Caribbean - Central America Weather

[msbee]

OK, so maybe i should read the title of this thread??

sorry, Luis
wow, 15-20 inches is amazing!

[cycloneye]

OK, so maybe i should read the title of this thread??

sorry, Luis
wow, 15-20 inches is amazing!

The came out for the first time since last Sunday. But,that could be bad as diurnal heating may play a big roll causing another round of rains that we dont need.

[Portastorm]

Hey Luis ... quit hogging all the rain! Send some to Texas, please!!

[mf_dolphin]

hi all, north coast of DR is since about 3 hrs experiencing very strong winds again. Last night / early morning when Irene's center passed just a few miles north of us we were lucky and received only 40-45knts with a few gusts in the 50ies. Daytime was quite, no wind, only some rain (I posted the 'all ok' msg earlier), but now winds are picking up and I mean really picking up again, in the 30-40 knot range again and getting stronger and stronger by the hour!! What's that all about? Irene is supposed to have left us, but for sure doesn't feel like it.

What you're getting is the southerly tail of Irene. Puerto Rico had some pretty heavy rains from the same thing after Irene went. From the looks on satellite you could expierence this for at least another 24 hours.

[quaqualita]

hi all, north coast of DR is since about 3 hrs experiencing very strong winds again. Last night / early morning when Irene's center passed just a few miles north of us we were lucky and received only 40-45knts with a few gusts in the 50ies. Daytime was quite, no wind, only some rain (I posted the 'all ok' msg earlier), but now winds are picking up and I mean really picking up again, in the 30-40 knot range again and getting stronger and stronger by the hour!! What's that all about? Irene is supposed to have left us, but for sure doesn't feel like it.

What you're getting is the southerly tail of Irene. Puerto Rico had some pretty heavy rains from the same thing after Irene went. From the looks on satellite you could expierence this for at least another 24 hours.

we do not get the heavy rains yet, no thunderstorms, no lightning. But STILL fairly strong winds. Last night gusts up to 50 knts, and this morning better at the moment, but still over 30 knts. Weird...

[cycloneye]

Here is another set of photos where you can see why this has been an epic event.

http://www.elnuevodia.com/fotodetalle-v ... 47841.html

[cycloneye]

Yes,Porta.

Here are more photos of this epic event,that tells the story.

http://www.elnuevodia.com/fotodetalle-v ... 47841.html

[Portastorm]

Well, at least the folks are smiling in most of the pictures ... of course, they're probably smiling because they're being rescued!

Incredible (and sobering) photos. Wow!

[artist]

thanks for the updates guys~

[cycloneye]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1037 AM AST WED AUG 24 2011

PRC007-021-025-029-031-033-061-063-077-085-087-119-127-137-139-
241630-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0397.110824T1437Z-110824T1630Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BAYAMON PR-CAGUAS PR-CANOVANAS PR-GUAYNABO PR-GURABO PR-JUNCOS PR-
LAS PIEDRAS PR-SAN JUAN PR-TRUJILLO ALTO PR-AGUAS BUENAS PR-
TOA BAJA PR-CAROLINA PR-CATANO PR-RIO GRANDE PR-LOIZA PR-
1037 AM AST WED AUG 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

IN PUERTO RICO
BAYAMON...CAGUAS...CANOVANAS...GUAYNABO...GURABO...JUNCOS...LAS
PIEDRAS...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO ALTO...AGUAS BUENAS...TOA BAJA...
CAROLINA...CATANO...RIO GRANDE AND LOIZA

* UNTIL 1230 PM AST

* AT 1036 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS
RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. THEREFORE...A FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1230 PM
AST.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 1842 6583 1821 6584 1825 6618 1846 6616
1847 6615

$$

JJA
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[Caribwxgirl]

All the folks in the Turks and Caicos and Bahamas are in my prayers...I really hope there is no loss of life and damages are kept to a minimum. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) here in Jamaica has initiated its emergency operations system to be in readiness to assist these islands if the need arises.

[msbee]

Bahamas live cam..up and running for now.

http://www.camvista.com/usercams/webcam ... o-bahamas/

[artist]

http://znsbahamas.com/index.php?p=radio

[artist]

one of the shelters on Acklins Island had the roof blow off. Noone was hurt, fortunately.
They were evacuated to another shelter. All power on the island is out as well as phones. Said there are other structures with their roofs blown off.

