Caribbean - Central America Weather

[msbee]

Luis,what kind of anemometer do you have?
I hope its not handheld and you don't have to go out in those winds.
be careful, amigo

[artist]

A big band just passed thru San Juan with gusts between 30-35 mph that I clocked at anemometer.

stay safe cycloneye! And thanks for the update.

[BatzVI]

Getting some very big gusts on northside St. Thomas...made my sliders vibrate a bit....been rainy and gusty all afternoon...

[artist]

thanks for the updates. Be sure to check in when you can. Also cycloneye, hope all is well there. Let us know!

[BatzVI]

Cable has been out....using phone for internet....had first flicker on the power....guess that "red" blob on the radar is passing as this is the worst its been...getting some very big gusts....

[Macrocane]

BZSTORM is good to hear and read in the news that no big damages occurred in Belize. And to the friends in the islands stay safe and hopefully everything's going to be OK after the storm.

[msbee]

latest from CROWNWEATHER
http://www.crownweather.com/?page_id=4557
hope everything is OK in PR

[cycloneye]

latest from CROWNWEATHER
http://www.crownweather.com/?page_id=4557
hope everything is OK in PR

I could come back now as power came back,but I will go offline as the bulk of Irene comes soon and they are going to turn off the power by sections in all of Puerto Rico. I am going to be hunkerdown in my house that is secured.I will have a report as soon I can be online again after the storm passes.

[dizzyfish]

Stay safe everyone. Will be thinking of you all.

[msbee]

OK, Luis. be safe..hope PR will be OK

[Nimbus]

Pressure is down to 994 so its almost a hurricane even though it doesn't have a clear eye. Imagine the worst problem besides flooding is power outages. Don't forget to freeze some gallon jugs of water in case the power is off for a few days. They will keep your fridge cold and give you something cold to drink till the AC comes back on.

[Gustywind]

News from ours neighbours from Ste Croix...
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/stcroix.shtml

- Updates from the Islands -

- - St.Croix (USVI) - -

- BLOWING!!!


•By Susan Beck <sbeckchef1 at yahoo.com>
•Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:40:34 -0700 (PDT)


Well, just hung up with the husband and he is doing fine. We still have dish network, cell fone and WAPA! WOW! I am not sure about the internet though since he shut his computer down when the first power surge came thru at about 2pm. WAPA has been on the majority of the day. He said it has gone out about 3 times, but came back on within minutes.

I told him according to all of the maps he should be inthe thick of things right about now. He said yes, the winds are there and are blowing out of the east at about 35 - 40 with higher gusts coming through. He said not much rain all day until when I called and it just started dumping buckets outside and blowing into the hurricane shutters. Thank gosh he put those up, he did that at about 5pm when I told him he is going to be in for a rough few hours and he was thankful for putting them up he said or we would have had water in the house. At about 6pm he saw a few kite surfers out in front of the Divi taking advantage of the wind. Yikes, that is kind of scary to be out in that kind of weather.

Well, so far so good on the East End. 1 kitty cat stayed on the balcony to ride out the storm, smart kitty! Hubby felt sorry for him a nd gave him a can of WET cat food. Hoping the rest of our feral cat colony is hunkered down for the night somewhere safe.

Stay Safe everyone. I apologize for not being on island to provide pictures or video. Only word of mouth this time.



Susan

[chrisjslucia]

I had some serious pounding this morning. The wind gusts were violent. The lines were like elastics and the gusts were pounding my bow sidewards into the dock (even that I'm in a spiderweb of lines). Thanks god for fenders.I managed to line up in a secure way now. I must admit I met my cousin called fear.

This was the northern part.What's the prognosis for the rest? When will it have passed?

Johannes, good to hear you got through the worst of Irene. I'm amazed you stayed on the boat though - you may have met fear but you're braver than me to do that! But, I'm beginning to wonder if you are drawn to these storms - given you were in St Lucia for Tomas too. Take care and now this one has passed be ready for the next, we've a few months to go yet. See you sometime I'm sure.
Chris

[brunota2003]

Just bumping this over from the main thread, from Cycloneye:

Is a surprise that power came back to my area at this point when many bands are moving thru PR and that is why I am posting this. I see that Irene is organizing and slowing down,and that means more winds and more prolonged rains. I say again after my post earlier that I am safe in my house. Let's see when I come back as the power is restored in the aftermath. Sign off.

