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Good morning everyone,

the Barbados Airport weather station is reporting wind gust up to 77 km/h. That is cat 1 force speed! Long time no see.

Here it comes,

https://www.barbadosweather.org/

Good evening to all,

I had a short communication with Jane Higgins  from St. Thomas, USVI.

She was asking me wich organisation we could rely on, once NOAA would no longer be available for us during the next hurricane season. That question is hard to answer, because I am not a professional who can answer to that reliably. But I will offer some possibilities.

Jane said, that we should watch the European models for prediction. Well, it might be a solution, but it has it flaws. They would not send hurricane hunters into the Caribbean. If CARICOM is not going to make a soon to happen deal with the EU to send resources like hurricane hunters down here, than I don't see the same quality of service for the Caribbean that we had for years.

On the other hand, there is the Barbados Weather Authority (BWA), also known as Barbados Meteorology Service (BMS). They have achieved in the past years their own Satellite access and don't need help from NOAA. Also, with all that equipment available they had sometimes more precise forecast rather then the NHC, believe it or not!

But there ist a little glitch. The BMA is mainly focussed to Barbados, rather than the entire Caribbean. But I am "sort of sure", that the BMA would change their strategy in terms of stepping up their forecast to the entire Caribbean if necessary.

The BMA weather forecast are being broadcast by CBC TV8 https://www.cbc.bb/live/ The only local broadcasting station.

From Monday to Friday at 19:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs as of which the weather report will be around 19:35 - 19:50 depending on other news.

From Saturday to Sunday at 19:00 hrs to 19:30 as of which the weather report will be around 19:25 - 19:30.

I would recommend that you watch the Barbados news just to get used to it, before you really need it. However, if a system is getting near to the Caribbean like BERYL last year, you may want to watch the entire news broadcast!

If I may find some more information I will post it here.

Good night to all.

No comment.

https://nationnews.com/2025/03/01/hundreds-of-firings-at-key-us-climate-agency-lawmaker/

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Good night to everyone,

Which acronym will stormcarib.com now use?

What is the point of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America? But not for all! Internet users from the USA will see it as "Gulf of America". User from Mexico will still see it as "Gulf of Mexico". All others will see it with both names as depicted in the screenshot. What is going on in the head of this stupid person who initiated it? If anyone can explain that to me I would really appreciate any reasonable explanation.

It would also be interesting to know what is shown on the google maps for users from Puerto Rico and the USVIs?

Good day to all!

Since a few weeks Barbados is hammered by high waves between 2.5 and 3.5 Metres.

Today the Barbados Airport Weather Station reported storm force wind gusts.

Good night to everyone,

I have just read this article: https://nationnews.com/2024/12/31/quakes-rock-three-caribbean-countries/

I also think that I may have felt it, because a little shaking just happens ever so often and I don't really care much about it much, but I am not sure if it was related to this one.

Having said that, I wish the entire stormcarib.com family a better and less furious hurricane season for 2025!

Best regards. Be prepared and stay safe and dry! Jurgen, from Barbados, South, near airport (BGI)

Good morning to all,

in relation to Ann's report below I want to add two photos.

Saharan Dust today - at 8:40 am. It broke the record of density I have ever seen (see at the bottom of this page)

The Horizon is totally invisible.

This photo has been taken on a sunny day - at 15:00 hrs.

The strait line of the horizon over the blue Atlantic Ocean is clearly visible.

That's it for today.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As the saying goes: "The Party is not over until the fat Lady sings!"

The brunt of the rain is about come, an not just rain! (See the weather station graphic below)

The airport weather station:

Until next time.

Good day everyone,

the BMS has issued a flash-flood watch for Barbados, due to unstable conditions over and around Barbados. A rain accumulation up to 2 inches has been forecast.

Weather Radar, Barbados in the centre of the circles.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Back to weather,

I just saw this at the NHC website, and I am hoping that our master forecaster Dave could put some light on this one.

I have lost count of how many storms have started in this region and in t!his season so far !

