The Official Tropical Weather Thread 2022

[fokhan_96]

Seeing some nice weather coming in from the east. Wonder if the met office would put out an alert today or wait until rain start falling then put out the alert after the weather passes.

[bluefete]

Seeing some nice weather coming in from the east. Wonder if the met office would put out an alert today or wait until rain start falling then put out the alert after the weather passes.

Might be mitigated by Saharan dust.

[brickman]

Raining like a mofo outside,have to shout when you talk it's so loud.Anyone see the sunrise this morning?Place was looking like blade runner with the red/orange sky.

[Dizzy28]

^ Sunsets as well....yesterday afternoon/evening took my son out to ride his bike and he was asking why the sky so red. This was around 6.40pm.

And yea here in Tunapuna rain like that. Reg Corp did some drain cleanings lat month (my Uncle who lives next door basically had to go beg at the TPRC's office) and it seems to be reaping benefit as no water in coming in my yard like they normally do with rain at this intensity and duration.

[bluefete]

Raining like a mofo outside,have to shout when you talk it's so loud.Anyone see the sunrise this morning?Place was looking like blade runner with the red/orange sky.

Somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind, this comes from the colonial scouting days:

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.
Red sky at morning, shepherd's warning.

Is it true?

https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/is- ... s-delight/

Is there any truth behind the saying ‘red sky at night, shepherd’s delight’?

This old wives’ tale may help us to predict clear skies or stormy weather ahead depending on the colour of the sky at dusk and dawn.

By Alexandra Franklin-Cheung

This saying can be traced back as far as the Bible – and a red sunset does typically presage clear skies the following day.

However, this only holds true in regions where weather systems mostly travel from west to east, which includes most mid-latitude areas such as the UK.

During the daytime, the sky appears blue because dust and particles in the atmosphere mostly scatter the blue portion of sunlight. When the Sun is low on the horizon, however, the sunlight passes through more air than when it’s higher in the sky. This means that by the time the light reaches us, most of the blue light has been scattered away from our line of sight – leaving the oranges and reds.

A particularly red sky results from high atmospheric pressure, where particles are more highly concentrated and more blue light is scattered. A red sunset therefore usually means that there’s an area of high pressure (which is associated with clear skies) approaching from the west.

If, on the other hand, you observe a red sunrise (ie, in the east), it suggests that a high pressure area has already passed overhead and is moving away. Lower pressure air will soon take its place, bringing rain or even storms – hence the phrase’s companion, “red sky at morning, shepherd’s warning”.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Tropical Wave 16 affecting T&T now

[ruffneck_12]

ey allyuh it raining

hearing thunder, very scare

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Adverse weather alert when it pass?

[Habit7]

Seigonie never warned us about this.

[rexsmith]

how aranguez, boundary road and El Socorro road looking

[pugboy]

they rely on the foreign reports

but the foreign reports dont really care about this type of weather, they more concerned with actual storms.
last week seigonie and them bumping they gum 5 days in advance..........

Seigonie never warned us about this.

[Chimera]

nuff flood in aranguez

[shake d livin wake d dead]

We getting more rain as opposed to what met office told us to expect from Elsa's feederbands!!

[fokhan_96]

Don't really quote myself but...

Seeing some nice weather coming in from the east. Wonder if the met office would put out an alert today or wait until rain start falling then put out the alert after the weather passes.

[rexsmith]

Piarco getting dark again, heavy rainfall again

[Habit7]

Seigonie never warned us about this.

like we have a funer

[Soul Collector]

Piarco getting dark again, heavy rainfall again

Same for Curepe in the last hour... not as heavy as earlier but steady. A next cup of tea is needed!

[matr1x]

Real lightning in the gulf

[Musical Doc]

http://www.metoffice.gov.tt/early_warning

Issued the alert 5 mins before it should start lol

[shake d livin wake d dead]

playing it safe

[meccalli]

Some serious gusts right about now.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

“There is a high chance (80%) of wind gusts in excess of 55 km/hr in the vicinity of showers and thunderstorms associated with the passage of Tropical Wave 17. Street flooding is also likely in heavy downpours.” according to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service. This “alert” status takes into account the possibility of the event occurring. This adverse weather event is likely.

[sMASH]

le dogs and le cats be fighting on their way down.

is like we have areal flooding.

[Gladiator]

Real hard breeze in the East... almost like TS Brett. All my plants blow away and gone by the neighbour...

[Musical Doc]

reports of flooding in debe main rd. Heavy in sando area right now

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Reportedly happened in Toco

[Dizzy28]

Just went to look outside. A coconut tree maybe about houses away was seeing real pressure. This is epic wind.

[bluefete]

Wind real blowing in Mt. Lambert / Mt. Hope / Champs Fleurs.

Only hearing galvanize knocking.

First time in a long time I am experiencing wind like this.

[Kronik]

Reportedly happened in Toco

Damn!!! Wonder if he selling the grill and headlights

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Hilux- matura
Axio- macoya