Tag: Cayman Islands National Weather Service
Brewing storm could head for Cayman Islands
(CNS): Both the Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) are now monitoring an active tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. According to the US National Hurricane Center, the disturbance has an 80% chance of development over the next five days as it moves west-northwest […]
Radar under repair as Atlantic brews new storms
(CNS): An assessment of the work needed to repair the dome of the Kearney Gomez Doppler Weather Radar, which was damaged last year, is underway, which has partially shut down the weather system, officials have said. Images will be available overnight but the radar will be offline during the daytime, just as the Atlantic begins […]
Weather radar fixed but more work needed
(CNS): Six weeks into this year’s storm season, the Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) has said that the Kearney Gomez Doppler Radar has been fixed but work to repair the leaking dome and install a dehumidifier is still underway. Nevertheless, the actual radar is back online and live images are now available on the […]
Experts finally coming to fix long-broken radar
(CNS): International experts are expected to arrive in Grand Cayman next month to repair the Cayman Islands National Weather Service’s Doppler radar in East End, which has been out of service for more than eight months. Varying explanations have been given about the repairs in response to CNS inquiries, but a major cause appears to […]
Heavy rain expected from first potential storm
(CNS): The US National Hurricane Center has issued its first advisory for what is likely to be the first tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. As the storm brews, it is expected to bring very heavy rain to the Cayman Islands from this evening and throughout the weekend. At around 4pm Thursday, potential Tropical […]
Hurricane season opens as storm brews in Caribbean
(CNS): The remnants of Hurricane Agatha in the Eastern Pacific, which drenched resorts on Mexico’s southern coast on Monday, are now merging with other systems, brewing up stormy weather in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, just as the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season opens. The US National Hurricane Center said a large, complex area of low pressure […]
Stormy weather ahead serves as timely reminder
(CNS): With the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season just over two weeks away and some severe weather expected in Cayman next week, possibly even the first official storm of the season, residents are reminded to use this Discovery Day holiday weekend to get their preparations completed. Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) and the […]
2021 weather review reveals decline in rainfall
(CNS): The average temperature for the Cayman Islands last year was well above normal, and despite an unusually wet August which was soaked by Tropical Storm Grace, rainfall throughout the year was once again below traditional levels. The total rainfall for 2021 was almost 2.3 inches less than the 30-year average. Globally, 2021 was in […]
Missing part keeps radar out of service
(CNS): The Cayman Islands weather radar has been out of service now for around six weeks, since 21 October, as a result of a broken part and there is no sign of the important link in the regional weather forecasting equipment being online anytime soon. John Tibbetts, the director general of the National Weather Service, […]
Warning issued for severe wet weather
(CNS): A very active tropical wave currently extending across Haiti is expected to move over the Western Caribbean and could stir up some severe weather for the Cayman Islands over the next couple of days, the National Weather Service reported Wednesday. A week after Grand Cayman faced Tropical Storm Grace, the National Hurricane Center has […]
Grace expected to pass 13 miles south of GC
(CNS) UPDATED 2pm: The Cayman Islands is now bracing for a close encounter with Tropical Storm Grace as the centre of the storm is expected to pass 13 miles to the southwest of Grand Cayman late Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning. According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2pm bulletin, the storm is still travelling west […]
