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- I felt that !
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- By Matthew <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:37:55 -0400
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Fairly strong quake felt here in the north of Martinique a couple of minutes ago !
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- Martinique Radar
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- By Matthew <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:21:50 -0400
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The eye is passing between St Lucia and Martinique, as you can see here on this radar from Martinique ;-)
The main convection and rainfall is to the north due to the wind shear, and it is that you can see on the map… we’re in for a s... boat-load of rain tonight :-(
It’s looking like a copy of Issac, only much wetter. Not much at the passing, then a big slap in the face the day after !
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- Be careful. Lots of rain is likely coming !
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- By Matthew <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:13:45 -0400
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| Kirk looks likely to dump inordinate amounts of rain on Martinique, Dominica and other islands further north. Schools are maintained closed in Guadeloupe (Official announcement from the Prefect) - we’re still awaiting word from the Prefect in Martinique who is currently with Emannuel Macron, currently visiting Martinique https://twitter.com/prefet972/status/1045432677376151552 … looks like he’ll get to see a TS up close ! |
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- Issac’s whip in the tail
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- By Matthew Cowen <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:15:41 -0400
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Issac appears to have a nasty whip in the tail this morning ; almost a day after he passed.
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- Goodbye Beryl
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- By Matthew Cowen <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 07:19:37 -0400
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Despite the predictions of stormy conditions overnight, Beryl passed further
north of Martinique and as such, had a largely uneventful night. Awoke to
overcast damp conditions. Will likely have a little train during the day but
nothing alarming.
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- Hail, flooding and power outages
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- By Matthew Cowen <matthew at virek.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:42:12 -0400
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| Just a quick note to confirm nadasonia825’s report.
Yesterday the clouds seemed statically anchored over our island, dumping a lot of rain over mostly the southern part of the island of Martinique. Hail landed in François, much to the surprise of some locals and videos of the incident are floating around on the various Social Networks. See here for one : https://youtu.be/WNQsHtudATgIn some areas the schools were closed and the kids where unable to leave because of flooding and were still held at the school until the late evening. Some districts have closed schools for to day today. Last night Météo France was predicting rainfall of around 270mm in total in some areas. By around 18:00, Saint Joseph had had 175mm, François 250mm and Robert 160mm in around 6 hours of rain. The weather predictions are for it to be a little calmer today, but with a risk of heavy rains in places.
9000 habitants were without power last night with around 1700 still cut off early this morning, with EDF (Électricité de France) working hard to get them back online during the course of the day.
Best regards to all.
Matthew |
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