Weather system still on brink of storm status
(CNS): Tropical Cyclone Six, the weather system that forecasters have been predicting is about to become Tropical Storm Fred for the last 24 hours, was still teetering on the brink of becoming a storm Tuesday afternoon. At 4pm local time it was located 105 miles southeast of Puerto Rico heading west-northwest at nearly 17 mph. Winds are currently 35mph and gradual strengthening is forecast during the next day or so.
On the current forecast track, the disturbance is expected to pass by Puerto Rico tonight, Hispaniola on Wednesday, and be near the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday. The system is now unlikely to impact the Cayman area and is expected to travel along the northern coast of Cuba.
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Category: Science & Nature, Weather
We didn’t think lightning ever struck twice in the same place. Science.
2021:
Re: CNWS radar generator struck by lightning
2017:
« Following a lightning strike which happened almost three weeks ago, the National Weather Service revealed today… public radio programming on channel 107.9 is off air for repairs, which are expected to take at least a month»
Questions that were asked in 2017
Q. Shouldn’t structures in the Cayman Islands, by building code, be outfitted with sensible lightning conductor and grounding precautions of some kind?
https://caymannewsservice.com/2017/10/weather-takes-out-weather-radio-service/
Comments posted in 2017:
“ Weather experts that failed to anticipate the possibility of lightning.”
“ The Kearney Gomez Radar Station not working again… yep, that sounds about right…”
“ Radar never goes out unless there is a need for it. works fine when it is bright and sunny.”