Good morning everyone,

Barbados is under Flash-Flood Warning. It is forecast, that we may have rainfall accumulation up to 100 mm!

Sorry for the confusion.

Good night to all.

Good evening to all,

the following link was in the CBC TV8 NEWS this evening.

https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/barbados-set-to-be-emergency-management-hub/

For some reason I think that this might be a good plan for future coming disasters into this region. I do remember IRMA and MARIA. Our airport was so busy to take in all sorts of military aircraft bringing in help from many countries. But where to store all the goods?

May be, this article above mentioned, may have told Barbados a lesson as to how to improve it? We'll see...

Good evening all,

today I made some very new experiences, since I am observing storms in the Atlantic Basin.

1. Two new storms in one day! TS NADINE and at the time of writing and later on H1 OSCAR!

2. OSCAR is a record holder on its own already. Jumping from INVEST 94L straight to a TS skipping the TD status (seen that before) but then, within an hour to a H1 Hurricane is a new one to me. I am sorry for the people in Turks and Caicos as well as Hispaniola, East Cuba, the Bahamas and may be Puerto Rico. The RI (Rapid Intensification) is also new to me, because OSCAR is really small, but another record as to my memory. Well, the lack in size may hopefully dampen the impact for our friends in the Northern Caribbean and beyond.

3. H1 OSCAR will not spend much time around the Northern Caribbean, after it is doing a very sharp to the North East. I can only hope that he will not do another sharp right right turn once he is in the open Atlantic and come back to us again. In this season you just cannot be sure about anything.

May you all have a good evening and watch out!

Good evening to everyone,

Just for those of you who don't know and may friends or relatives in Florida or near by, HELENE is now a Cat 4 Hurricane!

Good evening to everyone,

may the following article may be the explanation why we had so little storms for now? When these storms release all the energy over the Sahara then there is not much left for the Atlantic.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/13/weather/sahara-desert-green-climate/index.html

It sounds somehow reasonable to me.

Good night.

Good morning everyone,

I found this article today on CNN news.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/weather/hurricane-season-atlantic-storms-climate/index.html

Good morning everyone,

all eyes should be put on this one. Too early to say if it will develop into something, before it is reaching the eastern Caribbean islands.

Disturbance 1

Stay vigilant everyone.

Good night to everyone,

Dave was dead right with his latest post. INVEST 98L is now a PTC FIVE. And when I look at the trends wich way that system it going to, it seems to me it is trending more and more northwards bit by bit. Away from Barbados and may be more focussed to the Leeward Islands now. So you people up there take care an be prepared. This is not me to make a forecast, I am just reporting what I have seen so far.

Even by NHC graphics I have seen a trend that PTC FIVE is drifting his way more and more to the North. Well, good for the Windward Islands, but not so much for Leeward Islands.

Also, two Hurricane Hunters have landed in Barbados today. They will probably take on there missions tomorrow.

Two Hurricane Hunters arrivals

That's it for tonight.

Winds have changed to not come in from a westerly direction they are coming in from straight north until now.

Barbados weather station reading as of now.

Winds are clearly coming in from straight Noth. Hence, pilots can chose which direction they want to come in or take-off. Well, this is not my problem to discuss.

Good night again.

Good night to everyone,

according to the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) INVEST 98L will pass Barbados Monday into Tuesday. However, the first indicators of turning winds are already here. Winds have a westerly component and air traffic has changed directions for arrivals and departure.

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The BMS CAP statement

Barbados airport weather station reading

I will update more as soon s available.

Good night to everyone,

today a Tropical Wave with lots of rain and thunder storms was passing through. However, that had nothing to with what the NHC is currently calling Disturbance 1. It was just a Tropical Wave which the NHC had not even on their screens.

BMS Radar image

It brought a lot of rain to Barbados, at least in my area.

Therefore, Barbados was under a Flash-Flood Watch which still exists

That's it for tonight.

Good evening everyone,

it took me a while to research what really has happened around Barbados by watching videos about the coast lines and beaches of Barbados. So here comes just an explanation of the consequences as far as I can estimated them and a few before and after photos.

