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Today was a warm and for the most part sunny day.The morning started out with some gray Altocumulus clouds,which is a cloud type I have not seen for some time. The clouds brought a eerie,dark look to the morning.It is usually white or gray, and often occurs in sheets or patches with wavy, rounded masses or rolls. Altocumulus often are seen preceding a cold front, and their presence on a warm, humid, summer morning frequently signals the development of thunderstorms later in the day.Which did not happen .As the day progressed they broke up and allowed some sun. Outside Mobay On the radar I am only seeing some spotty showers over the mountainous interior so the remainder of Jamaica was sunny. Across the region a strong cold front moved through the Northern Bahamas today.Freeport reported heavy rain and 24kt winds(27mph) . The temperature at my location (about 12 km east of Montego Bay)got up to 30.3 deg C(86.5 deg F) Which is the highest temperature this week.The low fell to a seasonal23.1 deg C(73.6 deg F) Forecast There is currently there is a surface trough to our nw which will move across northern parishes tomorrow. Monday Partly cloudy skies (surface trough)light showers over Western and Central parishes. Tuesday Partly Cloudy (cold front)showers over eastern parishes Wednesday Mainly sunny chance for showers over Central parishes. Thursday Mainly sunny Friday Mainly sunny Below 1st Typical altocumlus clouds 2nd Doppler radar of Jamaica 3rd 48 hr surface forecast ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
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For the last few days we have been having really quiet weather.Cloudless skies,little if no wind. The city (Montego Bay) is current hosting the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival,which has brought many vistors to our city. Forecast Last Week I mentioned a cold front would affect us on Saturday 27th(tommorrow).That cold Front has cleared the Cayman Islands and is currently just northwest of us. It is becoming stationery and will stay to our northwest. Saturday night the cold front will retreat north toward the Bahamas as a warm front. A new cold front will emerge off the Florida Coast Sunday .This cold front will move SEward and be just nw of Jamaica,Monday afternoon. For the next week.for partly cloudy conditions with an increased chance of showers Monday afternoon. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
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A warm welcome to our special correspondent Thea,Who was away for a couple weeks.Glad to have you back. Today was another great weather day in Montego Bay,but like the past couple of days the mornings started nippy in the low 20s(c),but by 9 a.m things are nice and pleasant around 27c. Our weather is currently been influenced by a high pressure system located over the north central Atlantic.Which will move into the Northeastern Atlantic tomorrow.It will be supplemented by a weaker but broad high pressure system now over the Central United States.It will move east,exiting the Virgina coast Sunday, then into the Southwest Atlantic between Bermuda and the Bahamas in the earlier part of next week. This will afford us moderate easterly trades ( wind) which will probably get stronger next week. Further down the road (includes changes to last monday's forecast) Computer Forecast models are suggesting that a series of Cold Fronts will move SEward into the Caribbean over the next couple of weeks. On Monday,I mentioned the first one which will affect us next Thursday and would reach as far as Puerto Rico in that weekend,The forecast models are NOW saying the cold front will enter the NW Caribbean on Friday and stall over Jamaica Next Saturday,So It seems us in the Western and Central Caribbean will be the only ones getting a taste of winter.We are expecting from this cold front light - moderate showers,strong northerly winds and cooler temperature Ill giving more info next week . The second expected to be arriving a two weeks from today. So for the next six days look for partly cloudy conditions with a 20% chance of scattered showers mainly early morning and in the afternoons. Huricane Like storm Grips Europe. source jeff masters blog Europe's strange winter weather continues to generate headlines, as a powerful low pressure system brought hurricane-force wind gusts to England, Germany, the Czech Republic, and many other European countries on Thursday. The powerful extratropical cyclone, now centered over western Russia, has a central pressure of 960 mb--the kind of pressures commonly seen in Category 1 and 2 hurricanes! At least 41 people have been killed in the storm, mostly motorists in England and Germany. The storm shut down the German train system for the first time in history. The last winter storm with comparable winds in Europe occurred in January 1990. The latest computer forecast models point to the first significant snows and cold for Europe next week, when a major low pressure system is expected to finally tap into some cold Artic air and pull it southwards over much of Europe. Extraordinary warmth in Europe The European storm was a warm and rainy one, and record warmth continues to affect both Europe and most of northern Asia (Figure 1). January 10, with a temperature of 8 °C, was the warmest in the first 10 days of January in Moscow, Russia, according to the hydro-meteorological bureau for Moscow. Record keeping began in 1870. St. Petersburg reported their warmest January day in 125 years of record keeping the same day, with a temperature of 8.6 °C. Nighttime minimum temperatures in London, England, hit 12.6 °C on January 8, which is warmer than the average July minimum temperature, 12° C. So far, January temperatures in London are the warmest since record keeping began in 1659. Romanian snowboarders blockade weather office The lack of snow in Romania has driven snow lovers in that country to desperation. A group of Romanian snowboarders blocked traffic in front of the country's weather institute January 16, and would only budge when weather officials would agree that their complaints of a lack of snow "would be passed on to a higher authority", according to Ananova. Winter hits the U.S., China, and Bengladesh Winter cold has hit the western U.S. hard this week, with California suffering a devastating freeze to its citrus crop. Heavy snow has affected central China--the Chinese official state media Xinhua said on January 16th that more than 1,000 houses have collapsed and 2,424 damaged in the weather as snow levels reached 300 millimeters in some regions. Earlier this month, Bengladesh saw temperatures that fell from the daily average of 18 °C to between 5 and 8 °C. The government called on affluent people to donate warm clothes and blankets to the poor, as doctors reported that more than 100 people had died from the sudden cold. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail |
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Back in Jamaica, just missed the hurricane-like storm in Holland! Thank you Sue and Blayze for your updates and useful information. I really liked that info around Xmas on some of the traditions. It's been nice and cool the past days since I arrived last friday in Negril, but today it's HOT. It's nice and breezy though, so very bearable in the house. Will try to send regular updates from now. Belated good wishes for the year 2007 to all. One Love from Negril Thea Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE Try it now! |
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We have been experiencing Mostly Clear-Partly
conditions today in Montego Bay and generally across
Jamaica.
