Woah! Possible Halloween Spookiness.

[Roger Long]

The Canadian models show this red patch (which may look different if you are viewing this much after my posting) turning into a large, late season, hurricane going right up the east coast and through Chesapeake Bay.

I'm ready to move on but may stay in the area where I have the offer of a dock way up at the end of one of the creeks. Weather won't be suitable for heading south until Wednesday or Thursday so I have some time to track this.

This could be material for some interesting posts.

 

[shemandr]

Yikes! Hugo was in November...

 

[zeehag]

the red patch was moving westward, now the models predict it to go northward...straight up....good luck-- be safe---

 

[richk]

Td 18

It's now a tropical depression (TD #18) A tropical depression is an organized system of clouds and thunderstorms with a defined, closed surface circulation and maximum sustained winds of less than 34 knots (39 mph). It has no eye and does not typically have the organization or the spiral shape of more powerful storms.

 

[zeehag]

wow--as it foms, it comes toward costa rica, then finds self at cuba and runs north.....

 

[Roger Long]

Story of my last hurricane here (Page 26):

http://issuu.com/pointseast/docs/december-issuu

 

[jibes138]

NOAA now has a track on it showing it going to the east side of the Bahamas, anyone's guess after that.

 

[shemandr]

A good article, Roger.
Artemis is already on the hard so I won't need to enact a plan like that.

 

[All U Get]

Ha ha, I guess we wait and see.
All U Get

 

[Cool Beans]

Thanks for the heads up! I hope it veers East so I don't have to strip the boat. . .that would be a bummer of a way to end the season

 

[Andrew A]

just for the record Hugo was in late September, 1989

 

[Jim Seamans]

Watching it

Was listening to Chris Parker yesterday morning and he was giving it a 20% chance of coming up the coast. Think I will stay close to here: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.541865,-76.586208&spn=0.10434,0.137672&t=h&z=13

Until it firms up. Was going to move down to Beaufort for jumping down the coast. Guess I will check my valve clearance and wash the boat a few times.

 

[Jim Seamans]

Hey Roger

Was coming down thru Great Bridge and heard a boat calling and its callsign was Strider. Thought it was you. Called him and asked if that was you. He didn't know of you or that another Strider was moving around. When I saw him at Alligator bridge he was a double ender .

 

[richk]

October climatology

from the National Hurricane Center:

The attached figure shows the zones of origin and tracks for October. It only depicts average conditions. Hurricanes can originate in different locations and travel much different paths from the average. Nonetheless, having a sense of the general pattern can give you a better picture of the average hurricane season for your area.

 

[zeehag]

old paths and old tracks did nothing whatsoever to help with jova last year---lol... good luck and hunker down-- hope all is well for y'all..looks like models are showing a helluva merge up mid -atlantic coast!
..we still watching our slow grow in pacific--has remained at 10 percent for a while--then is spozed to grow...hooyaahh...just hope this one doesnt come into banderas bay....

 

[Shoaldrafter]

Alligator on bridge?

Was coming down thru Great Bridge and heard a boat calling and its callsign was Strider. Thought it was you. Called him and asked if that was you. He didn't know of you or that another Strider was moving around. When I saw him at Alligator bridge he was a double ender .

Did you mean the draw bridge?

Alligator bridge he was a double ender? What kind of double ender? Was he an Atkins design? Did you take picture? U stopping to see Wanda?

Ed K

Was it this one?

 

[Jim Seamans]

No, different boat. Looked like he was from Delaware. We passed him after the swing bridge at Alligator River..

 

[Roger Long]

No, different boat.

I saw that double ender named "Strider" in Jekyll Creek last year. There are a number of "Strider"'s around, including another (45 foot Gulfstar) with the homeport of Portland. I thought only one name was permitted per port but it evidently slipped through.

 

[All U Get]

Hi Roger,

I'm getting ready for Halloween by adding more chaffe protection.

All U Get

 

[sea_casper]

Reminds me of the "Perfect Storm".
The 1991 Perfect Storm, also known as the Halloween Nor'easter of 1991, was a nor'easter that absorbed Hurricane Grace and ultimately evolved into a small hurricane late in its life cycle. Wikipedia