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2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season | Arthur | Bertha | Cristobal | Dolly | Edouard | Fay | Gustav | Hanna | Ike | Josephine | Kyle | Laura | Marco | Nana | Omar | Paloma | Rene | Sally | Teddy | Vicky | Wilfred | Active Tropical Systems: Tropical Storm Bertha Atlantic Hurricane Season is from June 1 - November 30 GOES-12 Satellite - Zoomed in on the Caribbean (01:15 UTC, 31 minutes ago) Vertical gridlines 10° or about 650 miles (~1050 km) apart. [more satellite imagery]. Bertha tools: distance | closest point | advisories | storm centered image and loop Thursday July 3, 8:45AM PDT - Bertha Tropical Depression number Two was just upgraded to Tropical Storm Bertha. According to the advisories it is not expected to become a hurricane in the next 5 days (but they have been wrong before), also it will veer well to the north before it reaches the island (but they been wrong before). Check out the tools above for calculating distance and closest point of approach to your island. Let me know if you have any difficulty or comments about the new (Google) maps used with the closest point of approach tool. Like Dave wrote earlier today, Invest 93 has a hard time getting organized, but there will be some 'squally' weather over some of the islands in the next couple of days. Also, check above for satellite images and track. -Gert Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:47:43 -0400 (AST) - Busy Good morning! Just a couple of quick notes. TD#2 has been announced and most computer models are in agreement for it to turn eventually northwest and recurve without affecting any landmasses with strength reaching strong TS status around 60 mph. Invest 93L could make things interesting if it can keep it's convection going. It should enter an area of weaker shear in a couple of days and if that convection survives, hmmmmmmmmmm SW Gulf of Mexico is an area of interest for the next 7 days as well. Have a safe holiday weekend! Dave Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:47:36 -0400 (AST) - Surprise? Good evening! Well, well, well, while we were looking so far off to the east, something was percolating right under our noses! Granted, it wasn't impressive at all the last few days but it is in a historically favorable area for development and is forecast to become a depression in the next 24 hours and even reaching named or tropical storm status in 48-72 hours. However, our good friend, Mr/Mrs. windshear should put the kabosh on anything substantial. Heavy rains with thunderstorms and gusty winds should be about it as it makes it's way through the central island's with tentacles reaching up to the Virgins and Puerto Rico. Long-range forecast still has it as a weak tropical storm 5 days from now but the path is up in the air due to it's weak nature. Another wake up call people!!!! Dave ... Older discussions >> Current Tropical Weather Outlook (NHC/TPC): en Español Accompanying satellite image (pop-up, NHC) NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM BERTHA..LOCATED ABOUT 505 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER RHOME More detail in the Tropical Weather Discussion or view satellite imagery - - - Do you live in the Caribbean? - - - Join our team of special local hurricane correspondents.    stormCARIB is brought to you by GoBeach Vacations    - Your Accommodation Specialist for the Caribbean - stormCARIB is hosted at and supported by pairNetworks

-- Donate to stormCARIB -- Latest local updates from the special hurricane correspondents on the islands: - Guadeloupe [Jul 4 16:19] - Trinidad & Tobago [Jul 4 15:49] - Cayman Islands [Jul 4 12:18] - Dominican Republic [Jul 4 10:43] - Tortola [Jul 4 10:11] - Antigua [Jul 4 8:41] - Jamaica [Jul 4 0:57] - St.Croix [Jul 3 21:41] - Dominica [Jul 3 20:30] - Culebra (PR) [Jul 3 11:34] - St.Thomas [Jul 3 7:51] - Grenada [Jul 3 7:50] - Anguilla [Jul 2 11:01] - Bonaire [Jul 2 10:19] - St.Lucia [Jul 2 9:35] - Vieques (PR) [Jul 2 6:12] - Puerto Rico [Jul 1 18:11] - St.Barts [Jun 30 17:02] - Nevis [Jun 30 7:29] - Belize [Jun 27 9:41] - Curaçao [Jun 26 17:01] - Aruba [Jun 24 18:31] - St.Kitts [Jun 23 19:28] - Montserrat [Jun 23 8:46] - Honduras [Jun 23 1:00] - Barbados [Jun 21 9:37] - St.Vincent & Grenadines [Jun 20 15:05] - St.John [Jun 20 13:03] - Mexico (incl. Cozumel & Cancun) [Jun 16 17:59] - St.Maarten/St.Martin [Jun 12 9:46] - Turks & Caicos [Jun 7 14:45] - Saba [Jun 5 18:39] - Bahamas [May 26 9:45] - Bermuda [May 13 19:46] Only reports received for this season are listed. See the archive for previous years. Links to excellent websites: - Navy/NRL Monterey - WeatherUnderground - NOAA/NESDIS (floater loops) - RAMSDIS Imagery - STORM2K forums - more... Storm definitions by wind speed: - Tropical Depression <39mph - Tropical Storm 39-73mph - Cat.1 Hurricane 74-95mph - Cat.2 Hurricane 96-110mph - Cat.3 Hurricane 111-130mph - Cat.4 Hurricane 131-155mph - Cat.5 Hurricane >155mph More info in the Practical Guide

