Any possibility for swells up here.

[ScubaSarus]

Can't help but noticing the hurricane stalled off the coast of Florida. It looks like its peaking in and out of the coast beyond the NC Cape. The last time a hurricane did this I think was George that peaked in and out and sent intermitant swells our way. I rember being at Misquamicut, RI having a fun day of bodyboarding when all of a sudden large sets of swells started marching in. The lifeguards got everyone out of the water.

Since we'll be off the coast Sunday I'm just wondering if a couple of affecting swells will come by. This is a question for an ocean ographer.

Do we have an oceanographer in the house ?

 

[Gidds]

No but nerdy me is addicted to the weather channel. Here in RI we had a swell and riptide advisory the day before yesterday but it has not gone back into effect *yet* for this weekend. If you check your local weather page it ought to tell you.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Noaa kinda is telling boaters just to be on the look out with no certain 100% prediction its kinda go at your own risk.

 

[large_diver]

Take a look at the attached pic from the US Navy Fleet Meteorological site. Look at the RI coast. Waves close to shore will be the worst on this scale when the arrows on the chart are pointing directly (perpendicular) towards the coast, and based on the color-coded wave height chart. I ran the attached projection for 36 hours from now (Sunday morning at ~11:00AM). Arrows close to southern RI are running parallel to the coast instead of perpendicular and colors indicate smaller waves, at least closer to shore -- looks like you should be OK.

You can see the hurricane on this projection -- seems to be affecting Carolinas through the Mid-Atlantic.

To run your own projections, use the link below -- under Oceanography in the left margin, click on WW3. Click on "North Atlantic", and then "significant wave height", using the column under the number of hours from the current time you want a projection for.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/

-Chris

 

[Hank49]

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/

-Chris

The surfers in your area must be stoked. Waves like this must be rare up there. Real swells, not wind chop....cowabunga dude.....

 

[ScubaSarus]

Swells don't get better. So many diff geographys of the coast in such little area give all diff types of breaks. True ground swells are something to experience. Especially if they last over a day or 2 without wind.

If you are not an oceanographer you probably at least an honorary Oceanographer with that sit large_diver. Thanks for a pretty neat link.

 

[Grab Shell Dude]

hey large_diver!
I second the motion!! ...that is a great link!!!
thanks very much!
...Crush

 

[large_diver]

I'm not an Oceanographger...I just like to play one on TV....;-)

It's a great site -- my brother (windsurfer/surfer) turned me onto it several years ago. I've found it to be pretty good at predicting wave conditions.

 

[RIOceanographer]

I'm not an Oceanographger...I just like to play one on TV....;-)

It's a great site -- my brother (windsurfer/surfer) turned me onto it several years ago. I've found it to be pretty good at predicting wave conditions.

By the authority vested in me as a real life oceanographer, I hereby grant you the title of honorary oceanographer! Very cool link.

 

[RIOceanographer]

Do we have an oceanographer in the house ?

Bah! Sure, go right ahead and put your oceanographer dive buddy on the spot. :dry:

I study phytoplankton not hurricane swells so I can't give you any better info than what you are getting. I pretty much go by the same forecasts you do.

Whether we get the swells or not depends on more than just if there is a direct line of sight between us and a hurricane across the Atlantic. It also depends on how strong and large (in terms of diameter) the hurricane is, how fast it is moving, what the weather between the hurricane and here is doing etc.