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P.O. Box 185,
St. George's,
Grenada, West Indies

Office Hours: 07:00 – 17:00
Open 7 days a week
Marine VHF channel 16

Tel: (473) 439-2593
Fax: (473) 439-3243
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News

Tropical discussion	Tropical Outlook one day
Interactive Hurricane view	NWS Tropical Outlook
FSU meteorology	Wind & Pressure
Unisys Tropical Summary	Remote stations & wx buoys, Caribbean

WEATHER FAXES

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SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST)

Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Temperature
Another North Atlantic SST
Anomoly North Atlantic SST
Global SST
Anomoly Global SSTs

Plots – tracks & forecast

US Naval Site

University of Wisconsin 1 2 3

Latest Map and predicted tracks University of Hawaii

Previous Tracks [UKMet] Previous Tracks [NHC]

Models

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting [ECMWF]

UKMET Cyclone phase evolution model Click on this link. Graphic shows latest predicted tracks from UKMET. Click on storm of interest and details are given. Click on model comparison format link and you’ll see the output from different models compared. This is simply the most valuable new model site to have come along. A great tool.

How hurricanes form & keep going

Weather disturbance with strong thunderstorms, Water temperature over 27°C

Midlevel atmosphere moist

Light winds aloft

When formed, consistent outflow aloft

Higher than 5° North

Typical Tracks taken by Caribbean Storms

DETAILED RADAR and SATELLITE

Caribbean

GOES 8 IR Image
GOES 8 Visible Image
GOES 8 Water Vapour Image
12 Hour Loop (refreshes every 30 minutes)
Enhanced 12 Hour Loop (refreshes every 30 minutes)

Tropical Atlantic

GOES
GOES 8 Atlantic IR Image Enhanced
GOES 8 Atlantic Visible Image
GOES 8 Water Vapour Image
GOES 8 Full Disk IR Image Enhanced
GOES 8 Full Disk Visible Image

Tropical Wave tracking

METEOSAT
METEOSAT Eastern Atlantic IR hurricane spawning grounds
Meteosat animations. Select IR, sector D4 very detailed early season hurricane strip. Cape Verde to Caribbean.

Mosaics (METEOSAT & GOES)
Full Atlantic
Full Atlantic Animated (large)

Graphics

Click on graphic to expand

Animated Loop (2 hours, 30 minute steps)

A note about Meteo France on Martinique and Guadeloupe:
Please, always check the time and date of the last shown data.
The radar page below uses a link from France which changes only every 3 hours but is reliable.

The above real-time images are the property of the respective owners shown on the data. For personal use only.

MISCELLANEOUS

GRENADA FORECASTS & CLIMATE
Grenada Weather Wunderground Grenada Climate

TIDES & RELATED STUFF
local tides (Grenada)
TideTool for Palm OS devices

WAVE HEIGHTS

Full North Atlantic data 12 hours 36 hours 60 hours 84 hours 108 hours 132 hours

Caribbean data Present 12 hours 24 hours 36 hours 48 hours

EARTHQUAKES & Seismic Activity
University of Edinburgh USGS Kick ‘em Jenny undersea volcano

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