. . . it RAINS!!

Kwajalein is the tiny little tip at the bottom of the atoll, right in the center of the image. Roi-Namur is about 50 miles north up there.

Been raining at lot for 2 or 3 days. Welcome to the tropics.

Edit: Oh, and the flow there is generally ESE to WNW. and it's a 300km circle.

Guess you will not have to water the lawn for a few days.

No more saturday night baths !

Keep your smokes dry

It's a beautiful day today. (A little cool maybe. 😇 )

I may do 4 up-n-backs on my bicycle over by the runway today!


Current Conditions

Temp: 80.8°F (27.1°C)
Humidity: 71%
Dew Point: 70.9°F (21.6°C)
Wind: ENE at 13 MPH
Pressure: 29.81" (1009 mb)
Sky: clear

What do you do out there, BS? And how long have you been doing it?

Officially, I watch blinky lights and listen for beepy things. Sometimes I push buttons and sometimes I make phone calls.

Been out here going on 9 years with a brief hiatus in Texas.

:-$

I'm gonna start calling you gilligan... don't you ever feel like the water is just closing in on you from all sides? and then when it rains you got it coming down from above too... I'd go crazy... probably sleep in a life raft at all times...

I sleep well most nights... But then there are those crazy dreams...



😲

Blinky & Beepy. A professional Pacman player. Cool.

After being in Texas, I can see why you would want to be in the middle of a different kind of nowhere.

When you get old... you take work where ever you can get it.

🌫

Thank you for your service, B S.

Interesting facts:

October is usually the wettest month here. October 2013 was the driest October on record.

February is usually the driest month here. This February was the wettest February on record.

:-k

"February 2014 has gone down in the history books as the wettest February for Kwajalein, in a precipitation record that dates back to 1945. 13.82" of rain was recorded at the Kwajalein Weather Station for the month, besting the previous record of 11.79" set in 2011. What is amazing about this total is that February is typically the driest month of the year, with an average rainfall of only 3.27". In fact, 13.82" would be about 2" above normal in October, the climatologically wettest month of the year."

"October 2013 was the driest October on record, dating all the way back to 1945. Only 4.17" of rain was measured at the Kwajalein Weather Station, easily breaking the previous record of 5.04" set in 1969. Statistically, October 2013 was approximately two standard deviations below the average of 11.83".



Everything is going all topsy turvy.... The poles are gonna shift and all the blood will rush to our heads and.... and... who knows what all....


8-[

You are a true American hero Kwaj, and a heck of a cool brother.

You would have been quite a stumper on the old show "Whats my Line."