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- Hurricane Hunter visits Statia

From: <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:05:59 -0400

Hurricane Hunters visit Statia

A US Air Force Reserve 'Huricane Hunter'Aircraft visited St. Eustatius yesterday. The Hurricane Hunters are on tour in the Caribbean to inform the public about their mission and work and to raise the awareness on hurricane season prepareness.

The aircraft arrived shortly after noon and was welcomed by dignitaries from Statia and Saba.

After their tour, the crew welcomed about 150 students of the various elementary schools of Statia. Also, some 50 children from Saba were amongst the visitors. They arrived by boat in the morning for this special occasion, together with their teachers and parents.

According to the organizing Office of Disaster Management of Statia, 2015 marks 72 years that the Air Force has supported the National Hurricane Center warning program to help migitate the hurricane threat within the Atlantic basin, by military air crews flying ten state of the art WC-130J aircrafts directly into the core of tropical cyclones to gather data critical for forecasting a hurricane's intensity and landfall.

At 17.00 hours, the aircraft departed from Statia for a similar event today in San Juan, Porto Rico.

- Final update on Gonzalo

From: CHN Statia <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:43:07 -0400

Here on Statia things are back to normal. All the offices and shops are open; schools are still closed but this is because it's a holiday week on Statia so they were closed anyway. Except from some broken-off branches there is no real damage thankfully.

The weather forecast for today through Wednesday midday: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few passing showers with risk of an isolated thunderstorm. Winds southwest to South and gentle to moderate; 8 to 18 miles per hour with occasional higher gusts to 24 miles per hour. The sea conditions are fairly rough between 4 to 8 feet. There fore a Small Craft Advisory (Code Orange) is in effect until further notice. (source: Meteorological Department Curaçao)

- Update Statia _ Gonzalo

From: <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:39:27 +0000

Update Statia

Power has been down between 16.00 and 17,30, at least at the White Wall area. Mobile connections (UTS) were lost in our occasion.

According to our local weather station wat the center of the rotation at 1600 hours

30 nm NE of Statia, moving NNW. It has passed the closest point of approach.

The weather station on the Quill showed at that time that the barometer was still falling, but more slowly. Wind is still from the NNW. We have received 8.4mm rain since midnight. We received a peak gust of 30kn just before 4:00PM.

- TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 3

From: CHN Statia <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:43:27 -0400

Source: Meteorological Department Curaçao

Telephone () 839-3360 839-3361 Telefax () 868-3999 869-2699 Web site: http://www.meteo.cw, E-mail: forecaster at meteo.cw
TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 3
Date: October 13, 2014 Time: 2 P.M.

.....TROPICAL STORM GONZALO REACHING STATIA AND SABA.....

WATCHES/WARNINGS: A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Sint Eustatius and Saba.
A Small Craft Warning will remain in effect until further notice.

EFFECT ON LOCAL CONDITIONS:
Winds: North, becoming southwesterly near gale to gale force; 32 to 46 miles per hour, gradually becoming tropical storm force winds around 65 miles per hour with gusts up to 75 miles per hour.

Seas: Fairly rough to extremely rough with wave heights of 8 to 12 feet, becoming 12 to 14 feet later today as Gonzalo passes at its closest approach, north of the islands this afternoon. A Small Craft Warning will remain in effect until further notice.

Rainfall: Occasional rain and thundershowers will spread over Statia and Saba and may bring between 4 to 8 inches of accumulate rainfall. Some street flooding is possible in the heavier rain.

Local authorities and residents of Statia and Saba are advised to continue monitoring the further progress of GONZALO and safeguard life and property.
CENTER'S LATEST AND FORECAST POSITIONS:

DATE/TIME POSITION INTENSITY LOCATION
Monday, October 13, 2 PM 17.4N 62.4W Strong Tropical Storm 46 miles east of Sint Eustatius.
Monday, October 13, 8 PM 18.0N 63.3W
Strong Tropical Storm
36 miles northwest of Sint Eustatius.
Definitions:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING: A warning for tropical storm conditions, including possible sustained winds within the range 63-117 km/h (39-73 mph) (34-63 knots) are expected in specified areas in 36 hours or less.

