Checking in at the beginning of the 2019 hurricane season

Starting June or July 2019.  

I sold my St Thomas condo in 2018, which I'll miss having owned it since 1995, but one less thing to worry about.

A goodly number of friends have relocated stateside, nonetheless, best of luck to everyone in the Virgin Islands.

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Still working on it . . . June 9th, 2018

Touch and go here

Just a quick visit after the 2017 storm season ended two months ago.

First of two storms hit approximately 9/10/17.

Nailed St Thomas, St John, neighboring BVI islands.

A real mess.

Power out on STT's East End until a few days before Christmas.

Now a slow rebuild.

And we're already 1/4 of the way thru the 2017-2018 tourist season.

TS Erika : Close But No Cigar

TS Erika is projected to pass 80 miles southwest of St Thomas in the USVI.

These were the waypoints to come up with the near miss.  

Current position was as of 8/27/15 at 8 pm :

Attention now shifts to projected path to southern Florida over the next 3 days.

TS Gonzalo

Mid-October :  just when we were getting comfortable having 
gotten past mid-September's statistically worst time for storms,    one comes along to remind us it's not over until it's over.

Gonzalo is forecast to be reaching hurricane strength by the 
time it passes near the British Virgin Islands, and so a Hurricane Warning is in effect there. 

Although hurricane conditions are not currently expected in the
U.S. Virgin Islands, only a slight deviation to the left of the
forecast track, or a more rapid strengthening of the storm, would result in the need to extend the Hurricane Warning into those 
areas (recall from 1995, Hurricane Luis, and then Hurricane 

Marilyn, which deviated slightly from Luis' more benign track).

 

Lesser Antilles Disturbance 97L a Threat to Develop

   
A tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles Islands (Invest 97L) is moving westward at 15 mph, and is bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the islands. Top sustained winds in the islands as of 10 am AST Sunday were 26 mph at Monserrat. Heavy thunderstorm activity has sharply increased since Saturday, as seen on satellite loops. A large circulation is evident, with some westerly winds blowing to the south of the disturbance. However, the thunderstorms are poorly organized, and there is no sign of a well-organized surface circulation. Martinique radar shows some rotation to the echoes, though well-organized spiral bands are not evident, and do not appear to be forming. Wind shear has dropped to a moderate 10 - 20 knots over the system. An area of dry air from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) surrounds 97L and is interfering with development.

Post by Dr. Jeff Masters at wunderground.com   2:46 PM GMT on September 01, 2013