We are currently sitting on our catamaran at 10:30am in White House Bay watching puffy white clouds come across the mountains on the southern peninsula wondering if we're ever going to see any real weather. Rain & winds picked up around 4:30am this morning, but gusts weren't much over 30 knots and the rain was negligible. Looks like we're going to have a dreary day today, but can only hope to avoid the thunderstorms that were previously predicted.  Being on a sailboat with a 60' aluminum mast surrounded by lightning is not our idea of a good time!  Only time will tell what's to come as this is one excruciatingly slow and confused storm. I think we could walk in front of this thing and not get a drop of rain on us. A sailboat in the harbor next to us grew so confident, they've sailed off for parts unknown.

Friends on-island, in the Frigate Bay area, said they got quite a bit of rain this morning as well as gusty winds, so apparently we all experienced different levels of intensity (the peninsula does tend to be drier).  Most satellite pics show us engulfed by weather, but the National Weather Service San Juan loop clearly shows that the rain is heading south of St. Kitts for now. Well, our rain catchers are out and we'll wait to see what happens.  Our eyes are already fixed on the other swirly blobs coming off of Africa...