Caribbean - Central America Weather

[artist]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
848 AM AST WED JUL 10 2013

...ALL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS
THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

[artist]

Nothing bad occurred in PR with the passage of Chantal to our south. Only some bands of heavy showers with some gusts occurred. By seeing the reports from the islands,it looks like things were not very bad,only some damage in Martinique but the most important thing is no deaths were reported.

so glad to hear that cycloneye!

[Gustywind]

Nothing bad occurred in PR with the passage of Chantal to our south. Only some bands of heavy showers with some gusts occurred. By seeing the reports from the islands,it looks like things were not very bad,only some damage in Martinique but the most important thing is no deaths were reported.

Very good and excellent news from PR. Thanks for your report (daily!) . You looks like the Lesser Antilles have been spared by Chantal . Yes, no death!!! Let's hope that this trend continues the next couple of weeks of July and much more...

[Gustywind]

Nothing bad occurred in PR with the passage of Chantal to our south. Only some bands of heavy showers with some gusts occurred. By seeing the reports from the islands,it looks like things were not very bad,only some damage in Martinique but the most important thing is no deaths were reported.

so glad to hear that cycloneye!

oh yeah, but always keeping our fingers crossed for the others : DR, Haiti...

[Caribwxgirl]

Glad to know you were spared the worst of it Cycloneye

[Gustywind]

Glad to know you were spared the worst of it Cycloneye

Most of us in the Lesser Antilles have been spared but Martinica not. By the way, how are you Caribwxgirl, what's up in your island?

[cycloneye]

Glad to know you were spared the worst of it Cycloneye

Hi. Don't forget to visit our Caribbean and Central America thread at U.S & Caribbean weather forum to post what is going on weatherwise in Jamaica. You can see at the first post of thread many radars,web cams,links to the islands forecasts etc.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=85676&hilit=&start=0

[artist]

SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...16.5N 73.0W
ABOUT 270 MI...430 KM ESE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 29 MPH...46 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB...29.85 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ENTIRE COAST OF HAITI
* TURKS AND CAICOS
* SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CENTRAL BAHAMAS
* JAMAICA

ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER
TODAY IF CHANTAL DEGENERATES INTO A TROPICAL WAVE.

[quaqualita]

hi all,
here at the north coast of the Dominican Republic we have light to moderate rain since early morning with at times distant but fairly loud thunder and lightning, but nothing too bad so far here on the north shore.
Hope the South of our island and Haiti will be ok.

For those interested here a webcam and windmeter from Cabarete, North Coast DR: http://www.oceandreamcabarete.com/cabarete-webcam-dominican-republic.html

[artist]

hi all,
here at the north coast of the Dominican Republic we have light to moderate rain since early morning with at times distant but fairly loud thunder and lightning, but nothing too bad so far here on the north shore.
Hope the South of our island and Haiti will be ok.

For those interested here a webcam and windmeter from Cabarete, North Coast DR: http://www.oceandreamcabarete.com/cabarete-webcam-dominican-republic.html

thanks for your report, quaqualita. I hope so as well. Keep us informed, if you can.

[Gustywind]

Hi my friends , i suppose that many of you want to know the latest on TS Chantal. I share with you these interresting datas.
For those who are interrested, here the latest recap of Meteo-France Martinica concerning Chantal's impacts in Martinica.
Here are some datas observed yesterday. Those concerning the gusts values are bit impressive, (given my untrained eyes ) for a moderate TS, especially in one area of the island . See below :

http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/antill ... ivi_ma.pdf ( french version)

During the episode:

Rainfall: Between 80 millimeters and 120 millimeters on the southern part of the island, and 30 millimeters to 80 millimeters elsewhere in the island.


Winds:
Gusts: Between 100 km/h and 120km/h till 170 km/h :eek: at Morne les Cadets

Sea: Waves averaged 1 meter in the Bay of Fort-de-France (center of the island).

Waves averaged 4,30 meters in Atlantic with waves maxima up to 7 meters.


Regards
Gustywind

[artist]

I'm so sorry Martinique got hit hard, it appears.

[Gustywind]

WEATHER
Back to green for Guadeloupe


Guadeloupe news...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.a ... 224629.php

Very cloudy weather predominates with few showers.



