Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tracy Rubottom Kaltenbacher, taken Monday she called it “The Calm Before the Storm.”The storm will indeed pass by, especially this evening into tomorrow morning. At 8 a.m. we can see a decent core of storms to our east. If this gets tropical rotation, the worstContinue reading “October 18, 2024”
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October 16, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Katy Pandy in Flowers Bay and show what I believe to be white herons taking refuge in a tree from the rain. Katy said islanders called these birds long-necked gollens. The storm we are watching for Friday into Saturday is starting to look aContinue reading “October 16, 2024”
October 15, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Regina Alpaugh and shows a full moon over Tita’s Pink Seahorse in West End. Don’t forget the most-liked photos will compete Nov. 1 for $50 in Café Rubio coffee. We are moving back into full moon phase, but we might not get to seeContinue reading “October 15, 2024”
October 11, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tim Blanton and shows sunrise at CocoView.Over the next week we will see some peaks of sunshine but a lot more rain. On the bright side, we were only 84 degrees most of the day yesterday with dewpoints around 70. That is quite comfortableContinue reading “October 11, 2024”
October 10, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Glory Cone in Lucy Point and shows a thundershower a week ago over the mainland. Over the weekend and into next week we will see plenty of rain and perhaps a few thundershowers.Don’t forget that the winner of photo of the month wins $50Continue reading “October 10, 2024”
October 8, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. No photo of the day today because we are watching a lot of activity. Hurricane Milton is about 500 miles to our northwest, but it is packing a punch and pushing our winds from the west around 15-20 mph and seas north and west sides around 4 feet. We will continueContinue reading “October 8, 2024”
September 2024 rainfall
We are putting Sandy Bay’s 7.05 inches in the record books for September, which is 2.2 inches above average for September. With a rainy forecast for the next two weeks it looks like October will be a typically wet month to begin rainy season, which goes through January. On a side note, a lot ofContinue reading “September 2024 rainfall”
October 7, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Matt Harper and shows some cirrus clouds. These high, wispy clouds usually mean fair weather, but when there are a lot of them, it can mean a cold front is on the way. We are waiting for a cold front and also the effectsContinue reading “October 7, 2024”
October 5, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Cesar Gonzalez Sr. and shows sunrise as seen from Pristine Bay looking east.We had a storm around 1:30 a.m. that gave most of us a good soaking. We are steadying ourselves after an earthquake and looking forward to cooler temps from a norther. Here are the rainfallContinue reading “October 5, 2024”
October 4, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Matt Harper in Saint Helene looking over toward the mainland. Often we get a clear morning after a rainy night. Last night around 10 p.m. many of us caught a thundershower that gave us around a tenth of an inch. This morning things areContinue reading “October 4, 2024”
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