PAsgeirsson wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I hope all of you in the path of Isabel are well prepared and can stay out of
>harms way. Rain measured in feet, tidal swells measured in yards and winds in
>units of 100 are not to be taken lightly.
>
>
>
For the nerdy or the surfers check out http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov for
weather bouys. Wave heights are climbing in NC. Surfs up?
Station 41002 - S HATTERAS - 250 NM East of Charleston, SC
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/images/Stations/6m.jpg> *Owned and maintained
by National Data Buoy Center*
*6-meter NOMAD buoy*
*DACT payload*
*32.27 N 75.42 W (32016'19"N 75025'02"W)*
*Site elevation:* sea level
*Air temp height:* 4 m above site elevation
*Anemometer height:* 5 m above site elevation
*Barometer elevation:* sea level
*Sea temp depth:* 1m below site elevation
*Water depth:* 3,785.6 m
*Watch circle radius:* 3,100 yards
Conditions at 41002 as of
(9:00 pm EDT on 09/17/2003)
0100 GMT on 09/18/2003:
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$wdir$E> Wind
Direction (WDIR): N ( 350 deg true )
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$wspd$E> Wind
Speed (WSPD): 46.6 kts
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$wgst$E> Wind
Gust (GST): 62.2 kts
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$wvht$E> Wave
Height (WVHT): 30.2 ft
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$dmpd$E>
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 13 sec
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$pres$E>
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.37 in
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$ptnd$E>
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.13 in ( Falling Rapidly )
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$atmp$E> Air
Temperature (ATMP): 74.3 0F
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$wtmp$E> Water
Temperature (WTMP): 81.3 0F
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=41002$dewp$E> Dew
Point (DEWP): 73.4 0F
Now closer to home ....
Station 44009 - DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/images/Stations/3m.jpg> *Owned and maintained
by National Data Buoy Center*
*3-meter discus buoy*
*VEEP payload*
*38.46 N 74.70 W (38027'49"N 74042'07"W)*
*Site elevation:* sea level
*Air temp height:* 4 m above site elevation
*Anemometer height:* 5 m above site elevation
*Barometer elevation:* sea level
*Sea temp depth:* 0.6 m below site elevation
*Water depth:* 28.0 m
*Watch circle radius:* 70 yards
Conditions at 44009 as of
(7:00 pm EDT)
2300 GMT on 09/17/2003:
*Note: This report is more than two hours old*
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$wdir$E> Wind
Direction (WDIR): NE ( 40 deg true )
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$wspd$E> Wind
Speed (WSPD): 21.4 kts
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$wgst$E> Wind
Gust (GST): 27.2 kts
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$wvht$E> Wave
Height (WVHT): 9.8 ft
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$dmpd$E>
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 7 sec
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$pres$E>
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.13 in
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$ptnd$E>
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.01 in ( Falling )
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$atmp$E> Air
Temperature (ATMP): 68.4 0F
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$wtmp$E> Water
Temperature (WTMP): 67.8 0F
<http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=44009$dewp$E> Dew
Point (DEWP): 63.5 0F
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