The first Major Hurricane of this season, which has passed Barbados just so. No hurricane-force winds in Barbados or maybe a few cat1 gusts here and there. The winds were not a cause for damages at the coast lines. The storm surf has caused a lot of damage to Barbados! The fishing industry is disabled for a long time. Not only that, this incredible storm surf has caused a lot of beach erosion around the island. In some cases also structural damage to seaside properties. And yes, some inland houses were damaged by winds. Barbados can deal with the latter. But what happens, once the word goes around that "beautiful Barbados" has no beaches left? Then the tourism industry will almost die as well! How to fix that? There is no way that Barbados can fix that. Only nature can bring these beaches back, but how many years would take that?

I guess everyone can rethink that for him- or herself.

You may watch these videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@bajanwarrior Look at the section "Past live streams". Please, note the right arrow on the right hand side of this section list and click through it. That will show all available videos about damages to our beaches. The Author is "Barbados - The Journey 246" aka at bajanwarrior.

Hello everyone,

this is not a report.

A bit about me first: I am not a man who can be impressed easily and neither I am getting emotional of many things just so. However, there was one thing that really caught me! Hurricane Beryl! What actually caught me, was the visual satellite photo provided by Brian McNoldy and Gert has kindly posted it on the front page of this great website. The light green overlay of the Windward Islands chain and little Island Carriacou right in the centre of the eye. This tiny Island could have fit 3 times into the eye of Beryl! When I have seen this image my first thought was "Ooooh, my! That couldn't end well!" And so it came! There is hardly anything left of this little paradise, as you can see in the section "Carriacou after Hurricane Beryl". But one thing made me happy, no fatalities, as far as I know for now!

This, whole tragedy has driven me to write this tribute. It also made me aware how fragile our islands are and how lucky Barbados has been, even though we have had tremendous material damage, mostly at the coast lines. Also, almost the entire fishing industry is out of job for a long time. Barbados has only a stock of frozen fish for about two weeks left. Also, as I have learned today, A lot of beaches on the South and West Coasts have been washed away. A big hit to our no. 1 money maker, the tourism industry!

Back to my main subject: This Tribute is not meant to be sensational, it is just meant to be informal and to remind all off us in this region how quickly lives can change!

"It only needs one!"

TRIBUTE TO CARRIACOU and all other small islands hit by Hurricane BERYL, Cat 4 in 2024-07-01 11:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41L5Nq2Lk64 Drone footage, few villages in Carriacou. (11:44 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ce0TUdiGc Hurricane Beryl Landfall Carriacou raw power 4k - Eye wall of category 4 (8:23 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSY8Vz1Mvuk Hurricane Beryl's Aftermath: Carriacou Residents' Survival Stories (9:10 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3jx7DNu6yo Brave Barbados P.M Publicly Expose America and Europe's Hypocrisy. (11:06 min.)

Good evening to everyone,

this is going to be a bit of an unusual report, but when I saw that impressive satellite image, as a visual satellite photo on the stormcarib.com front page, provided by Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, it really hit me!

I am not generally a person that can be overwhelmed by photos or emotions or being impressed by even new things that are going around in the news or where ever. At this time the world are living to face a new nature defence.

However, when I saw this little island of Carriacou, it really caught me deeply! Having seen this satellite image where this small island of Carriacou could have easily fit 3-times into the eye of H4 BARYL! Just imagine that! It really has touched me! My emotions have come back to life! I don't know if that is bad or good.

However, this is the reason for this report.

And therefore I am going send a list of links of videos which I have found on the internet lately until today. I took me a lot of time to find them. But my emotions made it worth while!

This list is to come up tomorrow. I am tired now.

Wait for it.

Good night to everyone

This report I have just found. It is about Oistins a town in the south of Barbados. Oistins fish market and the adjacent "Oistins Bay Garden", well known for his Friday's fish fry and Karaoke, was just renovated and improved for about 5 Million BBD. It was also hit hard by water and tons of sand washed into the stalls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjmPFCN6_8Q Oistins Recovery

Have a good day.

