Good morning Bay Islands. Hurricane Beryl moved a little north of predictions and hit the island of Cozumel dead on. It had around 115 mph winds when it hit there, and is now entering the mainland of Yucatan at 100 mph. It is expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten Deep SouthContinue reading “July 5, 2024”
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July 4, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. you would be forgiven for thinking that the storm you are looking at is three storms. This is the degradation of Hurricane Beryl due to shear that we’ve been talking about all week. The actual center of the storm is the part southwest of George Town, Grand Cayman and according toContinue reading “July 4, 2024”
July 3, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Hurricane Beryl is about to strike Jamaica this afternoon and I’m afraid Kingston will take a direct hit from its 145 mph winds. Beryl is somewhat weaker than it was at its peak of 165 mph. We will start seeing minor effects this afternoon with a switch in our winds toContinue reading “July 3, 2024”
July 2, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. We are at a very strange moment in our relationship with Hurricane Beryl. It is a Category 5 monster south of Puerto Rico, heading into our section of the Western Caribbean, but it is also forecast to go north of us and weaken considerably. In a lot of ways it is hardContinue reading “July 2, 2024”
July 1, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. I’m going to suspend the photo of the day until the storm threat has passed, but later this morning I will post the poll so you can vote on June’s photo of the month. The headlines today: Hurricane Beryl will pass through Grenada within a couple of hours as a categoryContinue reading “July 1, 2024”
June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris
The good news is that the storm is trending in the right direction for us — northward. We are now on the very southern edge of the cone of uncertainty. It is not impossible for it to come our way, but chances are good it passes north of us, gives us some moderate westerly winds on ThursdayContinue reading “June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris”
June 30, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. We aren’t going to do a photo of the day, but tomorrow will be the contest for the winner of a free dive at Sandy Bay Divers. Here are the headlines: 1. I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday that we will not take a direct hit. ItContinue reading “June 30, 2024”
June 29, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of they day comes from Ignacio Zapata, taken from a window at Arihini Tower on West Bay Road. It shows a classic cumulus cloud along with the downpour underneath. We had some of these downpours yesterday as our tropical wave passed over. We should have decreasing clouds today asContinue reading “June 29, 2024”
June 28, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Phil Sikora got this rainbow yesterday over Carib Bight and we had the better chance of seeing one on the east side of the island, with most of us getting about 2/3 of an inch yesterday. West Bay and West End practically missed out with .10 of an inch while SandyContinue reading “June 28, 2024”
June 25, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. our photo of the day is a very red sunset from West Bay by Milena Štefaniková. We have a bit of Saharan dust overhead so we may see some more brilliant sunrises and sunsets the next day or two, but the big news is that we have a potential tropical stormContinue reading “June 25, 2024”
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