[cycloneye]

The good news is that no cyclones are forecast for the Caribbean in the next ten days. But the bad news is more rain may arrive here in the next few days.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
326 PM AST WED AUG 24 2011

.SYNOPSIS...AT UPPER LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL
FOLLOW IRENE TO THE NORTHWEST. A TUTT LOW ABOUT 875 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN WILL STRETCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVE INTO
THE LOCAL AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT. INFLUENCE OF THE TUTT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WEAKEN DURING THE FIRST OF NEXT
WEEK AND RE-STRENGTHEN LATER NEXT WEEK.

AT MID AND LOWER LEVELS...AS IRENE MOVES NORTHWEST THROUGH THE
ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF CUBA...HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL
ATLANTIC WILL BUILD IN OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND MAINTAIN
EAST TO EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE
MIGRATING WITH THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL TUTT LOW WILL WEAKEN AT
LOWER LEVELS. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC BEGINNING FRIDAY.
A SUBSEQUENT LOW LEAVING THE AFRICAN CONTINENT ON MONDAY SHOULD
FOLLOW A MORE NORMAL WESTERLY TRAJECTORY...BUT WOULD NOT CROSS OUR
LONGITUDE UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK RAIN BAND REMAINS IN THE MONA CHANNEL...OTHERWISE
ONLY TRANSITORY SHOWERS...OCCASIONALLY GROUPING INTO LINES ALIGNED
WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA...WERE SEEN THIS
AFTERNOON. SMALL ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO GROUPED OVER THE
CORDILLERA CENTRAL. MODELS SHOW MOISTURE CONTINUING WITH AREAS OF
CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD THE AREA...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS DEPICTED
ARE LIGHT. AT THIS TIME TALL TOWERS ARE LIMITED TO THE MONA
CHANNEL...POSSIBLY DUE TO MID LAYER DRYING. THEREFORE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. RIVERS ARE FALLING AND NO MONITORED
RIVERS WERE CURRENTLY IN FLOOD AT 3 PM AST.

THE POSSIBILITY OF DENSE VALLEY FOG WAS CONSIDERED...BUT
SOUTHEAST FLOW MAY BE TOO STRONG TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN IN SPITE
OF CLEARING SKIES. A FEW PATCHES OF DENSE FOG MAY NEVERTHELESS BE
ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOST DEEP AND PROTECTED VALLEYS.

MODELS ARE NOT ENTIRELY CONSISTENT...BUT EXPECT A DRYING TREND
THROUGH FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. THEN...SATURDAY...WITH EAST SOUTHEAST
FLOW...AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE TUTT LOW...SHOWER ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE ENHANCED... AND LOW LEVEL HEATING DURING THE DAY WILL
RETURN US TO OUR NORMAL SUMMER CONVECTIVE PATTERN. WITH THE AXIS
OF THE TUTT LOW TO OUR WEST NEXT WEEK ...BETTER CONVECTION AND A
RETURN TO A SLIGHTLY WETTER PATTERN THAN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY SHOULD CHARACTERIZE THE COMING WEEK. TROPICAL WAVES OR
TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE NOT EXPECTED HERE FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 25/18Z AT ALL TAF
SITES. THERE MAY BE BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS IN
TEMPO TSRA...MAINLY AT TJBQ...TJMZ...AND TJSJ BEFORE 24/23Z. WINDS
WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KTS FROM THE SFC TO
15K FT.

&&

.MARINE...MARINE CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED AND ALL AREAS ARE BELOW
7 FEET AND 22 KNOTS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE YET
A LITTLE MORE UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
GUSTY WINDS MAY YET BE ENCOUNTERED AS IS TYPICAL OF SUMMER HERE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 77 88 79 89 / 30 40 20 20
STT 79 89 79 89 / 40 30 20 20

[artist]

Bahamas Met site appears to be down.

[artist]

Several homes completed destroyed in Ackland Island.

[artist]

Crooked Island has lost lots of roofs according to the Minister there.

[Stephanie]

Thank you for the updates artist. I'm afraid of what she'll do as she gets further north in the islands.

[artist]

Thank you for the updates artist. I'm afraid of what she'll do as she gets further north in the islands.

yeah, we will have one for your area as well. Let's hope there is nothing posted!


Crooked Island also had roofs collapse within the homes. Sounds like a bit of damage there.