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Simply Gorgeous !
The Bermuda-Azores high remains firmly in control, heralding more fine and dry weather with plenty of sunshine.
High near 24°C/76°F.
Humidity - 87%
Winds east-northeasterly 5 knots, becoming variable this afternoon..
Seas inside the reef calm to 1 ft... Outside the reef 2 to 4 ft, decreasing.
Sea temperature - 23.6°C/74.5°F
Tropical Storm Beryl
Is of no threat to Bermuda
The National Hurricane Centre reports:
AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BERYL WILL CONTINUE MOVING INLAND OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...AND BERYL IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT.
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"Morgan's Cloud" is an old Bermudian name for a towering cumulus cloud formed in moist, unstable air over the sun-heated Island in the summertime. The cloud often produces heavy showers or even a few rumbles of thunder. It usually forms in a light southwest wind, and can be especially dark and ominous over the east end. These clouds are also fairly common over other tropical islands in the trade winds, and are known as "island streamers." They can continue downwind from their source for many miles.
The local name involves the American Revolution, stolen British gunpowder, and a certain ship captain named Morgan. The local supporters of George Washington and his Continental Congress found a way to "trade" the British powder, stored near Tobacco Bay in St. George's, for food and supplies which were badly needed locally due to a British embargo of trade with America.
On a hot August night in 1775, Captain Morgan (not to be confused with Henry Morgan the pirate of the previous century) and his associates, using Morgan's ships the "Charleston and Savannah Packet" and "Lady Catherine" safely transported 100-odd barrels of stolen British gunpowder to George Washington which helped the American patriotic army win the Revolution.
A local resident, upon hearing afterward of the powder theft, proclaimed that it would be a dark cloud that would hang over Bermuda.
So, on hot summer days, when that dark cloud hangs over St. George's, oldtime Bermudians say it is Captain Morgan's ghost returning to haunt the scene of the crime, perhaps even to apologize.
The story is told at length in William Zuill's book "Bermuda Journey" and is also mentioned in Wilfred Brenton Kerr's "Bermuda and the American Revolution: 1760-1783".
Wayne Little, Meteorological Technician,
Bermuda Weather Service, BAS-SERCO
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