Waiting out the hurricane season

There were a decrease in hurricanes in the last couple of years. Then this year it came back in full swing. Each tropical storm (constant wind range from 34-63knots) or hurricane (has a pronounced rotary circulation with sustained winds exeeding 64knots. A typical hurricane starts in the doldrums around 10° N and 30° W to 50° W – on the center African coast. It moves in a West-North-West direction.)is given a name beginning with a letter of the alphabet. When a hurricane is unusually destructive its name is retired and never uesd again. Tomas, 20th one for this season!, started just south of us in French Guyana and the outside edge came over us on the way to the Caribe (then a tropical storm and gather strenghtn on the way north). We experienced 32knots wind and heavy rain storm. This was a very unusual occurance so far south.

The following was the National Hurricane Center picture and information of Tomas.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKNWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL200 AM EDT FRI OCT 29 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON NEWLY FORMEDTROPICAL STORM SHARY LOCATED ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTH OF BERMUDA. 1. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THEWINDWARD ISLANDS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS ANDTHUNDERSTORMS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FORGRADUAL DEVELOPMENT...AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM DURINGTHE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD ORWEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...60PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THENEXT 48 HOURS. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTEDTO BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THEWINDWARD ISLANDS...VENEZUELA...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GUYANADURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.