island of Enchantment. Winds
are out of the NE at 10 kts with some gusts to maybe 15 kts. Radar shows
scattered showers along the northeast coast from Fajardo to Dorado (moving
west) and as far south as Caguas. Airport temp at 1600z was 85°F/29°C with 74%
humidity and baro pressure was at 1013mb and falling.
IGOR appears to be FINALLY truning to the northwest and will
soon be clear of the Caribbean islands. With the exception of Bermuda,
everyone can give a sigh of relief. JULIA appears not to be a threat to any of
the Caribban Islands. “Invest 92L”, as disorganized as it is
remains a risk for heavy rain to Jamaica, Cuby and the Caymans. Although there
is still a high potential for tropical storms, we are over the statistical high
(September 10) and starting the decline to the end of the season. What a
strange season so far.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Jack
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- IGOR may be starting turn to Northwest
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:44:05 -0400
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Category 4 hurricane IGOR appears to be starting to turn to
the northwest based on 2100z and 0300z advisories. The 0300z advisory has the
track at 275° moving at 8 kts (9 mph). Not much different than 270° at 9 kts
(10 mph), but enough to give hope that it is starting to turn. Also
indications that it is starting an eyewall replacement cycle and the central
pressure has risen to 937mb. We’ll see in the morning if we are out of
the woods…..
Jack
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- Puerto Rico Update 9/12
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:44:08 -0400
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Here on the north cost it’s mostly cloudy with a NE
breeze. Current radar shows medium to heavy rain in the south central and
south east of the island. There is also a line of medium to heavy rain showers
for just east of Aricibo westward to Aguadilla. At the San Juan airport it’s
88°F/31°C with light winds from the ENE at 12 mph.
Invest 92L is south of the Dominican Republic, but still
sending showers our way. Invest 93L, just off the coast of Africa has
developed into a Tropical Depression (TD TWELVE). Although it is expected to
develop further, all forecast models have it moving NW rapidly and no threat to
the Caribbean.
Hurricane IGOR is developing rapidly and still on a westward
track. Current consensus is that it will turn to the NW within 48 hours. IGOR
is a Category 2 storm and could be a Category 4 within
the next 48 hours. Here are the 1500Z forecast positions for IGOR.
FORECAST
POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL
12/1500Z 17.7N 45.7W 90 KT
12HR
VT 13/0000Z 17.8N 47.5W 105 KT
24HR
VT 13/1200Z 18.0N 49.8W 110 KT
36HR
VT 14/0000Z 18.4N 51.8W 115 KT
48HR
VT 14/1200Z 19.0N 53.6W 115 KT
72HR
VT 15/1200Z 20.7N 56.7W 125 KT
96HR
VT 16/1200Z 22.6N 59.6W 125 KT
120HR
VT 17/1200Z 24.5N 62.5W 125 KT
Although IGOR is forecast to turn NW and not bother us, it
is still wise to keep an eye on it.
Everyone enjoy what’s left of the weekend.
Jack
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- Update on the Disturbance
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:08:38 +0000
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Well, this morning started out nice and sunny, up here in the hills above Ponce. But it was soooo black out to see. I checked the radar and the NHC to see the last tail of this disturbance is passing us by and giving the south shore and out to see a good grazing. Humidity at 69%, temperature at 81.5F and barometer rising. Installed the rain gague yesterday and it's showing 0.02 inches so far today! I've attached a picture from this morning so you can see how the sun is shining here and how black it is out to sea. The winds picking up here and thunder rumbling and lightening out to sea, and seems to be advancing in land a bit. Time to close the windows again.
Pam
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- Plenty of Rain in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- By Francisco Echegaray <fechegaray at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:44:12 +0000
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We have had plenty of rain today due to this wave or disturbance that passed toward our south. Even though most of the rain stayed out at the Caribbean Sea, we had a strong downpour in San Juan just before 9 AM. Later in the early afternoon we got several showers and again as I write we just got another rain. Luckily no flooding problems but the ground is saturated now. Hope we dry up tomorrow, as the wave continues its move west.
Francisco
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- Invest 92L and Hurricane IGOR
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:41:00 -0400
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Well….. Invest 92L dropped some rain on the north side
of PR and that’s about it. The question now is it strong enough to start
developing and become a tropical storm or will it fizzle out.
