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- Weather Barbados
  • From: <markbgi at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:50:49 -0400
Its the third straight day of afternoon rain in Barbados. Tuesday and Wednesday saw flooding in the northern parishes whilst the south remained sunny and dry. Unlike yesterday (Wednesday) the met office has issued no flood watches or warnings for central & northern Barbados. Light rain in the north right now but ive just been from the airport and it has been scattered showers between the south and here in the north.
 
Thunder can be heard coming from the north of the island and fork-lightning  can be observed off the north west coast.
 
Mark

- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:28:39 -0400
I agree with the posting from Bonaire - in all the years I have lived in Barbados - 11 now - I cannot remember an August that has been so hot and sticky and humid and windless - down right uncomfortable. No wind hardly day or night.. today we had heat thunder for at least 4 hours but nothing came of it - and now the dusk is here and again nothing moving. Tourists must be loving this weather especially down at the beach. Too hot for me......


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:43:04 -0400
These past few days the heat has been exceptional but today takes the cake. The "breeze" if one can call it that is out of the SSW - and it is so HOT and uncomfortable with the humidy. Deffinately a beach day!!


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:49:04 -0400
Jeff Masters writes that 3 of the 4 computer models agree that there is something serious developing out in the Atlantic around Tuesday that should reach the Antillies Friday/Saturday. Checking out my North Atlantic Wave Height Web site, projected computer models also show that this is probably the first really big ?? - (we don't know yet)so far for Barbados anyway, and we should monitor its path very carefully.


- It's raining!
  • From: "Dondonqt" <dondonqt at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:41:33 -0400
Well I was supposed to be going to the Emancipation Celebrations this afternoon and to the Finals tonight, but it looks like I will be staying at home with the radio and the TV. Here in St. Thomas we can see the rain coming across the gully and guage when to send the kids out to get the laundry off the line just before a downfall. This morning we didn't have a chance. It really came down hard and fast! The dryer will get a workout today.
 
It's still raining and it looks like this is an all day affair. OOH! Just heard thunder. The wind kicks up from seemingly all directions just before the downpours, making it a game for the kids to guess which windows to close and which can remain open.
 
All in all, lovely day to stay indoors.
Donna  

- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:01:35 -0400
Ok - So.. I don't remember the weatherman calling for what we are experiencing right this minute. In fact for the last 15 minutes. There is a minor hurricane blowing out there - with the winds whipping and spraying the rain off the roofs in all directions. The wind was coming from the east but now I have the south windows locked up too as it started to come through those. I see no traffic on the road in front of me - although to be honest I can hardly see the road for the rain. The satellite is still showing a very large blob still to pass over us - NOT a good day for the beach and family picnics as today in Barbados as it is a National Holiday Emancipation Day - leading into tomorrow with our Crop-over festival celebrations. Another holiday on Monday. I hear thunder now and the rain is subsiding a bit. Happy to be indoors.


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:24:33 -0400
Absolutely wonderful weather today in Barbados. Decided to play tourist and took my chair, drink and book down to the beach. Have to do this more often. Sun, sand and azure blue waters - perfect.....


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:12:14 -0400
One of the many web sites I use in the Hurricane Season is Stormsurf for wave heights. I have found them to be fairly realiable. They give a 7 day forecast of the Atlantic as the waves are subjected to winds. They are showing as of now by Thursday night of next week, as far as they can project yet, at 35W - 17N there is a doozy of a storm that has brewed as it came from Africa and according to the direction of the swells it is heading directly for the Caribean islands. I shall keep watching it's path and hopefully it will dissipate before reaching us.


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:12:38 -0400
The wind that we have has turned completely around from this afternoon from NNE to SE. The skies are cloudy with peek-aboos from the nearly full moon. No more rain or anything.... looking at the satellite we could have some showers overnight and the weatherman is calling for more rain tomorrow. We shall see....


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:55:39 -0400
The satellite all day has looked really ominous for Barbados- but in essence we have had some downpours here in the Rockley area but nothing like I thought we were in for. Saying that we still have the night to get through so we shall still be on our guard. No wind at present, no rain, just sticky and grey.


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:46:18 -0400
I think Barbados is in for a very very wet and noisy day according to the mass that is on our doorstep. At the moment it is brillant sunshine and fine rain falling. A couple of very large beautiful rainbows in the South. There is no wind. I will report later when the tropical wave gets here and we shall see what it has in store for us.


