The disturbance we are in Barbados to fly looked so bad that we canceled the day mission today. It does look right now at 6:00 pm this Wednesday to be getting its act together as you can see in this latest image. You can see that it is bearing down on the northern most islands in the Caribbean and should pass over them in the next couuple of days.
What is even more disturbing is the forecast track of this disturbance over the next five days. As you can see from the latest model runs, it is forecast to be just off the Florida coast in five days. At that time it may be a hurricane. We'll just have to watch it.
Off to the airport in an hour to get our first flight off into the system at 11:00 pm this evening. It will fly all night long, getting back into Barbados between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. in the morning. The second plane will takeoff at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow with the first plane repeating agian at 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night.
And so it goes. Stay tuned.
1 comment:
Wow. I am a weather geek who found you quite by accident. My wife and I are planning on going to the Barbados Hilton in February, so while searching for some customer comments about that, I came across your blog. It was as if T Boone Pickens found a new reservoir of oil!
I am fascinated by the notion of planes flying right into the eye of a hurricane. Your "insider" info is thrilling. Thanks for taking the time to feed my geeky addiction.
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