Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Phil Sikora in Caribe Bight at sunset.
We continue to get rain at the pace of about an inch a day. That doesn’t look like it will change as we get into the week ahead, and we have a little norther coming Friday.
Here is the latest on Hurricane Melissa. This morning it has 140 mph sustained winds, a category 4. It hasn’t strengthened much this morning and we will have to wait to see if it reaches Cat5 by tomorrow night when it is expected to strike almost directly at Kingston, a city of over a million people. Tuesday night a somewhat weaker, but still strong hurricane will strike Santiago, Cuba, a city of over half a million, as well as the US base at Guantanamo, which has largely been evacuated.
If there is a bright side, it seems that this storm is very compact, and the northwest side, including Montego, might not get the brunt of the storm. I have some friends in the Montego area, and I’m hoping they might escape the worst of Melissa.
As for effects on our weather, the waves we were worried about, don’t look too bad. We are dealing with 3 foot seas north side, and at its worst, we shouldn’t see more than 4-5 foot seas this evening through Monday.
As the storm moves up the Atlantic, to the east of the US East Coast, it will pull down northerly winds, including a little norther on Friday that could bring 20-30 mph gusts and 5 foot seas north side. Of course, as with any norther, this will continue to bring the rain through the week. Have a great Sunday!
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