The local hurricane correspondents are the heart and soul of stormCARIB. They are the people who live on the island and write to us what is going on around them. First hand very local personal reports instead of very limited or sensationalized coverage by the general media. Do you live on one of the islands? We need your help! We are looking for more people who are interested in sending us a few paragraphs about the situation on your island before, during and after a storm hits. You don't need to be a weatherman or expert on the subject, just share with us what you know, feel and see on your island. Your help will be really appreciated by Caribbean people living abroad with family living on the islands, future visitors who have their Caribbean dream-vacation booked, etc.etc. Reliable, not-sensationalized information is just so hard to get in crisis situations. Help keep the rest of the world up-to-date with what is really happening! We really need you, Georges back in 1998, and many others since then are proof! If interested, contact gert@gobeach.com.

WHAT TO FIND ON StormCARIB.com:
This website is all about the Caribbean. Here you can find information, weather discussions and local reports regarding tropical systems threatening the Caribbean islands. A central part of this website is the volunteer network of special local hurricane correspondents, living on the islands, who will report, when need be, on how it looks and feels like around them. Above also hopefully easy to understand weather discussions by me and Dave. In addition, as an aid in locating family or friends on the islands in an emergency situation you can post your 'plea for help' on the bulletin board. Also featured on this website is the Quick Hurricane Web Resource Navigator, for easy locating to the least overloaded webserver for National Hurricane Center advisories and the latest satellite images. Another part of the Caribbean Hurricane Network is the 'practical guide' to hurricane tracking with unit conversions, definitions, tips, links, etc. You can also find out how close the storm is and how many hours you have left to prepare plus you can map the closest point of approach of a hurricane to your location. New is the climatology of Caribbean hurricanes section. Find out when the real peak of hurricane season is for individual islands, view hurricane tracks passing by the islands over the last 150+ years. An archive with detailed reports of how the Caribbean islands fared during the 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 (incl. Frances and Ivan), 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 (incl. Floyd and Lenny), 1998 (incl. Georges and Mitch), 1997 and 1996 seasons are still available as well. Plus there is more, like storm-centered satellite images, make your own local satellite loop, etc. Hope you find the information on this website (now counting over thousands pages with original content) helpful. Comments always welcome! RSS web feed available. As a side note I am now accepting donations as well. Thanks for visiting!

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Disclaimer
The information on these pages is derived from weather statements provided by the National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, and others, and from hurricane correspondents in the Caribbean. I tried to translate the official weather statements in more layman's terms. Also, I tried to fill the gap in reporting on what is happening in the Caribbean, instead of the US (there are already many other good website which focus on the US). Keep in mind that my statements are my own interpretations from the information available to me. Therefore, use the information at your own risk, and above all, don't use these webpages for making life-or-death decisions, always rely on the official and qualified authorities! Accuracy of eye-witness reports by the special hurricane correspondents have not been checked. They may be highly subjective. The author can not be held responsible for lost property, ruined vacations and the like. Despite all this I hope you found the webpage informative and useful. These pages do not have a commercial intent. GoBeach Vacations provided the means and opportunity to start all this. 'Unfortunately' this website has become too popular, placing too much load on the gobeach.com webservers. Luckily, starting in 2000, my excellent webhost provider, pairNetworks, liked my website so much that they support services whenever they can. Comments are always welcome. Just send a note to gert@gobeach.com. Gert