We are keeping a close eye on a "Tropical Wave" that as of this morning is tracking just south of Jamaica and is headed our way at ~20mph. Here is a screen shot from the US National Hurricane Center as of Tuesday 2 August.
The center of that red X would be directly over our place if it tracks due west. Fortunately, for us anyway, the models all project it tracking on a curve to the northwest toward the top of Belize. Even then, the bottom edge of the storm will pass over us. And of course, the models could be inaccurate at this point.
The "Tropical Wave" has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone. It will likely continue to strengthen and chances are good that it will become a tropical depression or even a hurricane before it makes landfall. At this point, the least we are expecting is sustained winds of 45mph and heavy rain for about a day starting late Wednesday or early Thursday. It could develop into something more serious, so we are watching the forecasts very closely.
We are in Phase 1 of Hurricane Preparedness which means we are clearing everything off our verandas and removing things like fallen coconuts away from the building. As the storm gets closer, we will seal our water vats. If the storm develops in strength, we will enter Phase 2 and put hurricane shutters up all along the perimeter of screened in verandas and over all the windows and doors of our cabana and the caretaker's cabana. We had a dry run for this a month ago, so we know that we have everything at hand.
I will try to post more as things develop; right now I better get busy locking things down.
The center of that red X would be directly over our place if it tracks due west. Fortunately, for us anyway, the models all project it tracking on a curve to the northwest toward the top of Belize. Even then, the bottom edge of the storm will pass over us. And of course, the models could be inaccurate at this point.
The "Tropical Wave" has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone. It will likely continue to strengthen and chances are good that it will become a tropical depression or even a hurricane before it makes landfall. At this point, the least we are expecting is sustained winds of 45mph and heavy rain for about a day starting late Wednesday or early Thursday. It could develop into something more serious, so we are watching the forecasts very closely.
We are in Phase 1 of Hurricane Preparedness which means we are clearing everything off our verandas and removing things like fallen coconuts away from the building. As the storm gets closer, we will seal our water vats. If the storm develops in strength, we will enter Phase 2 and put hurricane shutters up all along the perimeter of screened in verandas and over all the windows and doors of our cabana and the caretaker's cabana. We had a dry run for this a month ago, so we know that we have everything at hand.
I will try to post more as things develop; right now I better get busy locking things down.