Yesterday we had a trace of rain which is nothing
compared to what we will experience next week
(discussed below in the forecast).
Forecast
The great weather being experienced in the Western and
Central Caribbean are compliments of a high pressure
which extends from the Western Caribbean up to
Florida.The Florida portion will break down,the heat
dome in the Caribbean will block any Cold Fronts from
entering the Caribbean this week.So you have this week
to soak up the gorgeous weather.
Next Weeks Big Weather Changes
Next week the computer models take so far this
Winter's Strongest Cold Front into the Caribbean
Basin.It moves through the Northwest Caribbean and
reaches Jamaica (1wk)one week from this Thursday or
ten days from today(arrives here Thursday,January
25th,)It will then move through the Central Caribbean
making it as far as Puerto Rico later that
weekend,With this being the cases expect a size-able
change in the weather late next week much different
than this week's weather.
FOR now
partly cloudy conditions through late next week,only a
20% chance of a shower few and far between,coming
mainly from the east.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE MONDAY...HIGHEST TEMPERATURES
PREVIOUS DAY
TEMPERATURES IN BOTH FAHRENHEIT AND CELSIUS
PRECIPITATION FOR THE PAST 6, 12 OR 24 HOURS AS
INDICATED
CITY WEATHER HIGH LOW
PCPN TIME
F/C F/C IN
HR
ACAPULCO FAIR 93 34 67 19
BARBADOS FAIR 82 28 75 24
BERMUDA FAIR 70 21 62 17
BOGOTA FAIR 66 19 50 10
CURACAO FAIR 86 30 78 25
0.16 24
FREEPORT PTCLDY 77 25 66 19
GUADALAJARA FAIR 80 26 48 9
GUADELOUPE FAIR 81 27 71 22
0.22 24
HAVANA FAIR 84 29 63 17
KINGSTON SHOWERS 94 35 77 25
TRACE 24
MAZATLAN FAIR 81 27 57 14
MERIDA FAIR 91 33 72 22
MEXICO CITY FAIR 75 24 46 8
MONTEGO BAY PTCLDY 86 30 76 25
TRACE 24
MONTERREY CLOUDY 78 26 55 13
NASSAU RAIN 80 27 71 22
0.01 24
SAN JUAN PR FAIR 83 28 73 23
0.11 24
ST THOMAS FAIR 87 31 75 24
0.07 24
TEGUCIGALPA FAIR 76 25 64 18
TRINIDAD FAIR 87 30 72 22
TRACE 24
VERACRUZ PTCLDY 85 29 73 23
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Today was a windy day with quick shots of moderate-heavy rainfall. The winds have finally died down,winds today were between 18mph(6a.m)-23mph(9a.m-1p.m),like yesterday we had periods of rain.The rains were very sudden and popped up out of nowhere,they each lasted a few minutes then disappeared as sudden as they appeared. Today's Rainfall was 0.3in/7.63mm.This total fell in three periods just before midnight(actually yesterday)8am and the heaviest at6p.m. Weeks Recap This week could be considered balanced week we had adequate rainfall for our crops and enough sunshine to enjoy the beach,a walk,etc .Our weather was dominated by a frontal through.Which brought cloudy conditions and periods of rain this week. Monday Monday was sunny until 11a.m,overcat remainder of the day.no precipitation Tuesday We had sunny conditions a light shower at 10 a.m rainfall 0.1in/2.54mm Wednesday It was a sunny morning.It became overcast at 11a.m,light intermitten rain followed until 8p.m. rainfall 0.27/6.8mm Thursday Sunny after 11p.m (mentioned above) rain:(0.19in/4.8mm) Friday Sunny and windy RAIN This weeks total=0.56inch/14.2mm We had 4 rainy days this week On average January has 9 rainy days So far this month we have had 5days of precipition Total rainfall amount this month so far 0.66inch/16.77mm. Average rainfall for month of January is 85mm/3.34in below Doppler radar all times in est(eastern standard time) posted 10:30p.m ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
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Today was a mixed day in Montego Bay.Today was for the most part partly cloudy,but we did have intermittent light rain showers which started at 10 a.m this morning and continued for about fifteen minutes,for the entire event the sun was shinning brightly. Fair weather continued until 2p.m,when we again had light showers which persisted on and off up to 3p.m.Today's winds have been moderate,the average wind speed for January(period 18years)is 13mph.Today we had easterly winds which for most of today was 19mph...31km/h...17kts. Forecast The majority of Jamaica had partly cloudy conditions today,as we have a high pressure system over the Atlantic just east of Bermuda,It going to move a little further east ,It will weaken slightly over the weekend but it elongate all the way from the Southern USA through the Central Atlantic into Europe. This will maintain our stronger than normal easterly trades up are small craft advisories into the weekend and beyond into next week.At the same time a heat dome into the Central Gulf of Mexico provide us with dry northerly winds aloft and that going to keep the chances of showers down.The our forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions for the next week along with a 20% chance of a widely scattered shower mainly during the afternoon. High each day 30-31c/86-88f lows...24c/75F. Small Craft Advisories through to Tuesday winds:20-25kts ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