[artist]

stay safe cycloneye and all others affected by Irene!
Thanks brunota for posting that.

[brunota2003]

Also...here is some info from the 7 pm NHC advisory:

DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND IRENE IS
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HURRICANE INTENSITY ON MONDAY. WEAKENING IS
LIKELY LATER ON MONDAY AS THE CENTER MOVES NEAR OR OVER THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM
FROM THE CENTER. ST. THOMAS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS RECENTLY
REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 40 MPH...65 KM/H...AND A WIND GUST OF
69 MPH...111 KM/H. A PUERTO RICO SEISMIC NETWORK STATION AT
FAJARDO PUERTO RICO RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 35 MPH...
56 KM/H AND A WIND GUST OF 47 MPH...76 KM/H.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE DATA FROM ST. CROIX IS
995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

[Infdidoll]

Wow! Stay safe, guys...Keep the updates coming, too, if you can. I didn't hear she had become a full-fledged threat until just now, but I'll definitely keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers.

[Gustywind]

Good morning to all. Our thoughts go to Cycloneye as Irene reached Hurricane status when crossing PR. Be safe and dry my friend.

000
FXCA62 TJSJ 220857
AFDSJU

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
457 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...TS IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM PR THIS
MORNING. RAINBANDS TO AFFECT THE ISLAND ALL DAY.


&&

.DISCUSSION...IRENE MADE LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 125 AM
NEAR PUNTA SANTIAGO. FIRST IMAGES AFTER THE SATELLITE ECLIPSE SHOW
THAT IRENE DEGRADED IN APPEARANCE. HOWEVER...MORE RECENTLY LAST
FEW SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES SHOW IRENE IMPROVING SIGNIFICANTLY
IN ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER
WATER WITH TS FORCE WINDS OVER LAND.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY AND THESE RAINS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
WITH WINDS OF TS FORCE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE RAINS LIKELY
PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING.

&&

.AVIATION...PREDOMINANT MVFR CONDITIONS WITH TS FORCE WINDS XPCD
THROUGH THE MORNING.


&&

.MARINE...TS WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST WATERS XCPT ATLC WATERS.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 85 79 89 79 / 100 50 30 30
STT 87 80 89 80 / 100 70 20 20

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...HURRICANE WARNING FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-
MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-
PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-
SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-
CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH
CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND
VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

VI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ST CROIX-ST.
THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.

HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
ISLANDS.

&&

$$

64/64

[Gustywind]

Looks like PR is badly experiencing Irene . Our thoughts go to Cycloneye. Hope that you're ok amigo, we're with you Luis!




Update:


TCUAT4

HURRICANE IRENE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE...CORRECTED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
550 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

CORRECTED TIME IN DATE/STIME HEADER

PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE
DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED ON PUERTO RICO...AND MORE THAN 800 THOUSAND
HOMES ARE WITHOUT POWER ON THE ISLAND.

ALSO...FAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WINDS TO NEAR MAJOR
HURRICANE STRENGTH ARE NOW OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO.
$$
FORECASTER STEWART

[Gustywind]

Looks like PR is badly experiencing Irene !. Our thoughts go to Cycloneye. Hope that you're ok amigo, we're with you Luis!

Update:


TCUAT4

HURRICANE IRENE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE...CORRECTED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
550 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

CORRECTED TIME IN DATE/STIME HEADER

PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE
DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED ON PUERTO RICO...AND MORE THAN 800 THOUSAND
HOMES ARE WITHOUT POWER ON THE ISLAND.

ALSO...FAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WINDS TO NEAR MAJOR
HURRICANE STRENGTH ARE NOW OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO.

$$
FORECASTER STEWART