HUC wrote:Barbados received the first TShowers of the TWave Invest ;be on your guard,friends.What in term of wind? Seems to me that some gusts will be the rule for you,because here in Gpe,the trades are strong,with gusts of 25kts.
And winds in the area should continue bloow with strengtht as the latest weather forecast mentionned it:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/NHC/OFFNT3
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC AND
CARIBBEAN SEA
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2009
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N
TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
AMZ089-202130-
SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2009
.SYNOPSIS...A TROPICAL WAVE WAS ALONG 77W MOVING W AT 18 KT. THE
WAVE WILL SLOW DOWN ITS FORWARD MOTION TODAY...AND REACH NEAR
84W TUE...AND WEST OF THE AREA BY EARLY WED. A SECOND MORE
ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 58W WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN
CARIBBEAN THIS EVENING...TO 73W BY EARLY WED...JAMAICA BY EARLY
THU...AND ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN FRI. A THIRD TROPICAL
WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ON WED...REACHING 67W
BY EARLY THU...AND JAMAICA BY LATE FRI. WINDS AND SEAS WINDS
WILL FLUCTUATE IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF THESE TROPICAL
WAVES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS OCCURRING NEAR THE
COAST COLOMBIA BEGINNING THU.
AMZ086-202130-
E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2009
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 13N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING 6 TO 8 FT W OF 68W. N OF 13N E
WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING 6 TO 9 FT. WINDS
AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 15N.
.TUE THROUGH WED...N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
S OF 15N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...HIGHEST W OF 70W. SEAS 7 TO 10
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 15N E OF 75W.
.THU AND FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA
NE TO E 25 TO 30 KT....E OF 67W E WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT FRI. SEAS BUILDING 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF
COLOMBIA...THEN SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT E OF 67W FRI. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 16N.
$$
AMZ087-202130-
TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2009
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 12N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT...EXCEPT E TO SE N OF 15N. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. S OF 12N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER NEAR NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 16N ASSOCIATED WITH
THE TROPICAL WAVE.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 18N W OF 58W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE NIGHT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6
TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E PART. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS W PART.
.WED AND THU...S OF 21N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT E OF 57W THU. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT E OF 57W
SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT THU. N OF 21N NE TO E WINDS DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT THU. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S PART.
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
$$
FORECASTER STRIPLING/CHRISTENSEN
Abajan!
), and some rain. He's a birder and yesterday to his delight he got a new lifer: "one spectacular, a large black hummingbird with blue-green wings and an iridescent purple throat, the purple-throated carib.: 
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