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Effective April 1 Jamaicans will need a visa to enter the British Virgin Islands. Chief Minister Dr. Orlando Smith who made the announcement said while some Jamaicans were making positive contributions to the BVI there were others who have committed most of the immigration offences from 2002-2006. He said these offences include overstaying and working illegally and that over the years the situation has increased. Dr. Smith says he has been inundated with calls about the need to take action and as a result all Jamaicans entering the British territory will need to be in possession of a visa. The BVI joins a number of other countries in the region that have instituted similar requirements for Jamaicans. The list of countries include the Cayman Islands, Anguilla and St. Maarten. below is a petition forwarded by a reader I belive all my readers should take a look at it and sign the petition Cockpit Country is a mountainous, forested area of western Jamaica, rich in biodiversity and home to the Leeward Maroons of Jamaica. Its landscape of steep-sided hills and deep, round valleys eroded from the limestone bedrock is an outstanding example of karst topography. The wet limestone forest of Cockpit Country is Jamaica?s largest remaining primary forest and a refuge for rare Jamaican animals such as the Black-billed parrot and the Giant Swallow-tail butterfly, and more than 60 endemic plants. While the Land of Look Behind is famous in Jamaican history, each scientific expedition reveals more natural wonders of this ?biodiversity hotspot? and secrets of its Taino and Maroon heritage. A renewed interest in prospecting for bauxite and limestone in the Cockpit Country has sparked a campaign led by a wide cross-section of local and overseas Jamaicans ? the Cockpit Country Stakeholders? Group ? to protect this unique area. Mining in Cockpit Country would destroy the natural, cultural and archaeological resources of Cockpit Country that are virtually untapped as a source of sustainable livelihoods, especially eco- and heritage tourism, for many rural communities of Jamaica. oringinal message Hi, All If you would like to help circulate the Save Cockpit Country Petition, here is a brief note you can send to your contacts. Just copy and paste it. Also, if you bookmark the Petition link you can revisit it and read some wonderful comments. It?s up to 169 signatures already, in just a couple days! -- Wendy The PETITION to Save Cockpit Country is now online at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/848967167 . It takes just a few seconds to sign it! Read the comments, add your voice. 1. We call on the Prime Minister of Jamaica to ensure that the Cockpit Country and environs, as described by the Cockpit Country Stakeholders? Group, is declared CLOSED to mining and commercial prospecting. 2. We urge the Government of Jamaica to take steps to declare the Cockpit Country a Protected National Area as a matter of priority, as stipulated in the 1997 Policy for a National System of Protected Areas in Jamaica . 3. As organisations and individuals interested in the conservation of Jamaica ?s unique natural and cultural heritage, we wish to see the Cockpit Country protected and managed as a World Heritage Site. Northern Jamaica Conservation Association PO Box 212, Runaway Bay , St. Ann JAMAICA, W.I. Tel / fax: 876-973-4305 E-mail: NJCA at cwjamaica.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com |
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This morning as I looked outside it was
cloudless,Bright and Sunny.I went inside and about 10
minutes later the sun was completely obscured,not even
gaps of blue can be seen.
Last Night,was cloudless,lack of clouds,lack of
insulation result cold night .Last nights low
was...21.9C/71.F
Clouds
There are only a few clouds at 2200 ft / 670 m,but
Mostly Cloudy 3000 ft / 914 m .
