Tropical Storm Warning - Oct 29 2010

[dcs]

Warning#
Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Office
Date: Friday 29th of October 2010
ISSUED AT:04:13PM

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is placing Trinidad and Tobago under a Tropical Storm
Warning as of 3:00pm today, Friday, October 29, 2010.
Simultaneously, the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services is placing Grenada and
its dependencies under Tropical Storm Warning. A Tropical Storm Warning means that Trinidad and
Tobago, Grenada and its dependencies can expect Tropical Storm conditions within 36 hours.



Tropical Storm Tomas formed at 3:00pm today with center located near 10.9ºN latitude 56.8ºW
longitude or about 350 kilometers east of Tobago.
Tropical Storm Tomas is moving to the west-northwest at about 24 to 32 km/hr. Tomas is
expected to continue on this general track over the next 24 to 48 hours during which it is
forecast to intensify as environmental conditions are conducive for strengthening.
Maximum sustained winds are near 75km/hr with higher gusts. Tropical Storm force winds extend
outwards up to 50 km mainly to the southwest and southeast quadrants. Minimum central pressure is
990mb.



Tobago, Trinidad, particularly Northern Trinidad, Grenada and its dependencies will therefore be
mostly exposed to Tropical Storm conditions from about midnight tonight.
Tomas is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 75 to 100mm or possibly 125 to
150 mm over Tobago, Northern Trinidad, Grenada and its dependencies. South and Central Trinidad
could experience 25 to 75mm in some locations. Sea conditions are also anticipated to become
very disturbed and adversely affect marine and coastline interests.
Citizens and all concerned are advised to closely follow the directions and advise of their Disaster
Emergency Managers at this time. Adopt all necessary measures to preserve life and property.
Repeating Tropical Storm Tomas 3:00pm position: 10.9ºN latitude 56.8ºW longitude or about 350
kilometers east of Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services will issue another bulletin at 6:00pm later today. Please refer to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services website,
www.metoffice.gov.tt, for further details and stay tuned to your regular broadcast media.







E. Sampson
Meteorologist

[Deeks]

Everything may get cancelled in TT. Niki bring thomas with she.

[E-man]

This one might actually track into the gulf and eventually hit the US. The only storm I've seen this season that reminds of the big storms of 2005. It's just kind of late in the season to get that kind of strength.

[dcs]

Is it possible to embed the Flash Loop on NOAA's site?
Can't figure out what link to put from the page source info:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/flash-vis.html
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/flash-vis.html

[dcs]

Warning#
Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Office
Date: Friday 29th of October 2010
ISSUED AT:05:52PM

Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and its dependencies. A Tropical Storm Warning means that Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and its dependencies can expect Tropical Storm conditions within 36 hours. At 5:pm today, Friday October 29, the centre of Tropical Storm Tomas was located near 11.1ºN latitude 57.5ºW longitude or about 300 kilometers east of Tobago.  Tropical Storm Tomas is moving to the west-northwest at about 28 km/hr. Tomas is expected to continue on this general track over the next 24 to 48 hours during which it is forecast to intensify as environmental conditions are conducive for strengthening.


Maximum sustained winds are near 65km/hr with higher gusts. Tropical Storm force winds extend outwards up to 50 km mainly to the southwest and southeast quadrants. Minimum central pressure is 998mb. Tobago, Trinidad, particularly Northern Trinidad, Grenada and its dependencies will therefore be mostly exposed to Tropical Storm conditions from about midnight tonight. Tomas is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 75 to 100mm or possibly 125 to 150 mm over Tobago, Northern Trinidad, Grenada and its dependencies. South and Central Trinidad could experience 25 to 75mm in some locations. Sea conditions are also anticipated to become very disturbed and adversely affect marine and coastline interests. 

Citizens and all concerned are advised to closely follow the directions and advise of their Disaster Emergency Managers at this time. Adopt all necessary measures to preserve life and property. Repeating Tropical Storm Tomas 5:00pm position: 11.1ºN latitude 57.5ºW longitude or about 300 kilometers east of Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services will issue another bulletin at 9:00pm later today. Please refer to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services website, www.metoffice.gov.tt, for further details and stay tuned to your regular broadcast media.

[sammy]

in summary, it veering away from we and heading more northwest towards barbados. It may intensify to a hurricane by early morning.


Tropical Storm TOMAS Public Advisory

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000
WTNT31 KNHC 300242
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM TOMAS ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL212010
1100 PM AST FRI OCT 29 2010

...TOMAS NEARING BARBADOS...HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS
OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...


SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...12.2N 58.4W
ABOUT 100 MI...165 KM SE OF BARBADOS
ABOUT 205 MI...325 KM ESE OF ST. VINCENT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS CHANGED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOR BARBADOS AND ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO A HURRICANE
WARNING.

THE GOVERNMENT OF ST. LUCIA HAS CHANGED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOR ST. LUCIA TO A HURRICANE WARNING.

THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS CHANGED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR
MARTINIQUE TO A HURRICANE WARNING.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
* ST. LUCIA
* MARTINIQUE

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
* GRENADA
* DOMINICA

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE NEARING
COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN
24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TOMAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.4 WEST.  TOMAS IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...
FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST AND SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED LATE SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF TOMAS
WILL APPROACH BARBADOS OVERNIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WINDWARD ISLANDS ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND
TOMAS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY MORNING AS IT PASSES
NEAR BARBADOS AND MOVES ACROSS THE OTHER WINDWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

BARBADOS REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH...89 KM/HR...IN A SQUALL
EARLIER THIS EVENING.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS
BARBADOS SOON AND THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA EARLY SATURDAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON BARBADOS EARLY SATURDAY AND
WITHIN THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA LATER SATURDAY
MORNING.

