The official tropical weather thread - 2013

[K74T]

Gloomy in Santa Flora with light rumbles of thunder, showers be near.

[SRASC]

Looks like it went more south than I thought & dissipated

[moving]

some one spilled oil all over st anns road going to the savannah, some oil on savannah also.... road is wet and slippery

[pete]

Still sunny in Port of Spain

[Hook]

The ITCZ in an apparent oscillation around 10N, so "it" will appear to move up and down for a few more days.
Forecasters expect it to decrease slightly by Wednesday, which could lead to a moderate ITCZ in patches by weekend. An improvement over last weekend.

[pioneer]

sun beamin here

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

@ODPM_TT: TTMET warns of increased rainfall due to an Active ITCZ during next 24-48 hrs. http://t.co/EweEERJRIE


@ODPM_TT: @ODPM_TT has put the 1st responder agencies (TT FireService, TT DefenceForce and the municipal corporations) on alert to assist if required.

[PariaMan]

Looks like it breakin up!

[pioneer]

https://www.facebook.com/cnewslive?hc_location=timeline

Scroll down, some dumbass asking what is ITCZ and a wk responds

People enno what is google, or is facebook the end all for trini information?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

No power from Endeavour to Munroe Rd.

T&TEC says Endeavour will be without power for the next 3-4 hours

[troublemaker]

Power back in monroe rd abt an hr now

[Aaron 2NR]

im on the south east cost and not seeing any unusual weather

[gunsmoke]

no power in the east.

[Hook]

^^^ how east is your east? cuz my east have power normel

[speedist]

Had some heavy showers with high wind in San Juan around 2pm. Everything calm now. Power normal throughout.

[pioneer]

My UPS reading 115v volts normal

[volcanosnowstorm]

Look like rise (Chaguanas) still have no power. Doors open, inside black and people still limin strong! Big up d Monday vibes!

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Still no power in Endeavour

[Morpheus]

Calm in Arouca atm

[volcanosnowstorm]

Power back on here (Chaguanas)

[Team2lo2flo]

Power came back my me about 1 hr ago( Lange Park), however the other half of Lange park and parts of Montrose who had electricity earlier are now without power..

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

I just drove around. Parts of Rodney Road and Lange Park to the south all the way to Caroni Savannah Rd to the west and parts of Munroe Rd to the north and parts of Cunupia to the east are still without power.

The layout of the grid is very confusing. There are houses on Rodney Rd with power while all the houses around them are without and even one or two random street lights on on the middle of a large area of darkness.

[Team2lo2flo]

hmm, indeed very strange..

I heard that they may be switching grids again within an hour or 2... so some folks may get cut or restored with power *crosses fingers *

[ShaolinStreet]

this has disrupted business badly today .. has the authorities put out an official statement ?

[rfari]

this has disrupted business badly today .. has the authorities put out an official statement ?

Heard on the news that ttec is in 'emergency blabla mode' and has put all hands on deck to normalise the service.

[utamramnanan]

Lower part of Endeavour still has no power...This is rubbish I can't sleep without a/c or a fan self

[joker]

contraband on the inside ... power within 1 hr.

[goalpost]

I just drove around. Parts of Rodney Road and Lange Park to the south all the way to Caroni Savannah Rd to the west and parts of Munroe Rd to the north and parts of Cunupia to the east are still without power.

The layout of the grid is very confusing. There are houses on Rodney Rd with power while all the houses around them are without and even one or two random street lights on on the middle of a large area of darkness.

The distribution grid is split up into different feeders. Probably the affected feeder ended right on Rodney Road while those that have power are most likely on a separate feeder which is not affected. The feeders are separated by a normally open switch which kinda looks like claws on top of the pole. I am not familiar with the grid specific to Central but generally that's the layout.

The random street lights on is a different story by itself though. Not sure how that's happening.

[shogun]

Every time i pick up my beanie to head out the door, for a ride on the bicycle (exercise), it starts to drizzle. Like EVERY time. See!!.. it just happened again.

Rain playin' with me, oui.

[speedist]

Got nuthin in San Juan. Place humid like crap doh.