TS IGOR is now Hurricane IGOR. 0300Z discussion has it
moving 275° at 16 mph. Still heading right at us and some models have it
growing to be a CAT 4 storm. Just hope it turns north BEFORE it hits the
Northern Leeward Islands the Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico. I think we’ll
have a better idea on where IGOR is going some time late Sunday or early
Monday.
Currently 77°F/25°C with light SSE winds. Barometric
pressure 1012.4. Just another rainy day in the tropics. At least you don’t
have to shovel rain!
Jack
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- Puerto Rico Weather -- 9/11
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- By "Jack Hunter" <wb7adc at onelinkpr.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:37:00 -0400
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We started getting scattered rainstorms from “invest”
92L yesterday and continue to get them today (9/11). Local radar at 2000Z
shows the majority of the rain to the south of the island moving in a
northwesterly direction. San Juan Airport (TJSJ) reports calm winds and a temp
of 80°F/27°C. Mayaguez reports overcast with light rain. Winds are light from
the SE. Ponce shows overcast with light winds from the NE. Overall “invest”
92L looks like mostly a rain event.
TS IGOR is tracking almost due west and cold be a real
threat to the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico by Tuesday morning. The
forecast for IGOR shows it making a turn to the NW on Tuesday, but so did
EARL! IGOR is big and has the potential to be a major hurricane by the time it
gets to the Leeward Islands. Whether it just brushes by like Earl or the Leeward
Islands take one on the chin. Here are the coordinates for the forecast
track based on their 1500Z discussion: Forecast positions and Max winds
initial
11/1500z 17.4n 39.5w 60 kt
12hr
VT 12/0000z 17.5n 42.0w 65 kt
24hr
VT 12/1200z 17.6n 44.9w 70 kt
36hr
VT 13/0000z 17.7n 47.5w 80 kt
48hr
VT 13/1200z 17.7n 49.7w 90 kt
72hr
VT 14/1200z 18.0n 53.5w 105 kt
96hr
VT 15/1200z 19.5n 56.5w 110 kt
120hr
VT 16/1200z 21.0n 59.5w 110 kt
There is also another “invest” just off the
African coast. Number 93L. Looks like it will turn NW and bother no one.
Now is the time to look at your stock of supplies for a
hurricane and make any adjustments!
I’ll post more later tonight.
Jack,
Toa Alta, PR
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- Update on the "Disturbance"
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:12:00 +0000
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Why is it that these "disturbances" come on the weekend or your day off? Anyway, it was a beautiful sunrise this mornining in the hills over Ponce (see photo)....but this afternoon it has clouded up, gotten dark, is thundering and raining (see photo), as this "disturbance" passes to the south of us. I see it now has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. Thank God it has passed to the south before it got organized. Humidity at 54%, temperature at 87F and baromoter steady. I did purchase a rain gague but haven't had a chance to get it up yet. Maybe later or tomorrow, so I can then report rain fall. Now, I guess we wait for this to pass and see what Igor will decide to do, and, oh yeah, the thing that's following it!!
Stay safe.
Pam
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- Gaston Remenants
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:10:12 +0000
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Some early morning thunder and lightening out to sea and then perfectly clear. It's now clouded up and is sprinkling here and there. Must be the remenants of Gaston. Much better than what was expected. Humidity at 61%, temperature at 79.5 and barometer steady. Give thanks for the disapation of Gaston! Lets hope the others follow Gaston's lead...looks like a couple more coming behind it! 'Tis the season.
Pam
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- thunderstorm and heavy rain this morning
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 06:47:18 -0400
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A big thunderstorm woke us up at 5am this morning. Felt and sounded
like it was happening right on top of our house. We have received 2.5"
of rain in the past 24 hours. But the looks of all the water running
through the yard, I'd say most of that rainfall was in the past hour
or 2.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- Gaston?
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- By Eric D Oliver <ericdoliver at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 05:52:49 -0400
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Some huge thunder passed through our region early this morning. I could hear
heavy rain as well. Now at 6am all is quiet except for the coquis just before
dawn.