The satellite photograph(below) shows a patchy clouds
across the island.
Doppler radar(below) indicates some light showers
across coastal sections of St.Ann and St.Mary,for the
rest of us what you see is what you get.
Partly-mostly cloudy conditions,a few light rain
showers few and between, mostly along northern
coastal areas.
Today's highs...northern coastal areas 28c-29c/82-84F
...southern coastal areas 31c-32c/87-89F
...hilly interior 26c-27c/78-80F
Tonights lows ... northern coastal areas 21-22c/69-71F
... southern coastal areas 20-22c/68-71F
...hilly interior(Mandeville)16-18c/60-64F
Winds
10-15kts 11-18mph
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Today was a pleasant day.Sunny and a nice cool east-eastnortheasterly breeze to cooldown the land. Yesterday was very hot temperature wize,At my location the high was 31.1c,even more amazing was the airports high 34c/92f.The average high 27.9/82.2f. The relative humidity was very low by tropical standards 38% after 1pm,which was good when the humidity is that low it actually feels cooler. Starting this week I will try to recap the week's weather. The majority of this week was under the dominant of a high pressure system,easterly flow,easterly winds,Which provided at times strong winds. This Week's Rainfall Montego Bay had scattered showers early morning on Wednesday. I recorded 2.54mm/0.1 inch at home(Ironshore).The airport recorded only a trace. Mean Number of Rain Days in January is 9,rain days so far at my location 1 This weeks temps This week was a bit warmer than average.The average high for January is 27.9c/82.2f (30 year period1951-1980).Everyday this week was above that 29-30c,and 31-32c . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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We picked up some brief the early morning hours(2.54mm/0.1 inch),but things cleared up fine providing a wonderful morning. currently (10:30 am est) Temperature 26.9 deg C/80.2 deg F (trend rising) Humdity 67%(trend falling) pressure 1019mb (rising) Winds east 13mph (11kts) Todays Caribbean Forecast More coastal precipitation is anticipated across the eastern coast of Central America on Wednesday as strong easterly trade winds blow moist air into the land. In the Gulf of Mexico, the winds will not be as steady, but a weak low pressure system is expected to develop off the southern Texas coast, bringing squally conditions to the waters of the western Gulf and rain to Texas and northeastern Mexico. Jamaica Forecast Mainly fair and windy,becoming partly cloudy during the afternoon with showers across north-western and central areas. Below the blob which gave the early morning showers moving west away from the island __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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| - Happy New Year's everyone,Caribbean forecast |
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I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2007.I know there willbe alot of events across the Caribbean today so heres the forecast. Caribbean Forecast Minimal shower and thunderstorm development is expected throughout the Caribbean Sea Monday. The strongest storms that will develop in the sea will pop up near the Central American coast from Nicaragua through Panama. Weak storms will also develop just south of Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Perhaps the biggest story in the region will be a strong cold front that will continue sweeping through the Gulf of Mexico. This feature will focus showers and thunderstorms along its main boundary. This will likely be through the central portion of the Gulf and extending towards the Florida Panhandle. The Bay of Campeche will also see considerable showers and thunderstorms throughout the day due to this strong cold front. Moderate tradewinds are anticipated in the heart in the Caribbean Sea, while weaker winds are expected in the northwest portion of the sea. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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A High pressure ridge is across the Central Caribbean(1019mb at10a.m),which throughout today has been affording us brilliant sunshine and some strong winds. For much of today winds were from the e/ene between 17-25mph.These winds were great in making the day, cool and pleasant,but the winds were also a nuisance.Doors slamming the winds blowing all the leaves, making sweeping the yard difficult.At this time the winds have calmed down,but this is only temporary.Tommorrow will be even more windier,and sunny conditions will persist for at least the next 5 days. FORECAST Sunday, Dec 31  Partly sunny. Winds from the ENE at 28 km/h/18 mph.GUSTS UP TO37MPH Realfeel®: 30 °C High: 30 °C Sunday Night, Dec 31
 Partly cloudy. Winds from the ENE at 14 km/h./ 9 mph. Realfeel®: 26 °C Low: 25 °C Monday, Jan 1  Times of clouds and sun. Winds from the ENE at 25 km/h/16 mph. Realfeel®: 30 °C High: 30 °C Monday Night, Jan 1  Partly cloudy, warm and humid. Winds from the ENE at 11 km/h./ 7 mph. Realfeel®: 27 °C Low: 24 °C Tuesday, Jan 2 Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Winds from the ENE at 27 km/h./17 mph
Realfeel®: 31 °C High: 30 °C Tuesday Night, Jan 2 Partly cloudy, warm and humid. Winds from the ENE at 16 km/h./10
