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Abajan, please keep us posted.........

#1 Postby dixiebreeze » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:06 am

about developing TD 2. Take care in the Islands.
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#2 Postby abajan » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:23 am

Wilco, dixie.

At the moment the weather is fair and hazy with the only indication that there's something amiss being that local winds seem a little weaker than normal.
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#3 Postby dixiebreeze » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:59 am

abajan wrote:Wilco, dixie.

At the moment the weather is fair and hazy with the only indication that there's something amiss being that local winds seem a little weaker than normal.


Oh yes. How well I recall that precursor of Hurricane Elena. Calmer winds, etc. Stay safe and alert.
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#4 Postby abajan » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:05 pm

Things have changed quite dramatically since my last report. It's now overcast with periods of heavy showers accompanied by some strong gusts from the NE.

Heck, it's now getting heavy again!
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#5 Postby abajan » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:20 pm

Now we're getting bright lightning and loud thunder. Sorry but I'll have to shut this computer down. Will report later.
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#6 Postby yoda » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:22 pm

OK... STAY SAFE!!! :eek: :eek: :D
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#7 Postby cycloneye » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:22 pm

Abajan stay safe.
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#8 Postby HurricaneGirl » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:38 pm

Yes! :eek: :uarrow:
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#9 Postby HurricaneLover » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:56 pm

first feeder bands from the depression.
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#10 Postby Pebbles » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:27 pm

adding stay safe thoughts!
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#11 Postby PTrackerLA » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:48 pm

Stay safe down there...you'll probably be getting tropical storm force winds around there tomorrow morning.
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#12 Postby abajan » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:28 pm

Thanks for all your concerns for my safety, guys!

Well, funny thing is, soon after I shut down my computer the weather improved considerably but it's lightly overcast. It's not raining now and there's almost no wind. However, judging from the latest satellite pix, looks like there's more heavy stuff headed my way.

I'll keep you updated from time to time.
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#13 Postby dixiebreeze » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:33 pm

abajan wrote:Thanks for all your concerns for my safety, guys!

Well, funny thing is, soon after I shut down my computer the weather improved considerably but it's lightly overcast. It's not raining now and there's almost no wind. However, judging from the latest satellite pix, looks like there's more heavy stuff headed my way.

I'll keep you updated from time to time.


Glad to hear you report in to S2K, Abajan. TD 2 is looking pretty pertinent late this afternoon, so take care! :)
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#14 Postby TerryAlly » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:40 pm

Things look much worse on satellite than on the ground in Barbados. Abajan is located on the western side of the island, I am on the east (not that Barbados is that big but when it rains it makes a difference).

I've had three brief showers - heard one rumble of thunder in the distance.

My wife is on a church excursion to the north of the island and they have had one brief downpour. She called recently to say that the black clouds were moving in again but they were not aborting their excursion (today is a holiday as was yesterday).

As you know by now Saint Lucia issued a storm warning and tomorrow I will chat with colleagues there to see what's happening. At any rate we usually publish damage reports from the islands at http://www.cdera.org/ - but these reports only cover 16 Caribbean states which are members of our organisation.

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#15 Postby abajan » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:57 pm

It's been raining steadily for the past 20 minutes or so (I think, because I was sleeping and was awakened by its sound). Despite the presentation on the IR satallite pix, it's not particularly heavy yet but there are some flashes of lightning and a bit of distant thunder.

Anyway, I've got a pretty busy day tomorrow and really need to catch up on my zzz's so this will be my last report for the night.

Goodnight...
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#16 Postby SwampDawg » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:57 am

Be Safe! let us know what happens tomorrow
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#17 Postby abajan » Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:41 am

Oh well, all's well that ends well :)

By the time I got to bed (about 15 minutes after my last post) the rain had got heavier, the lightning brighter and more frequent and the thunder louder.

I awoke yesterday morning to overcast conditions with light rain but no thunder and lightning. Conditions improved progressively throughout the day with a few showers from time to time.

Barbados as a whole feared quite well with only some minor flooding in a few places and no wind damage that I know of.
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#18 Postby TerryAlly » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:03 am

There was a freak incident last night - early hours of this morning with very strong winds on the northeast of the island which left one house roof-less ... seems like a microburst.

We had just over one inch of rain from TD2 while St Vincent to the west of Barbados recorded 10 inches of rain which closed the island's airport as the runway was covered with debris from the floods.
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