Eric in Levittown
Sent from my iPhone 4
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- Hard Tropical Wave
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- By "Hector L. Matos" <matrix at coqui.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:13:59 -0400
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Sallutes,
Well, I was observed the remainders
of the Tropical Strom Gaston, but It seem that she want to
rebuild and don’t get in this time. I guess that Tropical Wave don’t
become a storm, it have difficult to generate clouds in the center. It’s
don’t hold the clouds for much time. In the upper level have winds of the
southeast to northwest and tear up the circulation. I seem that remainders of
Gaston will pass for our area like a strong tropical wave.
In Puerto Rico, we get some strong showers,
in the morning, and in the afternoon a sunshine time.
Hector
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- Update from Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:02:37 +0000
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Well, almost too good to be true. The sun has left us early here in Ponce and dark black clouds and rumbling thunder from the south heading north to us here in the hills. Humidity at 62% with temperature at 84.9 F, barometer steady. Looking at the visable Atlantic loop, Fiona is about equal to us to the West. Radar loop for San Juan is down again....but winds are picking up and its getting dark fast. Snapped a photo attached.
Stay safe!
Pam
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- Good Morning from Sunny Ponce!
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:55:18 +0000
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So nice to see the sun this morning...I just had to post the blue sky for encouragement! Humidity at 77%, Temperature at 79.7F and barometer is steady! Yeah! Hopefully we'll get a day or two to dry things out before something else comes along. Took my usual walk with the dogs this morning up around the other side of the farm road. Lots of leaves and branches in the road and alot of banana trees toppled. Other than that not much else. Hope you all are safe and weathered the storms. Looks like Fiona is heading north and far enough away so as not to affect us too much...but I note that "thing" behind it has gotten a little more organized and will be keeping an eye on that....'tis the season.
Stay safe.
Pam
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- life after EARL
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:29:30 -0400
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Today was an overcast, breezy day. A couple of short, light rain
sprinkles this afternoon. Then the sun came out a little ... felt like
a groundhog -- I saw my shadow! Spent the day cutting and picking up
fallen/broken bananas, heliconias and gingers. Also dragged to
furniture back out to the pool and porches. We were without power and
water all day ... just got both back around 7pm.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- From the Finca - Jayuya PR
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- By Suzanne Perta <fincadelseto at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:28:32 -0400
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All cool here on the mountain! Of course, no power and no phone; roaring river; downed bananas & bamboo; and rain showers keep coming through - but we fared well. Almost 4in of rain all total - we call that "mist in the montana"!
--
Suzanne
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- After Earl
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- By "Cynthia Calvin" <cyncalvin at yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:57:09 +0000
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We didn't get hit with too much - driving around town and beaches now - big
winds & wave swells .. Big washing machine out there. Still no power in Puntas
Rincon!
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- Hurricane Earl- Aftermath Arecibo
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- By Celso Hernandez <celsoth at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:41:26 +0000
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In the late hours last night, we started to experience some strong winds in my area of Arecibo, which is 50 miles west of San Juan. Gusts, I estimate at 35mph. Accompanying were waves of rain. We hunkered down to get some sleep and it was difficult to ignore the sounds of the strom. But just after 1AM, Tuesday morning (all local time) the winds and the rain just died. It seemed like someone threw a switch.
There has been absolutely no more rainfall. The garden suffered only two bent plants out of about 100. The wife blames me for not protecting them better. The breezes linger... sometimes reaching perhaps 15 knots. Sorry, here in Puerto Rico we mix knots, kilometers, foot-pounds, miles almost at leisure.
Some of my relatives in Arecibo and nearby Hatillo have been out of electric power for at least 24 hours. Luckily, my neighborhood has had no black outs.
Elsewhere in the Island: 180,000 customers are out of electricity. As reported earlier: no government offices are open. Schools are closed. The state government decided yesterday to let go its work force early, at 12PM, and the resulting influx of motor vehicles on the Metropolitan area roads caused perhaps the worse bumper to bumper congestion ever. It seems the private sector had decided on the same early release and it was chaos in San Juan streets. This coupled with the loss of traffic lights due to the high winds resulted in mayhem. Traffic cops could not get to the vital intersections to direct raffic as had been planned.
But, in conclusion I think that Earl was the storm that could but didn't! Fiona, which follows, seems a quieter beast.
