29 Jun Fri 2018

Tropical Report

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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Forecaster Roberts

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Fri Jun 29 2018

For the eastern North Pacific…east of 140 degrees west longitude:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Emilia, located several hundred miles southwest of the
southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of
low pressure located several hundred miles south of Acapulco,
Mexico, continue to become better organized. Environmental
conditions are forecast to be conducive for development over the
next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form
over the weekend, well south of the coast of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…high…70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…90 percent.

2. A tropical wave is forecast to move over the far eastern Pacific by
Saturday. Environmental conditions should support gradual
development after that time while the system moves westward to
west-northwestward, south of Central America and Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…30 percent.

Forecaster Roberts

Weather in Cayman

SYNOPSIS

Light winds and slight seas are expected across the Cayman area over the next 24 hours in association with a weak pressure gradient across the northwest Caribbean. Radar images show isolated showers around the Cayman area slowly drifting towards the west.

Sunshine just makes the day a little better, but it can also cause sunburns. Check the UV Report below to be prepared

Humidity: 89%  (UP from yesterday)

UV: 11.3   EXTREME  (UP from yesterday)

Temperature: Today’s current temperature – Not available.  See weather forecast top right of website.  Yesterday: H 91.0°F  L 77.7°F

Wind direction TODAY: ESE 5-10 mph GC

Wind direction TONIGHT: E 5-10 mph GC

Barometer: 1016.30 mb  Steady  Rain:   Last month: 11.49 in    Last 24 hrs 0.18 This month:  0.89 in  3 days since rain 6 rain days in June

2017 Season Total:  62.94 in      2018 Season Total: 17.46 in

Average Yearly Rainfall 56.20 in (Note: National Weather Service 2017 Season Total – measured at Owen Roberts Airport GT – was 59.32 in)

All readings are from SOUTH SOUND.

Average rainfall in June 7.2 in.  Average temperature in June: 77°F to 90°F

Sea Temperature in June 82°F

 

Moon illumination: 98% Waning Gibbous