Tropical Storm Bret was the earliest named storm to develop in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic basin on record. Bret formed from a low-latitude tropical wave that had moved off the coast of Africa on June 12. The disturbance moved swiftly across the Atlantic for several days, steadily organizing despite its low latitude. On June 18, the organization increased enough for the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to begin issuing warnings disturbance while it was located southeast of the Windward Islands. The system continued to organize, and by the next day, it had developed into a tropical storm. It then followed a very unusual path going South of Grenada. was on DEVCON 5 for Bret.
Then we had another storm go South of Grenada DAVCON 5 again.
Everybody knows about Irma and Maria which devastated islands in the North East Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Rina formed today on November the 7th.
Crown Weather reported over the weekend that there could be some tropical storm development in the week of November 12 that could track from the Western Caribbean towards the islands of Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and the Northern Leeward Islands.
Mean while I am still sitting in Grenada with disturbances rattling along ICZ bringing strong squalls and the threat of rapid development l have memories of Hurricane Tomas that spun up from just such a disturbance to fully fledged hurricane in 18 hours and scared the shit out of Gisela and I as we sheltered in Frigate Bay Union Island.
The last three days have seen 40 knot squalls and rain with a storm to the North and another threatening to form to the East. What about OCTOBER ALL OVER!
I need to get up to Carriacou and get hauled as I want to be in St Lucia for ARC. I have the anti fouling the new prop and some other bits and pieces I will get installed. I will put on my big girl pants and leave on Friday or Saturday unless the threatened storm forms and heads for Carriacou.
WATCH OUT PIRATES ABOUT!
On a lighter note I was treated to a breath taking display of aerial piracy as I enjoyed breakfast in the cockpit. The pelicans are gone so the Magnificent Frigate birds are reduced to bullying the gulls who are fishing for their chicks at this time of year. The frigates try to harass the gulls till they drop the fish. The gulls try to outfly the frigates twisting and turning. But the frigates are relentless.
This pic is not mine but illustrates what I saw several times during breakfast.
The frigates had a big breeding colony on Barbuda which was one of the islands hit hard. Reports say less than 10% of the birds survived and there are no reports of them turning up elsewhere.
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