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- Update from Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:50:18 +0000
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The reminants of Hurrican Earl are still eerily hanging in the valley here and out over Isla de Caja de Muertos. Low hanging clouds and sporatic rain still here. Humidity at 73%, tempature at 79.2, with barometer rising. Hunkered down in the guest room in the garage when we saw the tornado warning box on the radar and read that it formed in Utuado and was moving south through Juyaya, which is north of us here in the hills of Ponce! Much rain and wind throughout the night...but no sign of the tornado passing by! Thank you! Hopefully these reminants of Earl will pass and we will have some sun to dry out before the next...Fiona...comes our way!
Pam
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- Dodged the EARL bullet
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:07:03 -0400
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Lost power at some point last night - still out. Overall a pretty quiet night.
Only git 0.3" of rain last night. That's a total of 3.8" in past 24 hours.
Overcast and breezy now. Based on radar images it looks like we're out of the
woods. Need to walk around yard and see what plants we lost , if any.
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- Hurricane Earl- night in Arecibo
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- By Celso Hernandez <celsoth at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:16:14 +0000
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At 9:30PM local time, I drove into the city- Arecibo. The main road was almost deserted. One or two cars had stopped on the sea shore road. The occupants joviantly taking the spray from the waves that smashed into the rock barrier below. The town square was completely empty. That is not unusual at that time of night. It is not a lively town as it was many decades ago. There was some activity near the bridge leading out of town. A few cars parked along the river and the occupants enjoying the cool breezes stirred by Earl. On the way back I passed just a few places still open for business: the fast food burger establishments and a couple of BBQ chicken places. By the way, barbecue is a local Taino Indian word and refers to the method the fire wood is stacked at cooking. This is contrary to what some Texans claim.
The roads were clean and there was no flooding. Now, just past 11PM, the rains are getting stronger and there was some lightning activity on the trip home. The winds are also picking up and doors slam shut all through the house. I see the lights flicker and I fear that electric power is about to be lost. So let me sign out, but not before reporting that school and the government are out tomorrow, Tuesday. Of course essential personnel is exempted.
The Hurricane is officially at Category 4, but slipping past Puerto Rico.. to the north.
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- yes, Earl came and now he's SLOWLY trying to pull away
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- By "Eric D Oliver" <ericdoliver at yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:11:00 -0400
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We have had heavy downpours today but tonight we’re
having heavy bands of rain with sporadic high winds. SO FAR (knock on wood)
PREPA is keeping the power on Puerto Rico for us in the San Juan Metro Area.
GOOD JOB! They trimmed all the tree limbs away from power lines this past week
and were still trimming yesterday. Schools and stores (well, I don’t
consider Walgreen’s a store because they NEVER close.) and business closed
at noon along with non-essential healthcare services (Clinics) at the same
time. Tren Urbano seemed to be doing a good job staying in service and on
schedule. However, the Autopista had its usual “el tapon” (drain
plug….traffic jam) when I passed it at about 4pm. And EVERYONE was at every
Walgreens buying everything they could find. Hopefully we’ll either see
gray skies or sunshine tomorrow and normalize. Bendiciones to all!
Eric in Levittown, PR
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- Earl in Rincon PR
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- By "Cynthia Calvin" <cyncalvin at yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:44:02 +0000
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We have something going on. Power is out so not looking at current status of
Earl, but might do that as 12hrs before I thought we'd get what we getting now.
Video attached if you can view it :)
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- Hurricane Earl-north coast PR
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- By Celso Hernandez <celsoth at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:45:43 +0000
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Here in Arecibo, a coastal city 50-miles west of San Juan, we've been experiencing on/off showers since mid morning today Monday, 30th of August 2010. The showers usually last about ten minutes followed by a calm of perhaps an hour. At least that is how they have manifestesd themselves until this afternoon at 2PM.
The governor held a news conference, surrounded by his key people and experts on emergency management. This was at noon time and another follow up is scheduled this evening. There are scattered electric power outages mostly in the eastern most part of the 100x35 -mile island. Some 56,000 were immediately out of service at 11AM and work crews were out in force to restore power.
