Weather Forecast

I just heard about swells and 14 foot seas. Have not seen any yet! Maybe on the North side.

RL

There was a VITEMA representative on the radio yesterday who used the "near hurricane force winds" line. The storm in the north Atlantic has gale force winds (NOT hurricane) and is a very big low pressure area. The swells have been building- Ronnie, there is a picture of Hull Bay in the paper this morning- and are supposed to peak today, I heard. The south side is very nice, though!! 😉

I used caribwx.com and looked at some of the other weather sites. It is cold and breezy out there!

Wish I had a video camera to shoot the surf at Botany Bay/Mermaid's Chair today....if you think the waves are big at Hull, you should see Mermaid's!!!! Unbelievable!!! Looks like a Caribbean blue version of Hawaii!!! Not as many surfers out at Botany today as the surf looks much more churned up than yesterday (don't know the technical surfer term for this...). In case you guys are wondering where these places are that I am talking about (as it seems many people who have been on STT for years don't know what the heck Mermaid's is!)....we are on the far West End....like, if we went any more west, we would literally be in the water...

Which direction tends to be the leeward side for big storms blowing by STX?

I know there's no such thing as safe place to live when in comes to natural calamities.

However, in your opinion, just weather-wise, which part of STT is "safer"?

GTG: The swells from winter storms in the north Atlantic (today's discussion) generally affect the north facing shores. If you are talking about hurricanes, it is a whole different deal.

Thanks East Ender.

I'm interested in both and given you've spoken to winter storms I should ask are there any sides of the island that tend to be more protected during hurricane season (assuming they tend to track to the same side of the island consistently.)

Hurricanes are pretty much an equal opportunity batterer. Strong construction helps no matter which area you're in.

As Trade says, hurricanes ARE the original equal opportunity batterer. There is a steep learning curve here on weather. Briefly, if a storm passes you to the north there is a different set of problems than if it passes to the south. It has to do with the the Coriolis effect, the right forward quadrant and other stuff. Hey, I'm not a meteorologist and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night! 😉

East Ender, just think... you could have had a V-8...

LOL