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In addition: All gouvernement offices at Statia are closed since 12 o'clock.

The Quill - 13/10/14 - 14.30 hr

- TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 2

From: CHN Statia <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:36:02 -0400

Source: Meteorological Department Curaçao

Telephone () 839-3360 839-3361 Telefax () 868-3999 869-2699 Web site: http://www.meteo.cw, E-mail: forecaster at meteo.cw

TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 2
Date: October 13, 2014 Time: 9 A.M.

.....TROPICAL STORM GONZALO AT ITS CLOSEST APPROACH THIS AFTERNOON.....

WATCHES/WARNINGS: A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Sint Eustatius and Saba.
A Small Craft Warning will come into effect as of this morning.

EFFECT ON LOCAL CONDITIONS:

Winds: Northeasterly, becoming southwesterly fresh to near gale force; 18 to 30 miles per hour. In the early afternoon tropical storm force winds around 60 miles per hour with gusts up to 70 miles per hour.

Seas: Becoming fairly rough to extremely rough this morning, with wave heigths of 12 to 14 feet later today. A small craft advisory will be in effect as of this morning.

Rainfall: Occasional rain and thundershowers will spread over Statia and Saba and may bring 2 to 4 inches of rain and during passage gradually increasing between 4 to 8 inches of rain. Some street flooding is possible in the heavier rain.

Local authorities and residents of Statia and Saba are advised to continue monitoring the further progress of GONZALO and complete all necessary measures to safeguard life and property by noon.
CENTER'S LATEST AND FORECAST POSITIONS:
DATE/TIME POSITION INTENSITY LOCATION
Monday, October 13, 8 AM 17.0N 61.5W Moderate Tropical Storm 113 miles southeast of Sint Eustatius.
Monday, October 13, 8 PM 17.9N 63.4W Strong Tropical Storm 35 miles northwest of Sint Eustatius.

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- TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 1

From: CHN Statia <chnstatia at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:52:36 -0400

ATropical Warning is in effect for Sint Eustatius and Saba:

Source: Meteorological Department Curaçao

TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 1

Telephone () 839-3360 839-3361 Telefax () 868-3999 869-2699

Web site: http://www.meteo.cw, E-mail: forecaster at meteo.cw

TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 1
WARNING MESSAGE NO. 1
Date: October 12, 2014 Time: 2/P.M.
.....TROPICAL STORM FORMS FORMS EAST OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.....

WATCHES/WARNINGS: ATropical Warning is in effect for Sint Eustatius and Saba. A Small Craft Warning will go into effect on Monday.

EFFECT ON LOCAL CONDITIONS:
Winds: Northeasterly, becoming easterly on Monday and gentle to moderate; 8 to 18 miles per hour. In the early afternoon tropical storm force winds around 40 miles per hour with gusts up to 50 miles per hour.

Seas: Becoming fairly rough to rough on Monday morning with seas building from 8 to 12 feet later in the during the day.

Rainfall: Occasional rain and thundershowers will spread over Statia and Saba and may bring 1 to 2 inches of rain, locally more. Some street flooding is possible in the heavier rain.

Local authorities and residents of Statia and Saba are advised to continue monitoring the further progress of GONZALO and to take all necessary measures to safeguard life and property.
CENTER'S LATEST AND FORECAST POSITIONS:

DATE/TIME POSITION INTENSITY LOCATION
Sunday, October 12, 2/PM 16.4N 58.4W Minor Tropical Storm 315 miles east of Sint Eustatius.
Monday, October 13, 2/PM 16.8N 62.8W
Moderate Tropical Storm
55 miles south of Sint Eustatius.
Definitions:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING: A warning for tropical storm conditions, including possible sustained winds within the range 63-117 km/h (39-73 mph) (34-63 knots) are expected in specified areas in 36 hours or less.

NEXT BULLETIN: Monday October 13, 8:00 AM.

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