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Any Maine surfers here? I know there are other surfers/snowboarders, etc., fishing and boating people. I am mostly in Rhode Island, but also have/will all over Cape Cod, North Shore Mass., South Shore, Mass. Here is the NOAA wave/wind model for a couple of days hence...simply doesn't get any better, at least over past 30 years (and no, I am not worried about "jinxing" or attracting people to certain spots...the ocean will take care of itself):

Hello, Long-time member, rare poster except obs and such. Voracious reader of all of your expertise, however! I must say in this thread: Hurricane Erin has the making of an epic wave-producer for all my New England brothers and sisters who will hit it as it pulls away. National Weather Service Coastal Marine Forecast below (posted as plain text so hope it doesn't run off the screen to the right). -- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 1004 PM EDT Tue Aug 19 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... . THU...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 10 to 13 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: E 8 ft at 7 seconds and S 7 ft at 15 seconds, becoming S 9 ft at 17 seconds and E 8 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning. . THU NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft, building to 13 to 18 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: S 12 ft at 17 seconds and E 10 ft at 7 seconds, becoming S 14 ft at 17 seconds and E 10 ft at 8 seconds. . FRI...NE winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 14 to 18 ft, subsiding to 11 to 15 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S 13 ft at 17 seconds and NE 10 ft at 8 seconds, becoming SE 10 ft at 14 seconds and NE 9 ft at 9 seconds. -- NHC track: Very reminiscent of Erin on 9/11, when I was out three different time around Narragansett, Rhode Island area. I'll miss this one. I am visiting family and friends in Boston for my birthday til Thursday, then back to Brattleboro, Vermont. Argh. Seriously, if you are not extremely skilled, do not try to play the hero. You'll most likely drown. Oh yeah, very nice seasonable weather of late, finally, in Brattleboro! I do full-time landscaping, and the 100 heat indexes and 90-plus and very humid for like six weeks kinda hurt.

Same here. NWS went from 4 - 8 inches yesterday to cloudy today. Ugh.

I was looking out my window, hadn't been out yet. Two inches, it is!

About an inch in downtown Brattleboro.

It's -1 in Keene, my closest NWS station...usually a few degrees warmer here in Brattleboro.

Eyeballing about 3 inches here in downtown Brattleboro.

We got about 5" here in Brattleboro. After all the 8" - 12" calls from NWS, a bit disappointing, but I'll take it!