The official tropical weather thread 2020

cornfused · Postby **cornfused** » November 14th, 2019, 6:47 pm

Drove through what was some blinding rain in San Fernando and Pointe a Pierre today. Wipers on full speed and it was barely visible, 50-60 kmph max on the highway.

As per usual uneducated drivers were driving with their hazard lights on. In harsh weather conditions please turn on your headlights and your tail lights would be illuminated enough to be visible

daxt0r · Postby **daxt0r** » November 14th, 2019, 9:11 pm

cornfused wrote:Drove through what was some blinding rain in San Fernando and Pointe a Pierre today. Wipers on full speed and it was barely visible, 50-60 kmph max on the highway.

As per usual undedicated drivers were driving with their hazard lights on. In harsh weather conditons please turn on your headlights and your tail lights would be illuminated enough to be visible

Well boy ah feel rel sry for dis fella too in da same piece ah rain dis evening.
Dem wiper motor musbe bon out

cornfused · Postby **cornfused** » November 16th, 2019, 3:10 pm

Another day to test the skills and wipers of SHH drivers. Massive deluge in the Point Lisas, Claxton bay areas. Some images and videos show the grassy median filled to capacity.

brainchild · Postby **brainchild** » November 17th, 2019, 5:10 pm

Apparently the weather serious in tobago

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » November 17th, 2019, 7:20 pm

rio today, real rain, real breeze, tree and ting fall down. and what not. barrel full in the 2 hrs rain that fell. that means, a lot of freakin rain fell, lol.

paid_influencer · Postby **paid_influencer** » November 17th, 2019, 9:08 pm

UPDATED
2 DEAD, FOLLOWING BIRTHDAY LIME AT ARGYLE WATERFALL IN TOBAGO:

Reports are this incident occurred shortly after 2pm on Sunday.

8 persons swept away by overflowing river due to heavy rains.
6 of the 8 were rescued.
2 teenagers are confirmed dead.

15 yr old Kharisha Thompson of Scarborough Secondary School and 19 year old Chrislon Walters of Argyle Tobago drowned.
Via Elizabeth Williams.

gah

rebound · Postby **rebound** » November 17th, 2019, 9:42 pm

Very sad news. .

maj. tom · Postby **maj. tom** » November 17th, 2019, 9:44 pm

Flash flooding in places like that is very sudden and intense. Most times there is nothing anyone could have done to avoid it. Water in a massive torrent at great speed can just appear within a second at a mountain waterfall or river valley bend with no warning as the rainfall source can be further away than could have been observed or expected.

Example:

Sad news. RIP.

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » November 17th, 2019, 10:33 pm

And those Argyle rocks eh easy nah, to be swept away.
RIP yutes, really sad story

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » November 17th, 2019, 11:47 pm

maj. tom wrote:Flash flooding in places like that is very sudden and intense. Most times there is nothing anyone could have done to avoid it. Water in a massive torrent at great speed can just appear within a second at a mountain waterfall or river valley bend with no warning as the rainfall source can be further away than could have been observed or expected.

Example:

Sad news. RIP.

remember last year or the year before, the tiida get wash away in caura?

aaron17 · Postby **aaron17** » November 18th, 2019, 9:19 am

So i hear heavy rains in the west again today.

matr1x · Postby **matr1x** » November 18th, 2019, 9:33 am

Same weather as yesterday. Gonna be fun

maj. tom · Postby **maj. tom** » November 18th, 2019, 10:12 am

sMASH wrote:remember last year or the year before, the tiida get wash away in caura?

I found a perfect video of a waterfall flash food. Thunderstorm happened miles away up in the mountains. It is insane and scary. No warning at all, it's just a normal waterfall and then a torrent. 4 minutes later and it looks like the world exploded with water.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » November 19th, 2019, 5:27 am

rain and breeze like that in south now.

The_Honourable · Postby **The_Honourable** » November 19th, 2019, 5:33 am

Gusts woke me up. Moderate rain and lightening in Sando.

rebound · Postby **rebound** » November 19th, 2019, 5:38 am

Same in Gasparillo

hydroep · Postby **hydroep** » November 19th, 2019, 5:44 am

Place ice cold too.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 19th, 2019, 6:16 am

weather radar

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 19th, 2019, 6:26 am

Heavy rain....full works up east...I could see lil flooding taking place today

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 19th, 2019, 6:30 am

Brace for traffic this morning

mero · Postby **mero** » November 19th, 2019, 6:39 am

Touch down in POS, place real dark

K74T · Postby **K74T** » November 19th, 2019, 7:50 am

Coming into the west this morning was the darkest I've ever seen.

simplicity16 · Postby **simplicity16** » November 19th, 2019, 11:41 am

Heavy rain chag

mero · Postby **mero** » November 19th, 2019, 11:55 am

High winds in POS. Rain setting back up

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » November 26th, 2019, 7:28 am

Anyone knows if POS flooding this morning?

solarkh · Postby **solarkh** » November 26th, 2019, 7:38 am

Not yet

Gladiator wrote:Anyone knows if POS flooding this morning?

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 26th, 2019, 8:08 am

high tide is 4pm so unlikely any downtown flooding until that time
but we have new pumps by the lighthouse to alleviate any flooding by city gate
however lately by wrightson road powergen is a regular flooding area now

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 26th, 2019, 9:19 am

^^ All the big drains by South Quay normal and Dry River is well dry. This was around 8.45am.

Doesn't seem there was sufficient rain in PoS for flooding.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 26th, 2019, 9:43 am

Adverse Weather Alert #1 Yellow Level
Tue, Nov 26, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:00PM

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected in isolated areas of Trinidad and to a lesser extent over Tobago with accumulated rainfall approximating 20 - 25 mm. This will result in street or flash flooding in these areas. Winds are likely to gust in excess of 60 kph at times.