RAINFALL...TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8
INCHES...ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD AND SOUTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.

STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY
AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WITHIN AREAS OF
ONSHORE FLOW.  THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND
POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/300242.shtml

[dinho]

I'm hearing that Barbados get lash pretty hard.. any updates on this?

[E-man]

..TOMAS LASHING ST. LUCIA AND ST. VINCENT WITH STRONG WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS...

SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...13.4N 61.0W ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM NE OF ST. VINCENT ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM S OF ST. LUCIA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.29 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR TRINIDAD.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES * ST. LUCIA * MARTINIQUE

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * BARBADOS * DOMINICA * TOBAGO * GRENADA

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 12 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

[Brownsugar]

Well that was a non storm if ever there was one....for we in T&T that is....

[weary1969]

Well that was a non storm if ever there was one....for we in T&T that is....

Ent not even rain.

[STEUPS!!]

seeing how fickle trinis are, the next storm/hurricane warning we get will be totally ignored and ah feel dat will be d time we get lash hard. me i not making joke wid dat. when met office/odpm say storm watch/ warning etc, i findin and keeping my tail indoors. no lime worth me risking my safety

[NYtriniwhiteboy..]

honestly if pple had followed the system from early o clock and checked the NHCC site they would have known that it the path never really looked like it was going to hit trinidad..Here in grenada we were in the initial path. Set off real panic here among the students (esp the non caribbean students) who have absolutely no idea what going on. The rumours flying around would have been funny if they didn't have so many people believing them.
I glad it eh hit here since I have exams monday!
Up to lunchtime on campus people still thought the storm was going to hit direct. Really disappointed in SGU keeping students updated

[Brownsugar]

@ Weary.....yuh understand!!  Just a drizzle....

@ Steups!!.....dais what ah kind worried about....all these "cry wolf" storms we getting, next one man goh steups and goh and fete for spite.....

@ NYtriniwhiteboy.....well I for one wasn't watching it all till yesterday.....

[Brownsugar]

Ah next thing doh......ah hope to God this thing spare Haiti, which is where is looks like it will hit next week.....

 

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/40872/hurricane-tomas-could-target-e.asp

[weary1969]

@ Weary.....yuh understand!!  Just a drizzle....

@ Steups!!.....dais what ah kind worried about....all these "cry wolf" storms we getting, next one man goh steups and goh and fete for spite.....

@ NYtriniwhiteboy.....well I for one wasn't watching it all till yesterday.....

Me eh even get a drizzle by me. Is not 4 u 2 watch is d powers as be. Me did not have a clue but dat eh meh wuk.

[sammy]

i wake real late waiting to see if me house will leak yes...........but thank god for not letting it hit us

anyhow, even though we could've watch the path from earlies..... u cyah be sure what will happen. So better safe than sorry.

[weary1969]

i wake real late waiting to see if me house will leak yes...........but thank god for not letting it hit us

anyhow, even though we could've watch the path from earlies..... u cyah be sure what will happen. So better safe than sorry.

CO-SIGNNNNNNNNNN

[E-man]

Now veering north like it has it's eye on Haiti.

This one might actually track into the gulf and eventually hit the US. The only storm I've seen this season that reminds of the big storms of 2005. It's just kind of late in the season to get that kind of strength.

[weary1969]

Now veering north like it has it's eye on Haiti.

This one might actually track into the gulf and eventually hit the US. The only storm I've seen this season that reminds of the big storms of 2005. It's just kind of late in the season to get that kind of strength.

HAITI AH SORRYYYYY

[Brownsugar]

Oh lawd!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!  Nah man dis is a real, real bad joke......

[STEUPS!!]

O Most Merciful Father, spare Haiti PLEEEAASSSSEEEE!!!!!!!

[dinho]

Pics of storm damage in St. Lucia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55373451@N06/show/.

[sammy]

lots of devastation....very sad indeed.

Hope kamla can send some work crews and CEPEP over there to help
(as the last administration did)

[weary1969]

lots of devastation....very sad indeed.

Hope kamla can send some work crews and CEPEP over there to help
(as the last administration did)

Who paid d CEPEP wkers?

[sammy]

lots of devastation....very sad indeed.

Hope kamla can send some work crews and CEPEP over there to help
(as the last administration did)

Who paid d CEPEP wkers?

check the next thread

[weary1969]

lots of devastation....very sad indeed.

Hope kamla can send some work crews and CEPEP over there to help
(as the last administration did)

Who paid d CEPEP wkers?

check the next thread

It was a rhetorical ?

[E-man]

As you can see Haiti is now in full hurricane warning, Jamaica, Eastern Cuba in storm watch.

Now veering north like it has it's eye on Haiti.

This one might actually track into the gulf and eventually hit the US. The only storm I've seen this season that reminds of the big storms of 2005. It's just kind of late in the season to get that kind of strength.

HAITI AH SORRYYYYY

[Brownsugar]

Pics of storm damage in St. Lucia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55373451@N06/show/.

And it was just a Tropical Storm when it hit St. Lucia, now it rearing to go as a Hurricane straight at Haiti....lawd talk bout bad luck.  Ah wonder when we send help how Haiti goh pay we back??  With dirt perhaps??   

[E-man]

Looks like it will be weaker than predicted earlier, tropical storm only winds as it passes between Haiti and Cuba now. Haiti still on Hurricane warning though, Kingston now on Storm warning.