Invest 94L needs watching closely
From Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather Originally written Sat Aug 18th, 2012* See update Invest 94L: Invest 94L, a tropical wave which is located about 250 miles or so to the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, is of significant concern…
Remnants Of Tropical Depression #7
Remnants Of Tropical Depression #7 May Regenerate Into A Tropical Storm In The Western Gulf Of Mexico Either Late This Weekend Or Early Next Week: Tropical Atlantic may become more active: TS Gordon no threat Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:24…
NOAA raises 2012 Atlantic hurricane season forecast
As the 2012 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season progresses the chances of storms forming and making landfall is rising, according to the latest forecast update from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Their latest forecast which was…
Blue iguanas losing the blues and dancing back on Grand Cayman
In another excellent article by David McFadden and appearing all over the Internet web sites, he writes about the come back of Cayman’s “blazing” blue iguanas that has inspired the locals. He writes: QUEEN ELIZABETH II BOTANIC PARK, Cayman Islands —…
Butterflies and balloons at Fukushima
Nuclear meltdowns make everything depressing, and this week, even butterflies and balloons have seen their normally cheery image marred by radioactivity. First butterflies. A paper in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, shows mutations in butterfly populations around the Fukushima plant,…
Nasa Mars Curiosity rover ships back detailed crater images
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shipped back to Earth high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars, sharpening our views of an intriguing channel, layered buttes and a layer of cobbles and pebbles embedded in a finer matrix of material. The…
Grand Cayman’s QEII Botanic Park
Jan Hintze August 12, 2012 A few days ago I was on Grand Cayman Island, on my way to Panama for the Heliconia Society International Conference and my daughter took me to visit this garden. It is just beautiful,…
Secretary Blennies and Christmas Trees on Grand Cayman
by Frans De Backer The Secretary Blenny is a small, tube-dwelling blenny that is identified by its brownish to green delicate patterns. Averaging at a size of around one inch in length, Secretary Blennies are difficult to spot when hidden…
Remnants of TD7 will start affecting us from Tuesday
Forecast from Cayman Islands National Weather Service Cloudy skies with a 40% chance of showers and thunder. Temperatures will rise to the mid 80’s. Winds will be east to southeast 10 to 15 knots. Seas will be moderate with wave…
Goodbye Ernesto, Hello Gordon?
From Rob Lightbown, Crown Weather, Thu Aug 9 Tropical Storm Ernesto: Ernesto appears to be strengthening over the far southern Bay of Campeche this morning and it is quite possible that it will attain hurricane strength before making landfall in southern…