mph Realfeel®: 26 °C Low: 24 °C Wednesday, Jan 3 Periods of clouds and sunshine. Winds from the ENE at 28 km/h./18 mph. Realfeel®: 31 °C High: 29 °C Wednesday Night, Jan 3 Partly cloudy, warm and humid. Winds from the ENE at 17 km/h./ 11 mph. source accuweather <script __________________________________________________
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Saddam Hussein has just been hanged.souce reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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We are currently experiencing great weather here in Montego Bay.Mostly Clear skies,winds east throughout today ranging from 7-20mph.This was not so earlier this week. A stationary front brought intermitten rain on Wednesday.It was not alot though we picked up 5.08mm/0.2inch.The cooling showers made the air fresher and kept things cooler. Breaking News Its now 9pm est,It is now a hour before Saddam is excuted. source fox news BAGHDAD, Iraq ? Saddam Hussein's date with death appears to be just hours away. The former president of Iraq will be hanged "within a matter of hours," a Bush administration official told FOX News on Friday. "The final meetings have taken places," the official said, adding in Iraqis have requested Sddam be turned over to them. "The process is now in the final stage." Earlier, the Associated Press reported via a top Iraqi official that Saddam would be hanged before 10 p.m. ET Friday night (6 a.m. Saturday in Baghdad). The official witnesses to the impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, and state television broadcast footage of his regime's atrocities. Saddam's chief lawyer said the U.S. had turned over custody of the mass murderer to Iraqi officials, one of the last steps necessary before the execution. An Iraqi parliamentarian, Methal Al Aloser, backed up the lawyer's claims. Al Aloser said not only had Saddam been handed over, but all papers and documents were finalized and the execution will be soon. But Bush administration sources, apprised of Al Aloser's remarks, reaffirmed that Saddam Hussein remains in U.S. custody. Two State Department officials also told FOX News Saddam was still being held by Americans. "We are absolutely certain he has not been handed over," one official said. The official said the handover might not happen for a few more hours ? or possibly even for a few more days. "There is no reason for delays," said Munir Haddad, an Iraqi judge on the appeals court that reviewed Saddam's case. He also said the execution will occur by Saturday. An unnamed Iraqi government official in Baghdad told the Associated Press that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had signed the Butcher of Baghdad's death warrant. Al-Maliki said "our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence." Meanwhile, Saddam's attorneys asked a U.S. judge to block his transfer to the custody of Iraqi officials poised to carry out his execution. Hussein's lawyers asked for an emergency restraining order aimed at stopping the U.S. government from relinquishing custody of the condemned former Iraqi leader to Iraqi officials, a spokeswoman for a federal court in Washington D.C. said. A similar request by the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, was denied Thursday and is under appeal. Al-Bandar also faces execution. The Justice Department argued in that case that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction to interfere with the judicial process of another country. A U.S. source in Baghdad said Al-Maliki wanted to carry out the execution as early as Thursday night, but that it was delayed for logistical reasons, and because of confusion over the Iraqi constitution and the law that governs the tribunal that convicted him of murder. The Iraqi prime minister said those who oppose the execution of Saddam were insulting the honor of his victims. His office said he made the remarks in a meeting with families of people who died during Saddam's rule. "Nothing and nobody can abrogate the ruling" upholding Saddam's sentence, al-Maliki said. Najeed al-Nauimi, a member of Saddam's defense team, told FOX News that while sentence hasn't yet been carried out, "we're at a stage where we're requesting his body be handed over to his family." Al-Nauimi also predicted Saddam will be defiant until the end, and go the gallows "smiling, and saying verses of the Koran." Saddam was notified Thursday that his death sentence had been upheld. "His reaction was 'I was expecting that,' " al-Nauimi quoted Saddam as saying. Saddam then met with his half brothers and said goodbye to them. Iraqi General Abdl Kareem Khalaf told FOX News that emergency procedures have been implemented in the former dictator's Salahadin province, where Saddam's hometown of Tikrit is, as well as Diyala and Mosul provinces, which have Sunni majorities. The emergency measures include more Iraqi army and police forces and more checkpoints. Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said U.S. forces were on high alert. "They'll obviously take into account social dimensions that could potentially led to an increase in violence which certainly would include carrying out the sentence of Saddam Hussein," Whitman said. A video of the execution is expected to be released. In his Friday sermon, a mosque preacher in the Shiite holy city of Najaf called Saddam's execution "God's gift to Iraqis." "Oh, God, you know what Saddam has done! He killed millions of Iraqis in prisons, in wars with neighboring countries and he is responsible for mass graves. Oh God, we ask you to take revenge on Saddam," said Sheik Sadralddin al-Qubanji, a member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, known as SCIRI, the dominant party in al-Maliki's coalition. One Bush administration official downplayed the possibility of a "Goering scenario" occurring, a reference to the high-ranking Nazi official Hermann Goering, who cheated the hangman at Nuremberg by swallowing a cyanide capsule slipped to him. "[Saddam]'s not going to have any friends in the room," the official said, referring to Saddam at the moment of his execution. Iraq's highest court on Tuesday rejected Saddam's appeal against his conviction and death sentence for the killing of 148 Shiites in the northern city of Dujail in 1982. The court said the former dictator should be hanged within 30 days. While Saddam's death for the Dujail massacre appears imminent, he's still facing trial for other atrocities. Saddam faces genocide charges related to a coordinated campaign that killed up to 100,000 Kurds, according to Human Rights Watch. During that campaign, Saddam used chemical weapons, which killed some 30,000 Iraqis and Iranians. Al-Nauimi said the timing of Saddam's imminent execution is "political revenge being carried out by the present government," adding the trial process was biased. Some international legal observers and human rights groups have called Saddam's trial unfair because of alleged interference by the Shiite-dominated government. There has also been internal debate among Iraqis about legal procedures surrounding the timeframe and whether the presidency is required to approve the execution. "The law does not say within 30 days, it says after the lapse of 30 days," said Busho Ibrahim, deputy justice minister. There was no immediate explanation for the conflicting claims. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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Christmas weather was great. It was mostly sunny until
3pm when we experienced heavy cloud cover,but there
were no complaints,It made the remainder of the day
cooler,the high was 29 C/84.2 F and the low was a cool
22.1(c)/71.1(F)
Today is a public holiday in many CommonWealth
Countries across the world including Jamaica.In
Jamaica,most poeole dont know the holiday's meaning
or how to celebrate it.If you ask, they may say It a
day boxers fight or the day peopled open presents.
Boxing Day is so called because on this day it was the
customary for tradesmen to collect their Christmas
boxes or gifts in return for good service throughout
the year.
People would aslo "box"up excess food,gifts,clothes
etc,to the less fortunate.
The holiday may date from as early as the Middle Ages,
but the exact origin is not known. It may have begun
with the Lords and Ladies of England, who gave
Christmas boxes/gifts to their servants on December
26, or maybe by priests, who opened the church's alms
(charity boxes), and distributed the contents to the
poor and needy.
Here is the weather some Caribbean/latin american
cities experienced Cities.
CITY WEATHER HIGH LOW
PCPN TIME
F/C F/C IN
HR
ACAPULCO FAIR 88 31 64 18
BARBADOS PTCLDY 83 29 73 23
BERMUDA PTCLDY 71 22 66 19
BOGOTA MISSING 64 18 MM MM
CURACAO FAIR 88 31 77 25
FREEPORT SHOWERS 82 28 70 21
0.19 24
GUADALAJARA FAIR 73 23 34 1
GUADELOUPE FAIR 84 29 72 22
0.06 24
HAVANA RAIN 84 29 70 21
KINGSTON FAIR 88 31 79 26
0.01 24
MAZATLAN FAIR 79 26 48 9
MERIDA PTCLDY 81 27 59 15
MEXICO CITY FAIR 68 20 32 0
MONTEGO BAY FAIR 89 31 71 22
MONTERREY FAIR 66 19 43 6
NASSAU PTCLDY 83 29 74 24
SAN JUAN PR PTCLDY 83 28 72 22
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ST THOMAS FAIR 86 30 74 23
0.02 24
TEGUCIGALPA DRIZZLE 82 28 64 18
TRINIDAD PTCLDY 87 30 73 23
0.09 24
VERACRUZ CLOUDY 79 26 67 20
0.04 24
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| - Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel, Feliz Natal, |
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Today was a great day.At home was dry,but while I was downtown we had a quick passing shower. Tommorrow looks great .High Pressure Ridge across the central caribbean has been keeping things nice and dry. Christmas forecast Partly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms especially across inland ares.Windy conditions along coastal areas. There will be many celebrations ,barbeques and feasts tommorrow and things look great I would like to wish all Jamaicans at home and abroad a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Today was a great day for the thousands of Jamaicans
completing last minute Christmas shopping.
In Montego Bay,large crowds of people streamed through
stores trying to find gifts.
We had lots of sunshine,and lots of cumulus clouds
drifting on and offshore
In the center of the town in the vicinity of the Civic
center there is a huge Christmas tree which can be
seen from all over the city.
Today's highs 29.9 deg C(85.8 deg F) humidity 84%
Today's lows 24.8 deg C(76.6 deg F) humidity 63%
Yesterday,I discussed sorrel at Christmas .Today I
will discuss sorrel's companion Jamaican Christmas
Cake.
Visit a Jamaican home near the holiday season and,
along with a glass of sorrel, you?ll be served
Jamaican Christmas cake.
This delicious confection includes raisins, cinnamon,
cherries and, in some cases, prunes.
During the holiday season many Jamaicans bake
Christmas Cake.It is delicious,rich and fruity.
