Numerical Investigations of Convective Initiation in Barbados

Table 1

The Barbados meteorological service (BMS) hourly METAR observations for 26 August 2008. BMS is located at 13.04N, 59.30W.

Time (UTC)	Wind direction	Wind speed (ms^−1)	Temperature (°C)
1200	Variable	1.5	28
1300	140	3.6	29
1400	130	4.1	30
1500	140	4.1	30
1600	130	3.6	30
1700	140	3.1	30
1800	150	3.6	30
1900	130	2.1	29
2000	150	2.6	30
2100	Variable	2.1	29