CAT 5 Hurricane Dean - Archived threads

[windnrain]

106 seems down... its messing up an awful lot. I know some people here said that other stations were still live. Can you post links to those stations? I went to a few of the website links, but I couldnt find the stations on those sites.

[MGC]

This actually may be the worst case. Since the eye won't pass over the mountains it will maintain most of its intensity. The close approach to Jamaica however will allow the strong wings to the north of the eye to cause maximum destruction. I imagine that area is getting slammed by 175mph gusts. I expect the southern coast of Jamaica to be destroyed......MGC

[Pebbles]

http://www.hurricanehollow.com is retransmitting power 106. it's coming in nice and clear from that site... scroll down the page and click Listen Now

[sau27]

IF dean somehow catches the ULL or if it stops would that sling shot it north or is the high still to strong

[HouTXmetro]

IF dean somehow catches the ULL or if it stops would that sling shot it north or is the high still to strong

I don't know.. that High looks real strong on the latest GFS model.

[jlauderdal]

This actually may be the worst case. Since the eye won't pass over the mountains it will maintain most of its intensity. The close approach to Jamaica however will allow the strong wings to the north of the eye to cause maximum destruction. I imagine that area is getting slammed by 175mph gusts. I expect the southern coast of Jamaica to be destroyed......MGC

power 106 just reported limbs flying through the air and roofs off.

[Raebie]

This actually may be the worst case. Since the eye won't pass over the mountains it will maintain most of its intensity. The close approach to Jamaica however will allow the strong wings to the north of the eye to cause maximum destruction. I imagine that area is getting slammed by 175mph gusts. I expect the southern coast of Jamaica to be destroyed......MGC

power 106 just reported limbs flying through the air and roofs off.

I hope they were tree limbs.

I actually was thinking the same thing. The eyewall brushes the coast but doesn't interact with land enough to impact it. It's getting more intense by the minute.

[Gully Washer]

Is that southern point populated? I hope not. =\

Google earth shows some small villages.

Plenty of people.. Hopefully not in the lowlands or coastline..


http://www.jamaicancaves.org/jamaica-road-map.jpg

Portland Point, the southernmost point of Jamaica, is on a peninsula in Clarendon. On the same peninsula are Jackson Bay beach, the flood-prone community of Portland Cottage, and two different locations both called Rocky Point, a residential community on the western side of the peninsula, and a port used primarily for the export of alumina on the eastern side of the peninsula.

[Aquawind]

that fix was to the center of the eye

the eyewall was only about 5 miles offshore as of 30 minutes ago... it may be onshore now

The winds are higlhy variable in each quadrant. However the strongest eyewall with that outer band is blasting the southern coastline with at least Cat3 winds I would assume looking at the radar and sat data. The inner wall is not the strongest so I think they are getting the worst Dean has to offer at this point..

the NE quad consistently has the highest winds, period.

Well Said.. It's going to get even worse.

[crazycajuncane]

The feed from shoutcast is getting choppy as of the last 30 minutes. I hope they hold up!

The radio personality just said a tree branch came falling down and the wind is really whipping up outside of Power 106.

[Tom8]

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis ... ive_0.html

[Sanibel]

I think I recall from Ivan that the population down there by Portland Point is poor and live in poor structures. They took surge during Ivan. It's not densely populated there.

[windnrain]

What do you need to listen to it? Because windows media isnt working.

[Pebbles]

listening with realplayer

[theworld]

[Derek Ortt]

May Pen, a city of 60,000 may be next in line for the eyewall

[HouTXmetro]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-wv.html

The latest Frontal NHC satellite overlay depicts a 1015 High Near Tampico. Unless the High Moves out the way, how exactly is the ULL going to make more Westward progress?

[Derek Ortt]

eyewall scraping the southern coast... if we get a west wobble, maybe only the peninsula will experience the wall

[crazycajuncane]

"Violent winds outside the station, it really is something... the winds are howling and the impact of Dean are being felt here in Jamaica"

Also mentioned the power lines look like they may be going down soon!

[Zardoz]

This actually may be the worst case. Since the eye won't pass over the mountains it will maintain most of its intensity. The close approach to Jamaica however will allow the strong wings to the north of the eye to cause maximum destruction. I imagine that area is getting slammed by 175mph gusts. I expect the southern coast of Jamaica to be destroyed......MGC

Yes, it appears that this couldn't be any worse for the towns along the southern coast.