The official tropical weather thread 2020

[SLVR1]

Same here is Santa Cruz. Heavy on and off.

[K74T]

Siparia too

[matix]

Came from south to north and is level rain in we mc... Intermittently

[MG Man]

yup, not a good day to have your convertible parked in central

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

ITCZ moving across Trinidad, looks like continued rain into tonight

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Far east looking like our dams could be filled by wknd

[rspann]

Water like that! reservoirs full and no water problems.

[aaron17]

Axis?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Started off as a bright sunny morning, but thunder rolling in Chaguanas right now with intermittent showers. Last shower about 30mins ago was pretty heavy and winds were gusty.

[MG Man]

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

[bluefete]

That metoffice website is the worse. Takes ages to load (if at all).


Try TT Weather Centre:

Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center
10 mins ·
The Adverse Weather Alert is now in effect for Trinidad *and* Tobago, beginning 12:00 PM today through 2:00 PM tomorrow.

The alert was updated at 10:00 AM by the TTMS to include Tobago and update the start time of the event

[cornfused]

Constant showers for most of the day thus far.

Any updates on the dams and water storage?

[abbow]

Did anyone verify if those WASA operated dams dont have leaks to?

[mitch1980]

Constant showers for most of the day thus far.

Any updates on the dams and water storage?

I think rain not falling there as "WASA said the reserves were still quite low"

[matthewmazda]

Wtf i have to spray some grass tomorrow

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Adverse Weather Alert #1 - Yellow Level
Adverse Weather
Sat, Aug 17, 2019 4:00 AM to Sat, Aug 17, 2019 12:00 PM

Periods of heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely. Street or flash flooding and landslips may occur in areas that are susceptible and it is also likely for winds to gust in excess of 55km/hr.

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

[fokhan_96]

WTF with all these "adverse weather warnings" ? ... Don't get it. Since when has rain become an extraordinary event? Since when has rain become abnormal in the rainy season? Is it that EVERY time rain is forcast they going to send out these silly warnings? It's just a matter of time people get unfazed by these warnings. And when an actual extraordinary rain event is forcast people would be caught with their pants down.

[hydroep]

^They're probably on edge because they don't want to get blamed for being delinquent in case there's a catastrophe like last year's flooding...

[Rovin]

in chaguanas today was hot sun , not ah drop of rain ....

[redmanjp]

^They're probably on edge because they don't want to get blamed for being delinquent in case there's a catastrophe like last year's flooding...

they did have a warning in effect before that event though. the thing is what would be normal rain in any other country causes flood in ours due to the state of our drainage systems, littering, etc., hence the alerts

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

WTF with all these "adverse weather warnings" ? ... Don't get it. Since when has rain become an extraordinary event? Since when has rain become abnormal in the rainy season? Is it that EVERY time rain is forcast they going to send out these silly warnings? It's just a matter of time people get unfazed by these warnings. And when an actual extraordinary rain event is forcast people would be caught with their pants down.

Each warning has an alert level attached to it
They can issue a warning for a low impact or high impact event.
An orange or red alert will be far more severe.

[pugboy]

The main warning last year was actually the week before,
We got a few days of steady rain but no flooding so they ain't say nothing much
And then a few days heavy rain the week after was the straw that broke the camel back.

they put out warnings based on rainfall but seem to ignore the ground saturation conditions from prior rainfall.

Now they sending warning for slightest sneeze to cover they arse

^They're probably on edge because they don't want to get blamed for being delinquent in case there's a catastrophe like last year's flooding...

they did have a warning in effect before that event though. the thing is what would be normal rain in any other country causes flood in ours due to the state of our drainage systems, littering, etc., hence the alerts

[fokhan_96]

Not ah drop ah rain in central

[PariaMan]

from the satellite it has passed us already

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Saw my folks watching seigonne last night...I tell them, everything she saying the opposite gonna happen..

Her: its gonna be windy and the real weather gonna come in around 4AM..street and flash flooding highly expected even landslips...

This morning: sun blazing like we in the dry season still.

[Rockram]

Rio Claro > Clear Blue Sky and Hot Sun

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

It’s already north of us

[sMASH]

The main warning last year was actually the week before,
We got a few days of steady rain but no flooding so they ain't say nothing much
And then a few days heavy rain the week after was the straw that broke the camel back.

they put out warnings based on rainfall but seem to ignore the ground saturation conditions from prior rainfall.

Now they sending warning for slightest sneeze to cover they arse

^They're probably on edge because they don't want to get blamed for being delinquent in case there's a catastrophe like last year's flooding...

they did have a warning in effect before that event though. the thing is what would be normal rain in any other country causes flood in ours due to the state of our drainage systems, littering, etc., hence the alerts

Hoss slightest ting? I expecting rain like that from 4 am, but u could bake chicken outside since 7 am...

They are absolutely wrong, again.

They put out the warnibv yesterday, last nite I watch the first page maps. Me eh see one arse that would lead to their warning,

But I say in my mind, they probably know more than me, so that's what lead them to that.


They was right Thursday though. Intermittent overcast but solid storm that blew off rooves

[sMASH]

But I would not put them on blast. They were tardy last year. This year they seem overly cautious. Probably next year they could dial it in a Lil better.

[hydroep]

Met office wuk is embarrassing wuk. With all the advances in technology mother nature does still manage to fork up their forecasts.

On the plus side it's one of the few jobs where no one will fire you for getting it wrong...