Crew,
Hello DARRYL, MOTO and 20 visitor's.
I's eye 35nm wide. Living Large...like Johnny did/was and will always be in my mind's eye.
Numbers to come later. Wish I could answer/chat...but very, very, very busy. Will do what I can when I can. Thanks.
Ice
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MARINE...BUSY MORNING WITH CALLS/VISITATIONS REGARDING FUTURISTIC PROGNOSTICATIONS OF CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE ISABEL. FOR THE HERE AND NOW ANYWAY...2MB HAND-DRAWN SURFACE MAP DEPICTS 1008MB LOW (REMNANTS OF HENRI) ABOUT 100 MILES E OF FPSN7 BUOY. THE LOW FINALLY PULLS NW AND TOWARD THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG THE OBX SATURDAY...THEN
DRIFTS NW AND LOSES IT'S CHARACTERISTICS/DISSIPATES OVER CENTRAL VA/NC BORDER SUNDAY. SCA FLAGS TO REMAIN FLYING TODAY ALONG ENTIRE CWFA DUE TO BRISK N TO NE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS/CHOPPY SOUND WATERS...
NOT TO MENTION HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT. SURF CAMS/LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORTING 5-7 FT WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE OBX (A BIT MORE TEXTURIZED AND A TAD SMALLER NEAR FRISCO)...WHILE THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF THE CRYSTAL COAST REMAIN STUCK IN THE 1-2 FT MODE DUE TO THE BRISK "OFFSHORE" WIND CONTENT.
ALL THIS AND THAT DUE TO CHANGE (ON THE MUCH BIGGER END OF THE WAVE HEIGHT SPECTRUM) IN THE COMING DAYS AND INTO NEXT WEEK. P-GRAD LOOSENS UP DRAMATICALLY SATURDAY AS THE ABOVE LOW TRAVERSES OVER OBX...BUT SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL WITH THE NE SWELL (SOON TO BE REPLACED BY ISABEL E TO SE SWELL) EFFECTS.
SPEAKING OF THE 160G190MPH LADY...ISABEL'S LONG PERIOD FORERUNNER SWELL ENERGY HAS ALREADY MADE INROADS TO OUR OUTER CWFA PERIPHERY. A TESTIMONY TO THE STELLAR HURRICANE VERSION OF NOAA WAVE WATCH III
WHICH DAYS AGO PEGGED ISABEL'S DISTANT SWELL ENERGY TO ARRIVE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON 9/12/03. AS IS USUAL IN THESE RARE EVENTS (SEE SOUTH AMERICA/AFRICA 8/2002 17-20 SECOND LONG PERIOD SWELL) REGISTERED 3.3 TO 3.9 FT/16.7 SECOND PERIOD SWELLS AT 1 AM LAST
NIGHT. 17 SECOND PERIODS BEGINNING TO KICK IN STRONG AT THE PAN AS OF THIS WRITING. EMERALD ISLE FIRE DEPT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THIS MORNING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GOING INTO EFFECT ALONG THE CRYSTAL COAST AS EARLY AS SATURDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF ISABEL'S LONG PERIOD SWELL ENERGY TO THE COAST...NOT TO MENTION BUILDING WAVE HEIGHTS IN AND AROUND INLETS AND SURF ZONES.
SPEAKING OF RARE CATEGORY 5 EVENTS...NOAA WAVE WATCH III FORECASTS 30 FT SEAS EVERY 12 SECONDS ROLLING UNDER (HOPEFULLY NOT OVER) BUOY 41001
(150NM E OF HATTERAS) THURSDAY EVENING.
GC
