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I’m thinking more like 145 knots 920. Unless we see even more tightening before arrival. Water temps support super high end.
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Seems reasonable. The right side of the storm will have enhanced winds do to fast forward movement. This is going to be a big power outage event well inland. This portion of the gulf has been a down right hurricane factory this season. If these waters had been undisturbed Zeta would likely be a major.
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Riiiiiiiggghhhhhtttttt The storm signal is there
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I noticed that driving last night. Basically heavy drizzle. I’ll take it. Anything that adds moisture to the upper soil level is a good thing until we get some real rain this week.
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SNE "Tropical" Season Discussion 2020
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Bostonseminole's topic in New England
I was lucky to surf the largest East coast waves I have ever ridden yesterday thanks to Teddy. Solid 15-18’ faces at a rock reef in Montauk NY. Teddy has been a prolific swell producer and illustrator of why fetch matters more then maximum wind speed. As teddy’s max wind speeds decreased its enlarging wind field was more able to impart energy into the ocean. -
It’s going to be a hell of allot more impactful then you think. Major beach erosion producer which will likely throw many multimillion dollar beach homes in the ocean.
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Given the right conditions you could easily see a Patricia type storm there. I wonder what the upper bounds are for intensity and pressure, sub 850 220mph?
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Long period swells from Patrica worked their magic and caused washovers and erosion. Long period swells (over 12 seconds) are extremely energetic and surge up and over the beach. I had the pleasure of riding those swells last night and it was a memorable session at Gilgo beach.
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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Windspeed's topic in Tropical Headquarters
A recurving major would be fantastic (as a surfer) but not where I would look. The MDR off Africa has clearly been a mess this season. If and when the next major forms it’s likely to be closer to land. The OHC is out there, we just need a storm to enter an area of low shear and it’s off to the races. I wouldn’t rule out a cat 5 -
2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Windspeed's topic in Tropical Headquarters
I mean part of an active season, especially hyperactive is your general September central Atlantic hurricanes. They usually produce a big chunk of ACE and most of the hyperactive years have them. I just enjoy tracking, attempting forecasts and observing the outcomes. Whether they are land threats or not matters little to me. Though I would prefer they avoid populated areas. A big CV hurricane is my favorite even if it threatens nothing but shipping. Aside from Dorian, Lorenzo was an incredible storm to track as well last year. Perhaps we'll get a few beasts over the next month. Over the years some big offshore CV hurricanes have killed more people on the east coast then many would believe. Rip currents caused by the resultant swell are real killers. Some classics like Gabrielle in 89 had double digit deaths. Large battering waves can also cause erosion and beach washovers. Bill in 08 caused a ton of damage at Jones Beach NY where I have been a life guard for 22 years. The East Coast with it’s sandy beaches is very prone to erosion caused by high energy long period swells. I have watched the beach washed clean (all snow fencing destroyed) under sunny sky’s on numerous occasions. Moral of the story, I find the term fish storm annoying. -
I would go with the repeating pattern. Torch October and arctic outbreaks in November
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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Windspeed's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Exactly. In terms of what the general public thinks of this season ACE numbers are meaningless. You need a functioning MDR to bring higher ACE numbers. One Ivan or Irma can inflate numbers. -
My parents trees are starting to grow back some leaves. They defoliated so bad I was worried they wouldn’t make it. Two very large silver maples (short lived) which lost major branches as well. The entire south shore of Western LI has a series of small lakes and ponds Which can be pretty spectacular some years. All the viewing spots are on the south sides looking north. Toss the whole foliage season there.
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Where are you getting this information??? NHC site has TS Omar. nice little wave producer in a hurricane swell less season thus far
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The MDR continues to be a mess. I would look closer in, until if and when things change
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SVR potential late Wed-Thu August 26-27 NYC metro
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Drove through the heart of the storm, southern state was flooded. Winds rocked my truck. Lynbrook was flooded everywhere. Some of the best lightning in years -
August 2020 General Discussions & Observations Thread
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Rtd208's topic in New York City Metro
Appears the worst part of what little severe there was east of the city yesterday moved over my area of Lynbrook. Came home from Jones Beach (where the storm was meh) to find a large tree on my neighbors house. The tree had most likely weakened during Isaias as I do not see signs of winds higher then 50ish. Here’s a nighttime pic, but you get the idea. (Norway Maple, weed tree) -
Tropical connection NYC forum area Fri-Sun 8/28-30/20
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
That would make sense given the track and speed. Basically the opposite of what occurred with Isaias -
August 2020 General Discussions & Observations Thread
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Rtd208's topic in New York City Metro
It’s been big time boom or bust. Patterns like to lock set and load. It just depends on which side your on. I fully expect some mega blizzards in the future until we become too warm for much snow. That would be 50 plus years from now -
2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to Windspeed's topic in Tropical Headquarters
If there were to be an Atlantic Patricia (and there will be in the next few years) it’s not going to recurve. A storm sub 890 and 200mph plus would occur in the SW Caribbean somewhere near the Caymans. That’s the the only area with MPI to pull it off. So it’s not escaping. -
Excellent video. Peak gusts look to be 80+. Does anyone have a radar loop of the event?
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We would have seen a complete destruction of the power grid, with outages lasting months. We likely would have seen gusts to 100mph+ Research suggests that Healthy northern hardwoods fail with winds over 80mph. I paid allot of attention to the tree damage with Isaias and allot of the snapped trees had termite or carpenter ant damage.