- Barbados Update
  • From: Glenn Bascombe <bajanweather at live.com>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:37:40 -0200
"I can see clearly now the  rain is gone!!"  Some would recognise the words  of that song.
Thought those words might have a very applicable meaning this morning as the bright sunshine has returned and all of yesterday's clouds and rain has faded away. There is a bit of haze about and the winds are at quite a good clip in the vicinity of 20-25kts. Most likely a wind surge following the Tropical Wave that passed through yesterday.
Next Wave due in the vicinity in about 5 or 6 days time I think.
Until then it looks like "Fair to partly cloudy and breezy with a few scattered showers" would be a good bet for the forecast leading up to that time unless something changes quite quickly as can happen with the weather as we know so well. Guess we'll have to wait and see.


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- Rainfall at Genada
  • From: Glenn Bascombe <bajanweather at live.com>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:06:55 -0200
Could Nealon Newton over in Grenada please give us some indication of the amount of rainfall there over the last 24hrs.? Be glad to know.


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- Barbados Update
  • From: Glenn Bascombe <bajanweather at live.com>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:52:30 -0200
Numerous showers have been about all day. What a day of rain!! I have measured 24.6mm so far and it does not look like we are through this all yet. Seems like a few other islands may have been experiancing more activity than we have so far. Dominica, Martinque and Guadeloupe seemed to have had some activity during the past night while today it looks like it was Grenada, Tobago and Trinidad that bore the brunt of it today. The Wave likely had some support from the ITCZ in that area as well.
We're thankful for the rain and look forward to more!!!
Anybody from Grenada that can give us a report of what it has been like there today? We would be glad to hear.


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- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:20:36 -0400
It certainly did rain nearly all night, over 47 mm recorded at the airport and I sure other parts of the island including me received more than that. It is still raining off and on now but there are some breaks in the sky. I am not too sure about the cricket as the weatherman is calling for continuation of the tropical wave showers with possible thunder storms. But clearing this afternoon and wouldn't you know it - the next 7 days show 31 degrees, sunshine with scattered clouds.


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:04:04 -0400
It was threatening rain all day as we were under the influence of a tropical wave but we managed to get to about 4pm before we had our first showers. Thank Goodness as today was the first of cricket between the Australians and the West Indies, down at the Oval. By the time they stopped for tea - the showers must have started. But now we have lots and lots of straight down - no wind - falling rain and according to the satellite it will probably be here all night.


- Barbados
  • From: "PEQUENEZA,J" <sydmouth at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:03:34 -0400
Today for the first time it seems in months, we have had some welcome tropical rains. I used to have lovely grass but it all died with the heat and lack of rain - but tonight before darkness settled sprouts of green have already popped up AND also for the first time in as many months the tree frogs are actually out there singing their hearts out. I know in a couple of months from now I will be wishing the rain would disappear mainly because I have LOTS of dogs and they are constantly in and out of the house - but for the moment it a refreshing change to see everything clean and perky and have that dust that was everywhere washed away. Wishing everyone a safe hurricane season.


- Update from Barbados
  • From: Justin Browne <justincbrowne at hotmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:34:52 +0000
 well its the beginning of another year. Thank God we have all made it through! Here id hoping that we dont have many fatalities this year and that we are all ready or in the process of being ready.
Justin 
Barbados


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- Barbados Update
  • From: Glenn Bascombe <bajanweather at live.com>
  • Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 11:20:35 -0200
Just a tweak of moisture about early this morning resulting in a very brief passing shower about 5:30am. Likely associated with the weak Wave passing by south of us which had a small bulge of moisture pushing nothwards a bit as evidenced on the satellite photos. Only 0.3mm of rainfall was recorded by the rain guage.
Still a bit of instability about and it kinda looks like another brief shower or two may yet materialise. However as of now we have bright sunshine with us and chances look good for another warm sunny day on the island.
The instability should recede as the daytime continues to heat up and the Wave continues westwards.


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- Barbados Update
  • From: "Simplex Trading" <simplex at caribsurf.com>
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:11:34 -0400

Good morning from Barbados!!

We are in bright sunshine once again today as we have been for the past few days. No immediate sign of anything changing too soon either!! Conditions are holding quite stable.

We have been seeing a couple of early Tropical Waves but these so far have had little or no impact on Barbados. They have mostly been quite weak and have been keeping well south of us and colliding with the South America mainland. Most convective activity have been in conjunction with the ITCZ  between 5* and 8* North.

So anybody coming to see us within the next couple of days make sure you have plenty of suntan lotion in your bag!!!!!!


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