Locally, in Arecibo there are no reports of inundations. The 8 to 12-inches of rain predicted to be left by the storm conditions, and hurrricane conditions in the east should cause many flooding events by tomorrow morning when Earl is predicted to turn north. Presently it is a Category 3 hurricane. The governor is cited as saying that the cutoff point for the hurricane strength winds is actually Arecibo on the north coast and Ponce in the south. Arecibo is a city of 106,000 population and has the largest land area as an entity. The winds are not expected to reach hurricane velocity in Arecibo and points west. Ditto for Ponce.
By noon-time the gas stations were backed up with vehicles waiting their turn to fuel up. The local super markets shelves were quickly stripped of bottled water and canned goods.
As I make this entry, it seems we are in one of those tranquil phases: neither is it raining nor are there any wind gusts hitting the area.
I hope to enter a report tonight as Earl nears the island. I am a "ham" radio operator and today I started to monitor the local 2-meter traffic around the island. The radio amateurs really provide good reports of their local conditions, which I hope to relay.
Tony Hernandez
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
1440 local time
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- From the Finca - Jayuya
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- By Suzanne Perta <fincadelseto at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:27:49 -0400
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Heavy rain, gusty winds, and considerable thunder on the mountain! Grateful Earl isn't any closer.
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Suzanne
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- Update from Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:15:59 +0000
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Wind has just picked up...lots of gusts and rain bands bending the trees (and blowing the avocados!), sticks and leaves blowing by! Thundering a bit to the north! Humidity at 63%, temperature at 82.6 F, barometer still steady. Got a text from my younger daughter in Cruz Bay, St. John, saying Earl hasn't hit fully there yet...wind gusts a bit over 20 knots. Will keep you posted. We are totally solar so no power outages expected.
Stay safe!
Pam
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- Rincon, the day before Earl
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- By "CC from RinconSportsMassage.com" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:46:19 +0000
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We just visited downtown to see what was going on and grab some extra food. It
is pretty quite around downtown Rincon. The energy seems high, but really all
seems a normal Monday.
There is a good wind and high clouds but no rain yet on our West Coast of PR
We will put up our storm shutters tonight - just to be safe - we are hopeful
Earl will turn up North as forecast!
Safe wishes to all !!
CC & Jim in Puntas Rincon
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- getting some wind and rain
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:13:32 -0400
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It's been raining off and on since 7am ... alternating between misting
and downpour.
We had some pretty strong wind around 9am, but that's gone.
We've received 1.5" of rain since 7am.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- Update from Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:47:04 +0000
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Things here in Ponce are pretty much the same. A little more cloud coverage and occasional wind gusts and rain, but nothing major. Enough wind in the gusts to knock a few large, ripe guavas from the tree when I was walking the dogs about 20 minutes ago...I'll add those to my lunch menu! Attached another picture...larger than the last so you can actually see (I'll get the hang of this!) the increasing clouds. Humidity at 67%, temperature at 81.5 F and barometer steady.
Stay safe!
Pam
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- Report from Ponce
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:24:59 +0000
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Clouds are starting to move in rather rapidly from the north heading southward with a nice breeze ruffling the trees in an irregular pattern. Humidy at 60% and tempature 80.6 F with a steady barometer. Very hazy this moring out over Isla de Caja de Muertos. I've attached two pics, one from yesterday and one from today for comparison. We've moved all "flying objects" from the construction site and hope we don't get too much wind and rain. Live webcam from St. John not showing much action on the passenger dock there. Will report again later today as Hurricane Earl passes.
Pam
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- grey and breezy
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:02:39 -0400
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Woke this morning to grey clouds coming over the mountain to the
southwest and a little breeze.
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- Earl
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- By "Eric D Oliver" <ericdoliver at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:59:35 -0400
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All is quiet in Metro San Juan. The skies are partly cloudy
and clam. The coquis are peeping as usual. The calm before the storm.
Today I went to Costco to drop off prescriptions at 1130am
and encountered the parking lot nearly full, and the store was wild with
activity. People were fighting over water and buying generators like they were
loaves of bread. I’m sure it was a great sales day for Costco, but, I
waited out the in-store storm until the water was gone and the cashier lines
dwindled. It was obvious that despite all the advanced warning and advice,
people had not prepared. I’m not surprised. I stayed out of the grocery
stores.
Eric in Puerto Rico.
