friday pm... let's hope something sticks around for saturday DP.. i can't imagine a double OH swell pretty much dropping to waist high in the matter hour 12 hrs (w/ out a 30mph west wind)
I'm saying on the west side of the storm, its going to be hurricane force winds blowing away from the coast...
Swellinfo: From these insane buoy readings and wind predictions, are you expecting landfall? The last time I saw 25ft + buoy readings this whole coast shut down for 2 weeks (isabel), and only a head high wave was to found, at best. Washed up Chanel markers and pier pilings made for some interesting hazards too...
could be landfall or brush us. sketchy track for sure, hope it doesnt hit anywhere and stays off our coast.
Looks like we're gonna have a small window on Friday morning. I wonder if we'll get anything out of Fiona on Sunday or Monday?
The periods on Earl look super long as of now. I gotta find a spot that won't close out like this whole weekend.
Storms tracking that close to the coast suck (to close to the wind field). If this storm tracks that close your best bet is catching the wave train prior to the storm's arrival. Also, Earl just went Cat. 4 & is doing a bee line for Hatteras. Largest swells always propagate ahead & to the right of the storm's direction. That puts Jersey smack dab in the middle of Earls swell train between now & Thursday. I think Wednesday into Thursday will be your best bet before things get out of control.
stupid questions do these tropical systems ever combine? could earl and fiona hook up somehow and do something crazy and unexpected or is that totally impossible? i know fiona's not nearly as strong but what happens if she catches up? just wondering.
swellinfo is showing waistchest high for wednesday, so idk about that. and if there is any chance of surfing on friday its going to be in the late evening
I don't think they would combine given their current tracks. From what i've read it sounds like the outflow from earl would cause too much wind shear in Fiona's development path. Also read that if Fiona were to catch Earl the two storms could rotate around a common point. Just regurgatating what I read earlier in the day on Jeff Master's blog. But the superstorm you are referring to has happened in the past. "The Perfect Storm" was a combination of a strong low off of nova scotia and Hurricane Grace, which was essentially eaten up by the low. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html
