Stop Procrastinating and Be Prepared for Gonzalo!

It only takes one ticket to win the lottery. It only takes one second to tell a friend you made it home safe. It only takes one storm to change a community forever.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season later today, forecasters said.

According to Tropical Storm Gonzalo Advisory Number 11 Issued by the National Hurricane Center Miami FL at 5:00 AM today Fri Jul 24 2020, the center of Tropical Storm Gonzalo was located near latitude 10.0 North, longitude 51.8 West.  Gonzalo is moving toward the west near 14 mph (22 km/h).  A westward to west-northwestward motion with an increase in forward speed is expected through the weekend.  On the forecast track, the center of Gonzalo will approach the southern Windward Islands tonight and move across these islands Saturday and into the eastern Caribbean Sea Sunday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next day or two, and there is still a chance that Gonzalo could become a hurricane before reaching the Windward Islands.  Weakening is expected after Gonzalo moves into the Caribbean Sea, and the cyclone is expected to dissipate by the middle of next week.

Gonzalo is a small tropical cyclone.  Tropical-storm-force winds  extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center.

Hurricane Supplies

WIND:  Hurricane or tropical storm conditions are possible within the respective watch areas on Saturday.

RAINFALL:  Gonzalo is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 2 to 5 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 7 inches in Barbados and the Windward Islands tonight through Sunday night.

The government of St. Lucia has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for St. Lucia.

NB: A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.

Hurricane Supplies

Rayneau  urges all St Lucians to be prepared for this above average hurricane season. We offer all your hurricane supplies for before and after the storm. Don’t be caught with “your pants down” Stop procrastinating and be prepared. It only takes one storm to change your life and communiuty.

Visit or call our hardware stores conveniently located in Corinth 450-7247, Vide Bouteille 450-7246(closed temporarily), Monchy 450-7248 or Babonneau 450-5759 for all your storm and hurricane supplies.