Below is a great recipe
INGREDIENTS :
* 6 ounces or 1.5 cup flour
* 8 ounces margarine or butter
* 8 ounces sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 pound raisins
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 4 ounces mixed peel
* 4 ounces cherries
* 1/2 pound prunes (chopped)
* 1 cup wine/brandy
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* finely grated rind of 1 lime/lemon
* 2 tablespoons browning
METHOD:
1. Cream butter, sugar and browning until soft and
fluffy.
2. Sieve all dry ingredients together
3. Beat eggs, wine/brandy together.
4. Add egg mixture to creamed butter and sugar.
5. Add fruits.
6. Add flour and fold in. Do no over-beat when
mixing.
7. Bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours.
8. Yield: 9' round cake.
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| - Christmas weather looking great,Jamaica's Christmas drink Sorrel |
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For the past week we have been having great
weather.Mostly dry and Sunny.On Wednesday, a surface
trough brought us 7.6mm(0.3inches)of rain.Which the
earth quickly devoured and within 2 hours there was
almost no indication that the rain had fallen.
December is traditionally Jamaica's driest month and
this December seems it will live up to that title,
We may even be below normal precipitation wise.
Christmas Forecast
Christmas weather this year looks great for Jamaica
even up to the New Year.We will have no fronts for the
remainder of 2007.
A cold front will make it as far as Caymans on
Christmas Eve ,but will not impact our weather .
Look for partly cloudy skies with barely a chance of a
shower.
Sorrel
Sorrel is Jamaica's Christmas drink,It is one of those
things distinctly Jamaican.No Jamaican Christmas is
complete without sorrel.
The sorrel plant produces in the month of December and
people can be seen selling the fruit for $120ja in
most towns .If your lucky you can get ginger included
at no extra cost .I cannot even describe to you the
taste .It is a out of body experience.It is most
commonly red,but there is also a white variety.
Below is a recipe
INGREDIENTS :
* 1 pound sorrel
* 2-4 oz. ginger
* 2 quarts water
* sugar
* rum (optional)
* 8-12 pimento grains
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METHOD:
1. Wash sorrel thoroughly, using the fingers to
lift it from the water.
2. Put into stainless steel container.
3. Scrape and wash ginger. Grate and Add to the
sorrel. Add pimento grains.
4. Boil water and pour over sorrel.
5. Allow to stand 4-6 hours. Strain.
6. Sweeten to taste and add rum to taste.
7. Add optional wine.
8. Serve with ice cubes.
Below is a two pictures of sorrel
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| - One Love from Holland |
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Man, it's dark here!! no daylight until 9 AM today, can you believe it? It's
not that cold though, much too mild for December, but in my opinion we just
have to get used to the fact that the seasons have moved a few weeks up.
Summer is late, fall is late, winter is late? maybe WE are late catching up
with Mother Nature?
Love to read your reports and love Blayz's pictures! Some look like my own on my space! And yes, i'm looking forward to coming back in just 3 weeks. One Love and much Light in the holiday season to you all. Thea _________________________________________________________________ Live Search, for accurate results! http://www.live.nl |
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Today was another great day.Mostly clear skies,winds 10-15kts Many Jamaicans take for granted how blessed we are to have a country like ours filled with immense beauty.Many people across the world have never seen the beach,or a waterfall.Many are stuck indoors as outside is cold and snowy. Below are some pictures from across our island paradise. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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| - High Pressure keeping things nice and dry,Seven day forecast |
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Great weather has been the order of this week.This week has been so quiet,There has no precipitation or even overcast conditions since the start of the week,and today is no exception. Today winds have been from the east ranging between 13-17mph.You could count on your fingers the amount of clouds there are in the sky.The only activity I have seen from my house on the over looking the sea are fishermen pulling there boats out to see. Many Montegoians have been taking advantage of the great weather.Many are christmas "holiday" shopping. or at the beach etc.While others are working and and excited about a possible Christmas bonus. Forecast This week our weather has been under the domination of two High Pressure systems.One in the Sw caribbean sea,which has and will continue to block cold fronts from entering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean for the next two weeks.The other is located in the northeast Atlantic.Which will move Se and weaken through the next 48hrs,While a new high pressure system moves off the Carolinas Late Saturday. In simple terms look for Mostly sunny conditions for the next seven days,with winds through the weekend 10-15kts (11-17mph).Waves 1-2 meters.Temperatures will get up a high of 31 deg C/88 deg F and lows of 23 deg c/73 deg F. Below (1)latest visible satellite (2)latest Ir satellite posted 2:45est ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
