Storm watch lifted as Lisa tracks away from Cayman
(CNS): Government has discontinued the storm watch for the Cayman Islands after Tropical Storm Lisa tracked away from our area following a southerly shift Monday morning. According to the latest bulletin from the US National Hurricane Center, Lisa was 365mph south of Grand Cayman at around 10am, heading west at 14mph.
The change in path reduces the risk to our area but the Cayman Islands National Weather Service will be issuing marine advisories and people are urged to exercise caution along the coast.
“The southerly shift of this weather system has been a welcome development this morning, but all are still advised to remain vigilant,” said CINWS Director General John Tibbetts. “Residents should anticipate an increased likelihood of overcast skies, intermittent thunderstorms, and some increased winds over the next 48 hours so please do exercise caution while going through your day.”
Lisa is expected to pass south of Jamaica today, south of the Cayman Islands tomorrow, and approach Central America on Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds remain near 40mph with higher gusts. Slow strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and Lisa could become a hurricane over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the centre.
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John Tibbetts needs to retire as DGNWS! Last season NWS called Grace a “depression” before it ravaged us, thereafter it was called a TS (fact: it was more like a Cat 1 hurricane).
The year before (late November), we were warned of a system brushing us around 2 pm. By 9 am that day, the max winds were upon us and did significant destruction – many trees, my chain-link fence blown down, my aluminum carport blown into my neighbour’s backyard, etc..
Now, they issue a TS warning more than 36 hours before it DOES NOT pass by us!
Amazing World-class BS!!
What exactly happened on the national alert system??
Sunday evening I saw about 7 alerts pop up, of which one asked the public to stay off the roads from Sunday 8pm! These were taken down very quickly, leaving one active alert for TS watch .. and then nothing. The watch went to inactive without any message, it was quite by chance I checked it.
Can this please be used constructively!!!!
drama makes the world go around…..
CINWS is a joke…..but at least they said they did something….zzzzz
the dogs in the street knew this would have zero impact on cayman….but cig….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I didn’t think it would be possible to have even less confidence in CINWS and HCMI, but they keep surprising us. Franzies for everyone who collaborated to push the early panic button on the phantom NW track, and for unveiling HMCI’s brand new panic level of “Tropical Depression Watch”. Really trying to earn-up those six figure salaries for nomination season.
But the Civil Service will still take the rest of the week off, just in case.