Good morning everyone,

BERYL has brought havoc to Barbados! Here is a long list of reports.

https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/pleasure-craft-fishing-vessels-lost-to-hurricane-beryl/ Pleasure craft, fishing vessels lost to Hurricane Beryl
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/fisherfolk-devastated/ Fisherfolk devastated
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/help-for-fisherfolk/ Help for fisherfolk
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/efforts-on-to-make-port-operational/ Efforts on to make Port operational
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/two-party-boats-and-several-fishing-vessels-sunk/ Two party boats and several fishing vessels sunk
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/barbados-spared-but-houses-still-damaged/ Barbados spared but houses still damaged
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/princess-alice-highway-closed-for-cleaning/ Princess Alice Highway closed for cleaning
2024-06-01 14:00 https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/the-all-clear-has-been-given/ The all-clear has been given
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/no-recovery-efforts-today-at-bridgetown-fisheries/ No recovery efforts today at Bridgetown Fisheries
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/ministry-of-education-no-classes-tuesday/ Ministry of Education: No classes Tuesday
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c10lnnz1yj0o 'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Beryl moves towards Jamaica
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c3g9n9mywkwo High winds and heavy rain as Caribbean hit by hurricane
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/hurrikan-beryl-106.html Hurrikan "Beryl" wütet in der Karibik (German Audio)
https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/six-mens-st-peter-shermans-temporarily-closed-cleaning Six Mens, St Peter to Shermans temporarily closed for cleaning
https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/princess-alice-highway-temporarily-closed Princess Alice Highway temporarily closed
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/rescue-and-salvage-continues-at-btown-fisheries-complex/ Rescue and salvage continues at B’town Fisheries Complex
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/south-coast-businesses-begin-clean-up-efforts/ South coast businesses begin clean up efforts
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/hurricane-beryl-leaves-trails-of-damage-in-north/ Hurricane Beryl leaves trails of damage in north

Last night a Tropical Wave, the successor of BERYL (INVEST 96L) passed over Barbados with heavy rains as a start until thy became less intensive. The Wave left Barbados at 10:15 this morning.

Good night everyone,

I am sorry not be able to post news from Barbados as I have promised. But news were just overwhelming me plenty. Local news as well as international news.

As a little effort to keep my promise I will post a link here from a German news provider. Well, the audio is obviously German language, but the pictures are saying more than the audio.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/hurrikan-beryl-106.html I am no sending this because I am a German but it is the most comprehensive report I have ever seen from a foreign news agency. The video is speaking for itself.

I will post a report of all of what I have found tomorrow, be aware of a long list to come.

Good night.

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Good evening everyone,

there have been heavy damages in Barbados. Mainly to the fishery complex in Bridgetown! Storm surge was the major culprit. 20 boats sunk and many others damaged, including 2 pleasure crafts. The market itself was was flooded with lots of muddy waters. It is a total mess down there.

25% of power customers were out of power spread over the island with local limited outages, but reparations have begun after the "all clear" was announced at 14:00 hrs today.

Water is still out! Not a drop coming from the taps. At 14:00 hrs they could have started to resume the water supply! But not!

The Airport tried to reopen service by 21:00 hrs today. I have not checked that as yet.

I will write more once I have some sure information.

Good night for today.

I forgot to mention the shut downs for Barbados,

I will just put some links in here so that you can read the original source of information.

Airport: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/grantley-adams-international-airport-closure-notice/

Barbados Water Authority: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/bwa-taking-preventative-action-as-weather-systems-approach/  No time of day given for the shut down!

Businesses: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/early-closure-notice-for-local-businesses/

So, don't try to book a flight to Barbados until further notice.

Good evening everyone,

the first harbingers of the "Bad Girl", as Dave has called her so rightly, are here. I hope Dave will not charge for using this nickname. 😉

Winds: The airport weather station noted close to storm force gusts

Rain: The BMS weather radar recorded rain clouds from a feeder band

Be assured, we got that rain and the gusts.

