The official tropical weather thread 2020

[aaron17]

Banes voice...."Let the rains begin!"

[hydroep]

TTWeatherCenter
‏@TTWeatherCenter

Very frequent lightning is occurring, mainly across Southern Trinidad with over 1,700 lightning strikes detected in the last hour as of 1:00 PM, with 877 strikes being dangerous cloud to ground lightning.

[Syberfraggle]

boy if you see at fcuking rain in Couva now eh...rong side rain to

[The_Honourable]

Sando getting washed

[rjaggs]

POS darkening...small rain atm

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I seeing some pics and vids circulating of flooding in and around sando...not sure if old or no

[Rovin]

i now coming to say i seeing a bunch of fb vids of south flooding ...

[rebound]

And the dam is at critical levels

[jl6106]

Ok so there is a report in 2016 I believe that indicates the water resource agency ( responsible for watershed management) has a conflict of interest being a part of WASA.
That's why, the water catchments and reservoirs are below level but places flooding.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I seeing a vid of sando hospital looking like it was built without a roof...facepalm

[sMASH]

the cipero river, at the cross crossing interchange, was tip top, after the rain. so, the vids of by vemcott would ahve been as the vids shown,

[De Dragon]

I seeing a vid of sando hospital looking like it was built without a roof...facepalm

Wifey had to dive out from her job at 1.30pm to avoid flooded roads.

[matr1x]

City corporation haven't been doing cleanup excercises

[sMASH]

they did some cleaning... probably the water reached too quickly

[cryotec]

And the dam is at critical levels

indeed. i did a quick graph on the current dam levels and they are all going down. Hillsborough and Hollis are on a downward trend while the other 2 are stabilizing.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

TT MET Service: A band of showers and thundershowers associated with the foreleg of a tropical wave is currently affecting south Trinidad. Showers are likely to affect both islands over the next 2 to 4 hours.

[redmanjp]

Well it definitely reach up north in Arima now. Heavy continuous showers for the past half hour

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

⚠The alert level has been raised to yellow. It is likely for current conditions to deteriorate further, between the hours of 8:00pm tonight and 12:00pm tomorrow. However, activity is expected to be periodic.

For more information: http://www.metoffice.gov.tt/early_warning

Street/flash flooding and landslips are possible in areas that are usually susceptible, and it is also possible for winds to gust in excess of 50km/hr.Please keep updated with our information. #ttmetservice #TrinidadandTobago #weather #forecast

[aaron17]

Dismal....cool temps tho

[mitch1980]

Pouring Rain here in Mt Hope since 11 am

[SLVR1]

Heavy rain in Barataria all the way to Santa Cruz. Some flooding but it is passable on the Saddle Road.

[eitech]

Real set up in dabadie. Thunder and lightnin but no rain yet

[eitech]

Ok it busss down dey

[cornfused]

Read on the Express that we were back to green re the Met Office. TT Weather center predicted thundershowers that some areas are experiencing now.

[mitch1980]

here in Mt Hope the rain has stopped around 130pm ... skies clearing up

[hydroep]

Bucket ah drop in Sando.

[MaxPower]

Plenty rain today...

But im also looking at that piece of weather approaching far East...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Plenty rain today...

But im also looking at that piece of weather approaching far East...

Yup....looks intense

[shake d livin wake d dead]

At least they not in the yellow zone