Hurricane Tomas

snowstreams

INITIAL 29/2100Z 11.1N 57.5W 35 KT
12HR VT 30/0600Z 12.0N 59.5W 40 KT
24HR VT 30/1800Z 12.9N 61.8W 50 KT
36HR VT 31/0600Z 13.5N 64.0W 60 KT
48HR VT 31/1800Z 14.1N 66.2W 70 KT
72HR VT 01/1800Z 14.8N 70.4W 90 KT
96HR VT 02/1800Z 15.2N 74.0W 100 KT
120HR VT 03/1800Z 16.0N 76.0W 100 KT

dexter647

Atlantic alive and kicking even at this time of year

M.T. Cranium

This could be the big one for 2010. Jamaica and Haiti at risk of a major impact.

Su Campu

The centre of Tomas has just passed slightly to the south of Barbados in the last two hours. The wind went from northeasterly 33kts to now southerly 30 gusting 49kts. Look at the pressure fall and rise with it (the Q value), rising 5hPa in the last hour.


[FONT=Monospace,Courier]TBPB 301100Z 18030G49KT 0500 RA BKN008CB BKN010 25/25 Q1001 NOSIG[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]TBPB 301000Z 16030G40KT 3000 -RA BKN010CB BKN012 26/26 Q996 NOSIG[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]TBPB 300900Z 10032G42KT 4000 -RA BKN010CB SCT012 BKN100 25/25 Q994 NOSIG[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]TBPB 300800Z 04031KT 4000 RA BKN010CB SCT012 BKN100 25/23 Q998 NOSIG[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]TBPB 300700Z 04033KT 4000 RA BKN010CB SCT012 BKN100 24/22 Q1002 NOSIG[/FONT]

dexter647

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

This could be the big one for 2010. Jamaica and Haiti at risk of a major impact.

Lets hope Haiti doesn't see the full force of Tomas...They've had enough to deal with over this last year...

gbee

Haiti looks to be the bull's eye as of this morning'

http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic

up for anything

Haiti apparently about to get two foot of rain in the next 48 hours. Borrowed the link from another site.

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic2/real-time/atlantic/movies/g8irn/g8irnjava.html

For some reason the Fates are throwing it all at the people who don't have much to start with.

digme

They should get everyone off that fck up of a country and move them back to Africa where they belong.
Poor bastards

TheInquisitor

Thomas has strengthened quite quickly around the warm waters of Haiti and has regained its hurricane status. Looks like their all in for a serious drenching

gbee

TheInquisitor wrote: »

Thomas has strengthened quite quickly around the warm waters of Haiti and has regained its hurricane status. Looks like their all in for a serious drenching

Tomas as pronounced by the AccuWeather meteorologists looks like ToeMás, I don't think, but am open to correction that it's Thomas [as in St. Thomas].

forkassed

John Mason

my friend lives in Haiti and yesterday they were stocking up on food and water, waiting for this to hit.

their offices are stocked with enough food, water and beds for a week

Edit: just got this update from my friend at 15.16pm

Still passing, south underwater but ok here so far, waiting!

John Mason

Further up date

Next update at2! We haven't seen the worst yet, town 40 miles from here underwater. I am in office as my house too exposed, matress in my office, was talking about you and how shocked you were we keep people in the office :-) we have 1k bread rolls, ham, cheese... And mre's

its grand though she has loads of wine, run and smokes so she is happy out

Su Campu

gbee wrote: »

Tomas as pronounced by the AccuWeather meteorologists looks like ToeMás, I don't think, but am open to correction that it's Thomas [as in St. Thomas].

A lot of the hurricanes have Spanish names, as is the case here, so it's pronounced Tomás, with the stress on the final syllable.

Sponge Bob

Su Campu wrote: »

A lot of the hurricanes have Spanish names, as is the case here, so it's pronounced Tomás, with the stress on the final syllable.

That would be Tomás as in the Irish name for Thomas then