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[sponger]

Steve Lyons is calling for a 8-10 foot swell for St Augustine North. Not to bad at all! See you in the water!

[LaBreeze]

Surf's up! Be careful for the rips.

[FlSteel]

sounds like it's time to hit the beach and watch some surf. Hopefully people will be careful and mindful of the riptides that surly will occur.

[sponger]

Here are the obs from 41012 (Off of St Augustine) As you can see, the larger surf is still well offshore.

Station 41012 - St. Augustine, FL 40NM ENE of St Augustine, FL.


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: 38.4 m
Watch circle radius: 81 yards


Conditions at 41012 as of
(10:50 pm EDT on 08/24/2005)
0250 GMT on 08/25/2005:
Unit of Measure: Time Zone:


Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 90 deg true )
Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 13.6 kts
Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 15.5 kts
Wave Height 3.0 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 7 sec

[sponger]

41009 (20 miles of Cape Canaveral) filling in a little better!


Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 19.4 kts
Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 23.3 kts

Wave Height 5.9 ft
Dominant Wave Period 8 sec


Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.96 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.02 in ( Rising )
Air Temperature 85.5 °F
Water Temperature 85.6 °F

[sponger]

410010 (120 Miles off the Cape) showing a little more size!
Wind Direction (WDIR): ENE ( 70 deg true )
Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 17.5 kts
Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 21.4 kts

Wave Height (WVHT): 6.2 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 7 sec

[sponger]

I agree with both of you! Inexperienced surfers should stay out of the water!
These are not forgiving conditions! This applies far away from the Center. The farthest reaching effects of a hurricane is the swell generated.

[senorpepr]

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