Dropsonde shakes out to ~932mb. Not bad as it's still on approach. It looks like it's going more northward, but I need the NNW shift to be on a path to a center pass.
Yes. I'm in Port Hood on Cape Breton Island. Conditions gradually deteriorating here with heavy rain and a relatively light breeze so far.
Not much bandwidth to stream. If there's something streamable I'll try to do so. Pressure down to 994.5mb.
18z GFS still hooks it west as it transitions tonight and the Euro will probably do the same. It’s just a waiting game to see if it happens. This is always my most nerve wracking time but the waiting is always tough. Tropical definitely ain’t for the faint of heart.
This is always the most nerve wracking time. After all the tracking, after all the research, after all the travel…you just hope you made a good call. We shall see.
Yep, that's what I figured. It's all down to nowcasting now.
It's hauling up this way.
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Yeah, it's a gamble being on the island. Driving over it yesterday I think it'll be ok as long as it doesn't get crushed by waves. I'm guessing Josh is down by Canso?
Yeah we'll see. I expect some water rise, but nothing too dramatic here given my position on the coast. If I were further south, it'd be trouble. Originally I was going to be in Louisbourg but that fell through.
Yeah, it's a very nice look on satellite especially for this latitude. Don't like relying on a N/NNW hook but here we are
Highest latitude Cat 4 since Debby in 1982 per Phil Klotzbach.