CIG urges caution as more heavy rain expected
(CNS): Heavy rain and high winds are forecast to continue into the weekend, and residents are being asked to exercise caution when they are out and about over the coming days. Lightening struck the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands on the waterfront Tuesday, which caused a minor fire in a panel box and cut power to the guard house on the dock, illustrating the dangers of the stormy weather.
However, the Cayman Islands National Weather Service has said there is no sign that this is a developing tropical system. Acting Deputy Governor Gloria McField-Nixon said that while there are no concerns at present of a tropical storm in our area, the weather will continue to cause localised flooding in low-lying areas and on the roads.
“The National Roads Authority are working through the night to respond to problems as they are reported,” she said. “The public is requested to be cautious as you move around the roads. We also encourage everyone to stay tuned to official news sources including the National Weather Service and Hazard Management Cayman Islands.”
The current high tide is making normal drainage more difficult because the water table is high. The NRA has deployed all available assets to clear drains, including vacuum trucks in low-lying areas, and they will be working throughout this period to respond as needed. Non-essential civil service teams will be encouraged to work remotely to reduce traffic.
The stormy weather serves as a timely reminder that we are now in the middle of the hurricane season and residents should be prepared. While there are a number of storms across the Atlantic, they do not pose a direct threat to the Cayman Islands.
Acting CINWS Director General Kerry Powery said the weather service was paying close attention to the advisories from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center on all the active systems. “At present, these systems pose no threat to the Cayman Islands but the public can rest assured that the National Weather Service continues to monitor all tropical activity during the hurricane season,” he stated in an interview on CIGTV.
The public is encouraged to prioritise stocking and replenishing hurricane essentials from now through the remainder of the season. For a concise list of these items and other important hurricane-related information, visit caymanprepared.ky/hurricanes.
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Yeah, those idiots who will put on their hazard warning lights while going through stormy weather. What is going through their skull? Do they think other road users are unaware of the torrential rainfall? Do these lights help lift their car higher?
It’s up there with the high beam idiots and fog light eff wits.
Oh good. I look forward to getting stuck behind some idiot with their hazards on doing 5mph because its raining. It’s just water for gods sake you can easily do the speed limit.
But please increase the distance between each car. wet roads = reduced braking response. Or a higher risk of skidding.
Says the person that’s never had their engine flooded…
If driving on the Linford Pierson Highway going east, near the start of the highway where the roadworks are taking place, there is a 30 foot section where water significantly pools in its current condition.
If you have a small or low-lying car, I would avoid that part of the LPH. If you drive through a depth of water and it gets in your engine, you are going to severely damage your engine (even irreparably). Water doesnt compress so when your pistons try to compress water, it will destroy other parts of your engine.
Avoid. If get caught, stop the car and turn off your engine immediately, and if cant do that, drive as slowly as possible (a few miles per hour).
Water table is full and more rain to come. Lucky we don’t live on a flat island at sea level! 🤔 🌧️ ☔️ 😳
it would be great if they were to advise people of the likely weather before it happens.
You can do this yourself. There are numerous websites which forecast weather. That, along with real time radar returns and sattelite pictures. No one has an excuse to not be prepared for any weather conditions here if they have access to a smart phone or computer. The last place I would rely on to give an accurate forecast of inclement weather would be the Government run National Weather Service. Their website is a joke.
Is NRA responsible for maintaining roads and their drains? Is NRA responsible for damages caused by flooding to private property due to their inability and/or unwillingness to fix the drainage problem on their road? How can the NRA be persuaded or forced to fix the problem?
For every 1C degree increase in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels there is a 7% increase in moisture in the atmosphere leading to an increase in large rain events. We are averaging about 1.35C right now. All year there has been flooding reported across the globe in places not being hit by a tropical storm or hurricane. Ft. Lauderdale, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Rawanda, Vermont, Brazil, Sudan. This is the new normal, best get used to it Cayman.
Yea, so, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado were all under water at one time, guess mother nature is just cycling…
Droughts in southern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, drought in Maui, severe droughts in the Middle East and many parts of Africa.
The cumulative Accumulative Cyclone Energy for the Atlantic, the most logical measure of the intensity of a tropical cyclone season, so far is well below average for 2023 despite the one of the warmest years globally on record.
Yes this is actually the same thing that 9:27 is saying. The increase in moisture doesn’t miraculously manifest in the atmosphere, it is sucked from point A giving it a drought and dumps it at point B causing a flood.
Finally someone mentions the obvious
It is actually very quiet in the Atlantic and we are at best at average rainfall for the year
C’mon WeatherGeek, you knew that state wasn’t goign to last through the season. We’ve all just been waiting for the weather to uncork. Thankfully small storms so far.
No I hear ya for sure
Anyone that know what ‘ace’ is about knows a bit about weather
With that said I would suggest (without data) that a warming planet in our region anyway reduces rain
However it increases SST’s so when all the conditions come together (sal/sst/shear/la Nina or Nino) we get more powerful storms but much less of them as the window for these conditions is being shortened primarily due to Saharan desert growth
Overall a drier pattern and hotter
Result of too much concrete and allowing the constant destruction of mangroves.
Radar out of service. Again. As per usual for our glorious Weather Service which cannot even design a coherent website.
At least we are covered by the extensive and reliable Cuban Insmet weather radar system.
working fine today
Not raining today.
They probably cheaped out on adequate bonding/grounding for lightning protection.
Surprise, surprise. It is back up and running.
working fine!
Not raining.
Wait, if “we are covered by the extensive and reliable Cuban Insmet weather radar system” then why the hue and cry that we need one? (Which so very few people use.)
We have one. It was paid for by an EU grant. All we have to do is keep it working. How hard is that?
I know we have one. Still no one – including your answer – can give a justification for why we need it. Least of all the people saying we need it while being otherwise covered – which was the point being made. (And that includes the Met Office justifying the radar’s need when it being down for a year was no problem because we were covered by other means.)
It’s to do with the effective range of Doppler weather radar. Some of the Cuba installations do provide coverage out as far as Cayman but we are at the outer limits of the effective coverage area. So it is better that we have a local system providing the best possible resolution. Even with the tower on Grand Cayman, the Sister Islands are at the outer limits for our own system.
When it comes to the weather, the more info the better. And, besides, the radar images are so pretty.
Bad flooding in many areas yesterday and with no crown on roadways, the waters got deep quickly. It’s now easy to see what the tropical storms and hurricanes will be like.
Bet some areas that have escaped flooding in the past got it yesterday and will again with no flood mitigation enforcement. Runoff that once went to natural areas that have been and are being developed has to go somewhere.
Y’all need to get lifted V8 trucks to cope. Hondas and Minis’ just won’t due
I guess the lightning also took the radar out again.
it was the rain, as the radar was not waterproof