The advisory from the National Hurricane Center -

THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA HAS BECOME A LITTLE LESS ORGANIZED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMATION HAS LESSENED TODAY.  HOWEVER…THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

Regards to all
Raquel Edwards
GM OFFICE

We are monitoring a tropical wave heading west in the direction of the Windwards Islands. We expect some squally weather tonight and tomorrow as a result of this wave, which is referred to at this time as Invest 94.

From the National Hurricane Center as of 2pm this afternoon -

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
REMAINS WELL-ORGANIZED AND AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THIS AREA TO DETERMINE IF A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS FORMED. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT…THE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH…BRINGING
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TODAY
AND TOMORROW. 

Although the system is expected to strengthen after it passes the islands, as a precaution the yard crew went around checking chocks and tightening straps on the boats today.

Please be guided accordingly.

Raquel Edwards
GM Office

Last night/early morning Tropical Storm Felix passed just north of Grenada (current advisories at http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200706.html).

During the day yesterday, before Felix was even classified as a depression, the yard crew took the necessary storm preparation procedures, checking and reinforcing straps, checking the chocks, etc. Late last night and through the morning we experienced heavy rains and winds, power is off in many areas of the island including at the boatyard where we are operating on generator power. During the switchover due to the power outage our office server reset itself, resulting in an interruption in our weather station reporting; this has since been restored.

This morning, although we were still under an official TS Warning Advisory, personnel from the yard crew was at the yard assessing the situation. No boats on the hard were damaged. A couple of boats anchored in the bay dragged, among them Fred Thomas’ Apollonia, and Alan Reynolds’ Moondancer. Moondancer suffered minor grounding damages. Please see photos taken this morning in the yard at http://picasaweb.google.com/grenadamarine/TropicalStormFelix?authkey=pere4fm6MYg

Within the next couple of days we will be checking the boats for water ingress, leaks etc. and will advise the relevant boat owners if any issues or problems are found.

Regards,

Raquel Edwards

GM Office

Advising that as of 11am this morning, Grenada and its dependencies were placed under a Tropical Storm Warning in advance of Hurricane Dean. Although forecasts and projections place Dean’s path to the north of Barbados, well away from Grenada, please be advised that we are proceeding with our usual storm preparations. Apart from that, the weather here today is sunny with a light breeze.

Regards,
Raquel Edwards
GM OFFICE