TS Watch PR from Hazard Management and Storm advisory preparedness from Post Office, RCIPS
TROPICAL STORM WATCH At 10 a.m. on Sunday August 5th, Tropical Storm Ernesto was located near Latitude 15.0N and Longitude 77.1W or 409 miles South East of George Town, Grand Cayman. Minimum central pressure is 1006 MB. Maximum sustained are…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto
From the NHC Tropical Storm Ernesto discussion number 5 Although satellite images show that the cloud pattern of the cyclone is not that well organized…an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft found SFMR-measured surface winds of about 45 kt over…
Tropical depression Five may be heading for the Cayman Islands
Tropical Depression #5 Will Affect Barbados & The Lesser Antilles Tonight Through Friday Thursday, August 2, 2012 5:28 am by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather Tropical Depression #5: Invest 99L was upgraded to Tropical Depression # 5 late yesterday afternoon…
Invest 99L Slowly Becoming More Organized
Invest 99L Slowly Becoming More Organized & May Develop Into Tropical Storm Ernesto & Affect Barbados, The Southern Leeward Islands & The Windward Islands On Saturday Placed Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:55 am by Rob Lightbown www.crownweather.com Invest 99L, which…
Disturbed weather out in the Atlantic, Invest 99L needs to be watched
Rob Lightbown of Crownweather.com warned on Monday (30) of: “… a fairly robust tropical wave that is located over the northern Leeward Islands early this afternoon. This system is producing some very squally weather with wind gusts of 60 to…
Tropical Atlantic Remains Quiet As Two Hurricanes Churn In The Eastern Pacific
Rob Lighbown of Crown Weather says: The tropical Atlantic has absolutely nothing to keep an eye on this morning. On the weather map this morning, a frontal boundary is expected to continue sinking southward across the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United…
Latest extended range forecast predicts 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have reduced activity.
Research Scientist Philip Klotzbach and Professor Emeritius of Atmospheric Science William Gray have published their latest extended range forecast for the 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season, and it is good news for us here in the Cayman Islands. The reason…
Record July temperatures expected for USA. Tropics quiet
There are at the time of writing this (Wed July 4) portions of 17 states in America under heat advisories for dangerously high temperatures. Last Friday (June 29) there was an incredible derecho event that left over 1.4 million people…
Weather Underground sold to The Weather Channel
Dr. Jeff Masters has announced on his Weather Underground web site that, “After 17 years as an independent company, Weather Underground has been sold, and will now be part of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC.)” In 1995, when the newly…
Tropical Storm Debby
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK WITH THIS ADVISORY. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST NO LONGER BRINGS DEBBY WESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND INSTEAD KEEPS THE CYCLONE MEANDERING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF FOR THE NEXT…
