tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244528.post2372808829219620728..comments2023-12-14T08:58:32.285-05:00Comments on Jyotika's Tropical Storms Blog: June 1: Start of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane SeasonChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731556832558952660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244528.post-55947006339896739302011-06-12T13:37:29.876-04:002011-06-12T13:37:29.876-04:00I just wanted to alert everyone that our (Barbados...I just wanted to alert everyone that our (Barbados) new Doppler Radar has not been working for the last 3 months or so, last image data posted was on March 1st., and we only managed to get the local met. authorities to get it online very late last year - after Tomas went through us and it wasn't working properly then either.<br /><br />http://www.barbadosweather.org/radarImagery.php<br /><br />The system has been producing imagery since late 2008 and its 3 year warranty runs out later this year and we still have not seen 'return on the EU loan' that funded the project. Our Met. Office's attitude as quoted in one local paper on the subject was like we did without for all this time, we can continue to make do (with the radar out of Martinique nearly 150 miles away). So much for serious consideration and disaster preparedness.<br /><br />Furthermore the Rawinsonde/Radiosonde ground equipment at our local Met. Office, located at the Grantley Adams Int'l. Airport (GAIA), has not been working either for about 6 weeks, so no sonde data had been posted by TBPB/78954 station since the later half of April. Its awaiting some part. This missing data has the NHC/NWS obviously concerned because of the strategic position of Barbados being the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.<br /><br />http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html<br />http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol_web/adp_plots/ raobs/raobs_world.html<br />http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol_web/adp_plots/ raobs/78954/latest.html<br /><br />I have written letters to the locals newspapers with some success in getting it published, tried various avenues, some could be promising but bureaucratic inertia could be an issue, so I decided to go full open on this and warn all concerned.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443336828805280021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244528.post-21897477608105848792011-06-05T21:13:27.551-04:002011-06-05T21:13:27.551-04:00I thought you were writing it? ;-)
J.I thought you were writing it? ;-) <br />J.Jyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799343640305859521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244528.post-42263318417604935182011-06-01T17:59:37.224-04:002011-06-01T17:59:37.224-04:00Exactly how big is a blobette???
Good to read you...Exactly how big is a blobette???<br /><br />Good to read your blog but how's the novel coming along???<br /><br />Col. xxxFarkynoreply@blogger.com