May you all have a good night and a weekend with not too much stress, depending on where you live!

Good morning all,

the latest news from ZOOM.earth are frightening! Watch the red rectangular label in the centre of the graphic!

May everyone get well through this mess!

Good afternoon again,

CAP small craft and high surf warning (10:00 hrs today)

CAP Hurricane Watch in effect for Barbados  (14:00 hrs today)

That is it for now.

Good afternoon all,

all of a sudden we have to deal with a Cat2 or Cat3 hurricane!!! Meanwhile the BMS and NHC are still forecasting a Cat3 Hurricane for the Windward Islands

H2 BERYL forecast to pass Barbados (note: this can still change!)

H3 BERYL forecast to cross the Windwards (however, this is not carved in stone!)

I suggest to rethink your preparations for securing lose stuff around your properties.

This not a joke!

I will send the latest CAP Statements in a few minutes.

Good evening all,

the NHC as well as the BMS are predicting that Tropical Depression TWO is about to pay a visit to the Windward Islands as a Tropical Storm. Well, ZOOM.earth sees it a bit different. See graphic below:

This graphic clearly shows that TD TWO will be become a hurricane on Jun 30eh at 14:00 hrs., way before it will reach Barbados! And also look at the the orange line close to St. Vincent and the Grenadines and may be even Grenada, it is forecast to become a cat2 hurricane!

Good night to all.

Good evening all,

the latest CAP statement of the BMS (second image) is getting close to forecast a possible TS passing shortly South of Barbados over the weekend ahead. Since the size of that system is not yet defined, due to current disorganisation it is hard to predict which other islands might be in the path of this system. Therefore, I don't want to speculate which of our neighbours might also be in the cross hairs. However, for now the track seems to be generally West. So, everyone in the path may want to watch reliable news outlets and go figure.

The latest BMS Wind Bulletin

The BMS CAP Weather Statement

I repeat: Listen to your most reliable news outlets!

Alternative: You can also watch https://www.cbc.bb/live/ the local Barbados TV online stream. Weather will usually be presented Mon.-Fri. around 19:40 and Sat.-Sun. around 19:25. I recommend to tune in a few minutes earlier.

Now, let's see what the weekend will bring us... Cross all your fingers!

Good night to all!

Good evening to all,

the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has published a wind warning statement for Barbados. As it looks like for now it will only affect the Windward Islands.

You may find more detailed information here: https://www.barbadosweather.org/ However that link will be only valid for tonight! because it is an online up-to-date service.

Good night to all,

there were and still are so many long term season forecasts published, but as Frank from Nevis has pointed out, there wasn't even an "early bird" before June. We had that for several years before, but not every year. We also head like a dozen (not counted) number of tropical waves coming through this season already, but none have developed into something concerning storms, but may be rain. Not saying I am complaining about it as long as they are bringing some rain in a decent amount. I am not waiting for a storm!

But what does that mean? Where are the long term forecasters when it will really happen? Are we going to get all these predicted storms form a "natural machine gun" within a period of one, two or three months, or what?

What does NOAA/NHS have to say? There screens are close to blank.

Dave, do you have an explanation?

Good night to all,

the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has just stated in the local evening TV news, that there are 3 Tropical Waves (TW) are heading to the Eastern Caribbean. The first one (TW1 in my Graphic below) is heading to the Leeward Islands. Hence, you people up there should take an eye on that one.

The second one (TW2) is supposed to come in lower and may impact the lower eastern Caribbean islands.

The third TW (TW3) is still too far out to the Eastern Atlantic to make any reliable predictions.

Watch out for all of them according to where you live!

The ZOOM.EARTH is a NOAA product. But the NHS still has none of these TWs on their screens.

May be the BMS has become to be too conservative with their forecasts. But better being conservative rather than missing a disaster!

Good evening to all.

not exactly new information, but worth to be published again.

https://www.cbc.bb/news/regional-news/regional-forecasters-predict-hyperactive-hurricane-season/