The storm tropical Chantal continued his journey to the Greater Antilles. At 2 o'clock this morning, it was located about 400 km to the South-South-West of San Juan Puerto Rico. Closer to home, it is very cloudy weather that predominates with few showers.
During the passage of the storm, the mean winds recorded between 40 and 50 km/h, with gusts up to 100 km/h. The sea was strong and chopped in the Atlantic with average lows of 2 m 50 to 3 m and 6 m maximum wave it fell only 20 to 40 mm of rain on the archipelago.

[Gustywind]

I'm so sorry Martinique got hit hard, it appears.

We can say that but looks like things are improving...

Here is a video (local TV Martinica) of the damages of TS Chantal in Martinica.

http://martinique.la1ere.fr/emissions/soir-1ere

[cycloneye]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
329 PM AST WED JUL 10 2013

.SYNOPSIS...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS CHANTAL MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
LOCAL ISLANDS. MID-UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL HOLD THROUGH FRIDAY.
TUTT WILL THEN ESTABLISH OVER THE WEEKEND AND HOLD THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDINESS AND PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HOWEVER...WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TONIGHT...AS CHANTAL MOVES
FURTHER AWAY AND A DRIER AIR MASS WITH SAHARAN DUST MOVES IN.
AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED
AND THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED.

EXPECT A FAIR WEATHER PATTERN AND HAZY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT
TWO DAYS OR SO...WITH A FEW PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN AND
NORTHERN PUERTO RICO DURING THE MORNING HOURS...FOLLOWED BY
LIMITED AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN PUERTO
RICO. IN FACT...THE NAVY NAAPS MODEL SUGGESTED THAT THIS IS A
SIGNIFICANT AREA OF DUST MOVING IN...AND REMAINING AT LEAST
THROUGH SATURDAY.

SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WILL INCREASE SUNDAY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS TUTT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC
INTO THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN. NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WITH
ASSOCIATED WIND SURGE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...-SHRA ACTIVITY IS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
PR TERMINALS AND CAN CAUSE BRIEF MVFR. VCSH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE DAY AND LATER ELIMINATED AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
OVC AND BKN SKIES WILL CLEAR UP OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY
FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 15KTS BUT VARIABLE AND WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 10/22Z BUT REMAIN EASTERLY.

&&

.MARINE...ALTHOUGH SEAS WILL REMAIN ROUGH...CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. EXPECT SEAS UP TO 6 FEET
AND WINDS 21 KNOTS OR LESS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 77 88 77 87 / 30 10 20 20
STT 77 88 77 88 / 30 10 20 20

[artist]

I'm so sorry Martinique got hit hard, it appears.

We can say that but looks like things are improving...

Here is a video (local TV Martinica) of the damages of TS Chantal in Martinica.

http://martinique.la1ere.fr/emissions/soir-1ere

thanks for the link. Hopefully those that were hit recover soon.

[Gustywind]

Here is a video (local TV Martinica) of the damages of TS Chantal in Martinica.

http://martinique.la1ere.fr/emissions/soir-1ere

[Gustywind]

Here is a video (local TV Guadeloupe) of the effects of TS Chantal in Guadeloupe.


http://guadeloupe.la1ere.fr/emissions/j ... direct-ici

[artist]

First death from Tropical Storm Chantal
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tropical Storm Chantal skirted the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday, losing force but heavy rain still posed a threat to some of the region's most vulnerable people.

The storm did not make landfall on the island of Hispaniola shared by the two nations. But Chantal brought heavy rain to areas prone to flooding and landslides in places where many people live in flimsy homes of plywood and corrugated steel.

In both countries, people fortified houses with tarps and wood and gathered supplies, largely ignoring warnings to leave their neighborhoods.

"We're going to wait until it's over. We're already used to this," said 36-year-old Sergio Guzman, who along the banks of a river near Santo Domingo.

A Dominican firefighter was killed in the community of Maimon, about 50 miles (85 kilometers) north of the capital, Santo Domingo, when he was swept away by floodwaters as he tried to clear a storm drain, said Luis Luna, director of the country's civil defense agency. The death of 26-year-old Juan Ramon Rodriguez was believed to be the first caused by Chantal, which began moving through the Caribbean on Tuesday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wire ... l-weather/
so sad to hear this.

[Gustywind]

I'm so sorry Martinique got hit hard, it appears.

We can say that but looks like things are improving...

Here is a video (local TV Martinica) of the damages of TS Chantal in Martinica.

http://martinique.la1ere.fr/emissions/soir-1ere

thanks for the link. Hopefully those that were hit recover soon.

I hope that, i think they will