[RTTY] Aves Island location & weather

[Don Hill AA5AU]

By the way, the colored radar view shown as Hurricane Alex on the NWS
Tallahassee site (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/tropical/) is not Hurricane Alex.
It's actually the storm over Aves Island right now.  The site is in error at the
moment.

Anyway, you can see how bad it is.  Wouldn't want to be there.


-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
Of Don Hill AA5AU
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:52 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Aves Island location & weather

I didn't realize where Aves was located until recently.  And at 6 ft. above sea
level, I'd get out of there too with the storm approaching.

Aves is actually 3 feet higher than my QTH!  But at least we have a levee and
system of pumps to keep the water out (most of the time).  Now many of you know
why I went QRT after the first few hours of the 1998 CQWW RTTY Contest when
Hurricane Georges approached.  Ham Radio is not worth losing your life over.

I imagine Aves is mostly under water tonight after looking at this satellite
view of the tropical wave over the island that has just been downgraded from a
tropical depression.

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/browsh.html

Here's what the National Weather Service is saying about the system that caused
YV0D to go QRT:

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS DISCONTINUED ADVISORIES ON FORMER TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWO...LOCATED ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO. THE SYSTEM HAS DEGENERATED INTO A TROPICAL WAVE AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
QUICKLY WESTWARD AT 23 MPH. HOWEVER...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS REASONABLY WELL ORGANIZED AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
IF NECESSARY...AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL INVESTIGATE THE
SYSTEM THURSDAY MORNING FOR ANY SIGNS OF REGENERATION.
...

For anyone interested, here is an excellent site for keeping an eye on tropical
weather in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/tropical/

It's the best one I've found over the years of living on the Gulf Coast.

Hope they made it back to the continent OK.

73, Don AA5AU


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