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- Hurricane Earl
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- By Pam Taylor <ptponcepr at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:16:13 +0000
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Earl has just been upgraded to a Hurricane per the 11AM NHC advisory. It is a beautiful day here in Ponce, Puerto Rico (my approximate location in the hills above Ponce, PR 505, KM 8). Our little weather station showing 55% humidity and tempature at 87.6 F, barometer rising. As of this hour we have no perceptible wind. Looks like Earl didn't quite make the northerly track expected and will sideswipe our little island of St. John. I've had a "godsend" friend batten down the hatches on my home there and we are keeping our fingers crossed. Here in Ponce, on the south side, the predictions aren't too bad, but we are heading to get some caulking and duct tape (wonder invention!) to tighten up some open spaces, even thought we don't expect too much from Earl. I'm also hoping to locate a good rain guage to help with these reports. Will keep you updated here as Earl passes. Keep safe!
Pam
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- Puerto Rico Under Hurricane WATCH
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- By Francisco Echegaray <fechegaray at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:12:57 +0000
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Hi everyone:
Just a brief message to clarify info from our fellow Ray that posted just a few hours ago. Acording to the 8:00 A.M statement of the weather service Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra, is still under a Hurricane Watch - not a Warning. He must have gotten confused. Of course, we might go under a warning situation later today but not yet. And of course we here in P.R. are counting on Earl to start turning today more towards the north. My thought are with all people of Anguilla, St. Martin, and other Leward islands under Hurr. Warning. Please take all preacautions.
Currently the sky in San Juan is partially cloudy. There is some haze. And absolutely no wind. (Calm before the storm? ....)
Stay safe everyone.
Francisco
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- EARL approaches
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:49:55 -0400
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After 3 HOT! rainless days, we woke up this morning to the news that a
hurricane warning has been issued for Puerto Rico, Culebra and Vieques
(as well as the USVI and BVI and ... ). The current weather looks a
little overcast and hazy ... but the sun's not totally up yet. We did
our "hurricane prep" shopping last week, so just a quick run out to
the store and gas station this morning to top off what we need. Then
to make the decision do we start prepping our property today or wait
and see what tomorrow brings from EARL?
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- rain in Rio Grande today
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:48:50 -0400
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Crazy storm rolled into the Rio Grande area from the west around noon today.
We only got about 0.1" of rain, though we had big black clouds and
lots of wind and thunder.
Elsewhere on the mountain, they got up to 2.5" of rain.
// Ray
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- Finally, a break in the rain!
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- By Ray in El Yunque <weather at puertoricodaytrips.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:28:52 -0400
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Only 0.6" of rain in the last 24 hours. That brings our total rainfall
for July to 25.6".
We have cloud cover this morning, but I can see some patches of blue sky.
Things are looking better!
// Ray
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Sent from Rio Grande, PR at the edge of El Yunque National Forest
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- Pouring down rain
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- By "CC from RinconSportsMassage.com" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:41:49 +0000
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West PR is getting lots & lots of rain. We have been without rain for seveal
days in Puntas so it is welcome.
No wind. Cool temperature. Think cloud cover.
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- Very rainy Day in San Juan
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- By Francisco Echegaray <fechegaray at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:23:31 +0000
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We had bad weather in San Juan area, all day(monday). The rain started by mid morning and though it was not intense, it was almost constant during the day until dusk. I am concerned for the center of circulation I am seeing coming by the northeast corner of Puerto Rico, close to the coast. I hope we don't have more weather related incidents affecting us so the celebration of the Central American and Caribbean Games can keep going on as planned.
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- No rain
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- By "CC from RinconSportsMassage.com" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:31:21 +0000
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The map would make you think we were getting lots of rain
But not a drop in Puntas Rincon for several days!
I hope it comes tonight
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- Clouds in Rincon
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- By "Cynthia, RinconSportsMassage" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:23:37 -0400
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Satellite seems to show exactly what I am seeing (and this pix shows) - cloud cover in Western PR. But temperatures are nice & wind is lovely!! Can't complain :)
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- First posting
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- By "CC from RinconSportsMassage.com" <rinconsportsmassage at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:33:28 +0000
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Hello From Western Puerto Rico, Rincon -
Ugly day here today as attached image shows.
Seems to be a mix of Saharan Dust and storms clouds. Rain happening around us
- just not in our little nitch of Rincon called barrio Puntas
Stay Happy, CC
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