2010 and 2011 Tropical weather discussion

[redmanjp]

of course that 20% could change to Julia anytime and it already hitting us

[xtech]

Chaguramas full up with yachts this week..........

nice strong breeze here in Couva thunder now snap an shake up the place a little

[brickman]

Level thundershowers in p.o.s.Clubbing folk should take the night off.

[cinco]

level rain in central flooding along the SMR

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

epic rain just finished

more to come?

[cinco]

wow the rain started back here in chag as i type

[xtech]

what rain u guys seeing? Epic rain too.

Is only light drizzle here in Couva non-stop for 2 hours now

[novastar1]

Dry here in La Romaine

[cinco]

has rained all night here maybe stopped for 20 mins in between expecting epic traffic

[hustla_ambition101]

Finally, some rain to cool the place down

[Mark!]

rel rain in chaguanas

[redmanjp]

duane d met office didnt release a bulletin for that yellow circle that already affecting us? didnt see anything on their website

[hustla_ambition101]

Bulletin#2

Date: Thursday 09th of September 2010
ISSUED AT:05:45AM

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS ENHANCING SHOWERY
ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTER-TROPICAL
CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

Trinidad and Tobago experienced scattered showers
and isolated thundershowers during the course of
the night and early morning. Some of these
showers have been heavy, particularly in Northern
and Western areas of Trinidad. This rainfall
activity is expected to continue intermittently
throughout the day.



Downpours may lead to street/flash flooding and
further compound the situation in areas already
experiencing these conditions. Gusty winds
especially in areas of heavy
showers/thundershowers are also expected.




Residents in areas that are prone to street/flash
flooding and landslides/landslips are asked to be
vigilant and exercise caution.

Sea conditions may be disturbed, with waves
exceeding 2.5 metres in open waters and becoming
choppy in sheltered areas.



WE UNDERSCORE THAT AT THIS TIME TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO ARE NOT UNDER ANY TROPICAL STORM THREAT,
WATCH OR WARNING.

The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service is
closely monitoring this weather situation and will
issue another bulletin at 6:00 pm today or sooner
if the situation warrants.





C. Subrath-Ali
Meteorologist

[xtech]

MET Office is reactive. After people get rained on all night we get a bulletin to tell us what happened

[Hook]

^^^ lol who cares? would you have believed it if we said it would rain? I think I can find a quote from you that says "de weatherman said hot sun today so walk wit allyuh umbrellas"

Besides which, it's not a forecast, it's an information bulletin for expected conditions and to set the "storm watch" idiots straight...KYR.

[mitsu_chick941]

dat was some friggin rain this morning jed, yesterday evening in p/town too

was coming up mt. hope,thought the highway was gonna be flooded yes...thank god it cleared up

[White CZ4A]

any more rain and that river by trintrac there gonna overflow and flood chase village.

looked pretty high this morning.

[Alexy]

RAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
:O
(penal, debe....)

[apple]

sando dry

hi Hook

[M_2NR]

Ulyuh we under "storm" watch?

seeing this on CNC3 FB Alerts and this is from NHC

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml

[beatrix is back]

Visit the odpm updates website...and on facebook...they said we not under a storm watch up to 25 mins ago

http://www.news.gov.tt/index.php?news=5255
http://www.news.gov.tt/index.php?category=23

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trincity/ ... =ts&v=wall

....

[xtech]

yeah we watching a storm form over us so yeah we have to watch. hahahhaa....tell alluh bosses storm dey here

^^^ lol who cares? would you have believed it if we said it would rain? I think I can find a quote from you that says "de weatherman said hot sun today so walk wit allyuh umbrellas"

Besides which, it's not a forecast, it's an information bulletin for expected conditions and to set the "storm watch" idiots straight...KYR.

lol.........like ah mash ah big toe down at d MET office.

I remember when I said that an I was talking about the TV6 Weather man. An it did rain an flood out that day eh.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ we are NOT under any storm watch

ODPM updated their status on facebook to say that we are not under any tropical storm watch or warning.

There is an area of low pressure over T&T that is connected to the ITCZ which is expected to bring alot of rain. However there is NO STORM WATCH

[M_2NR]

lol hence the "storm" watch

[hustla_ambition101]

All it takes is for one idiot to say storm coming bai and next ting grocery pack, gas station pack and everybody panic buying

[apple]

*makes disaster list....crix, tea, candles, milk, matches, tin sausage, panadol*

[Hook]

lol.........like ah mash ah big toe down at d MET office.

I remember when I said that an I was talking about the TV6 Weather man. An it did rain an flood out that day eh.

lol...YOU cyar mash my toe pallie...just make an effort to understand what you're looking at before you pass judgement


moving on now...

All it takes is for one idiot to say storm coming bai and next ting grocery pack, gas station pack and everybody panic buying

Correct...and that idiot was on the air on [insert radio station close to the high end of the FM band here] *stewps*
apparently he went on about some crap about some "tropical cyclone" that's supposed to affect us...sheit spread like wildfire and next thing you know, our phones were ringing like crazy after lunch for that nonsense...I find myself more and more desirable of a career in climatology and away from forecasting every time this happens 1sigh

PLEASE ppl, take your weather information direct from the source...not facebook, not BBM (don't call, text or BBM me either...you're not gonna get any special top-secret weather information), not the service station attendant, not your favourite forum troll, not that person next to you in line at the bank, not the lady wrapping your roti and now apparently not even the media, since we can't trust some of them to disseminate the information we provide without putting their own spin on it

Let's all try to be a little more intelligent about this.

http://metoffice.gov.tt

[apple]

Hook is the the badjohn weather man

[redmanjp]

the low is just staying directly over us- if NHC raise it to like 70% or more chance of developing then it might make sense to issue a storm watch-otherwise it go become a storm and we wont have prior notice since it already here- and we already at the very peak of the season

[wagonrunner]

sky is red here in la romaine.
light drizzle, with lightening.

freehand thing.