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Colorado State & TSR Release Their First 2007 Hurricane Season Forecast To: jam at stormcarib.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <151673.981.qm at web62507.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Today has been a great weather day,bright sunny skies,winds from the east at 15kts.Just a good day for a walk ,or a day to hit one of the cities many beaches. Both the Tropical Storm Risk group (TSR) and Colorado State University's Phil Klotzbach and Bill Gray have released their 2007 Hurricane Season Forecast. The bottom line from both forecasts are that it could be an active season with the current El Nino fading away within the next three to six months and this would put the Atlantic in a state of neutral Nino conditions, which would allow a better chance for an above normal Hurricane Season. Below is the Tsr report link http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/ Colorado State forecast ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2007 Forecast Parameter and 1950-2000 Climatology (in parentheses) 8 December 2006 Forecast for 2007 Named Storms (NS) 14 Named Storm Days (NSD) 70 Hurricanes (H) (5.9) 7 Hurricane Days (HD) 35 Intense Hurricanes (IH) 3 Intense Hurricane Days (IHD) 8 Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) 130 Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (NTC) 140 Below Colorado State link http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts/2006/dec2006/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited |
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Since sunday we have been having great weather .Sunny and windy. Whenever there is something negative happens in Jamaica it is broadcasted all over the place,some extrodinary news came out of the country and I have not heard it in the media so i,ll do my part in contributing positive new from our Island paradise Jamaican cancer drug found - Scientific findings surround endemic plants source the gleaner Jamaican biochemist Dr. Henry Lowe (left) and research partner Dr. Joseph Bryant of the University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology (IHV), examine transgenic mice used to test the effect of two Jamaican plants on cancer tumours. - Contributed Two scientists will present research findings today showing that a pair of endemic Jamaican plants can help cure five cancers, potentially giving the country a lucrative share of the global chemotherapy drug market. Jamaican biochemist Dr. Henry Lowe discovered the plants, while his American research partner Joseph Bryant, laboratory animal veterinarian at the University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology (IHV), conducted the tests on cancer tumour cells in test tubes and then transgenic mice - whose DNA has been modified to incorporate human genes. An alternative What Dr. Lowe told The Gleaner could be a "new Jamaican brand" could begin commercial production within three to five years as an alternative to existing cancer drug Taxol, but Dr. Bryant said one to three years. Taxol had worldwide sales of US$764 million in 2005 before generic alternatives became available this year. "This has huge financial implications both for the country in terms of tax revenues and foreign exchange earnings, and for the scientific community," said Dr. Lowe. "We also look to form an institute (from the profits) as well as fund training and to research the further exploitation of Jamaica's plants." They said an international patent was submitted last week but that they could not reveal the names of the plants for reasons of industrial secrecy but would do so once they identify the compounds involved and understand how they work. The plants were tested in a semi-purified state individually and as a 1:4 combination with Taxol and reportedly killed cancer cells at the same rate as the control test of pure Taxol. Taxol can be toxic to some patients while cancer cells can develop resistance. However it has been determined that their drug is non-toxic while levels of resistance will take further study. Their presentation will take place this morning at Eden Gardens Wellness Centre; the business that Dr. Lowe founded and where the offices of the Environmental Health Foundation (EHJ), which he chairs, are located. He said he would be encouraging local investors and government to become involved in a company to be established for trial of the drug and to develop and market the drug which would ultimately require partnership with an international pharmaceutical company. He stressed that the discovery should be left to the same fate as periwinkle which was used traditionally to treat diabetes in Jamaica but was then exploited by foreign pharmaceutical companies to treat leukaemia. But with a prospective partnership with so-called 'big pharma' their cancer drug could be produced locally, added Dr. Bryant. "The Caribbean islands, and particularly down to the Amazon, the poor Third World countries; I don't want to use the word rape, but they have not been treated very fairly in (terms of) the taking of natural resources out of their country. My observation is that if this turns out to be worth anything ... it would be great for Jamaica," he said. Cancers tested: B-16 melanoma, breast cancer, prostrate cancer, kaposi sarcoma and a b-cell lymphona. The cancers were chosen as representative of the majority of cancers while the latter two are the two most common affecting AIDS patients. Dr. Bryant's research team at the University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology (IHV) is the first in the world to create transgenic rats whose DNA has been manipulated to incorporate HIV-1 genes ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. |
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| - Stationary front across the island,blustery and rainy Sunny. |
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A dissapting stationary front is right across the
island.The light rain showers assiociated with the
stationary front started affecting us(in the western
parishes) at about 9 p.m last night,It was on and off
and continued until even this morning.
The morning tricked some people,it started out
with streaks of sunlight but it was quite
overcast,then at between 1-2:30p.m.We have been having
some squally weather .Look towards my east I saw a
impresive looking line of dark cumlonibus clouds
moving ata pretty quick clip,It started to rain
heavily but the winds were worst they were gusting to
30 mph.Within 5 minutes the dark cloud,rain and wind
was gone and the sky is almost cloudy except for a
few to my west.
We only picked up 7.61mm(0.3inches) of rain because
the so windy aslo what as been amazing has been the
pressure at 9am, this morning it got up to 1019mb,It
is has been falling and currently is at 1015mb .
The stationery front is dissapating as I speak so
tommorrow will be back to normal.
Below satellite picture showing stationary front
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