'Noreaster Noel pounds New England; new tropical depression may hit Nicaragua
Hurricane Noel is now 'Noreaster Noel, and wind and seas are steadily rising near New England and Nova Scotia. Sustained winds of 53 mph, gusting to 61 mph, were observed at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts at 1pm EDT, and winds at Nantucket Island were 43 mph, gusting to 53 mph. At 3am this morning, strong winds along North Carolina's Outer Banks pushed the sea over Highway 12 near Rodanthe, cutting off the islands from the mainland. Seas were 10-12 feet along North Carolina, and much higher in the open ocean--up to 37 feet at buoy 41048 a few hundred miles west of Bermuda. Waves up to 30 feet are expected to batter the shore of western Nova Scotia, where 'Noreaster Noel is expected to barrel ashore tonight. 'Noreaster Noel has already brought up to an inch of rain to eastern Long Island and coastal Massachusetts (Figure 2), and heavy rains of 4 inches will be common along the coast.
Figure 1. Visible satellite image of 'Noreaster Noel taken at 10:45am EDT 11/03/07. Disturbance 91L is visible at the bottom of the image. Image credit: NASA Goddard.
Noel's trail of destruction
Noel's death toll now stands at 127, with many more missing. The Dominican Republic suffered 82 deaths, Haiti 43, the Bahamas one, and Jamaica one. Noel is the deadliest storm this hurricane season.
Links to follow for 'Noreaster Noel
New England Marine weather and buoy reports
Long range radar out of Boston, MA
Google Maps interface, zoomed in on Nantucket, MA
Figure 2. Total rainfall from 'Noreaster Noel.
New tropical depression could form near Nicaragua
A region of disturbed weather that was the southern portion of Hurricane Noel's rainy regime has acquired a spin of its own, and appears to be organizing into a tropical depression. This disturbance has been labeled "91L" by NHC today. Wind shear is about 10 knots over 91L, and is expected to be 10-20 knots through Monday. This should allow the system enough time to organize into a tropical depression or weak tropical storm before it makes landfall over Nicaragua on Monday. Heavy rains will begin to affect northeastern Nicaragua tonight and spread into northeast Honduras on Sunday. Total rain amounts of 4-8 inches are likely by Tuesday. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate 91L Sunday afternoon.
I'll have an update Sunday morning.
Jeff Masters
LDD-DR employees and neighbors help the Valerio Family repair their home.
Taken at 1500 (3 PM) at Lynnhaven Inlet on the Chesapeake Bay - waves from Hurricane Noel
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Hey squirrel, stay safe!
impressive sustained winds
Winds just now getting stronger and seem to be switching to a more NE direction.
From Chatham, Ma. (eastern Cape Cod)
Still heavy rains, winds gusting close to 50 MPH and seem to be coming at us from a mostly easterly direction.
the circulation center has not passed you area yet. Thats why you have easterly winds. When it reaches your latitude you will have northerly winds when its to your north you will have westerly winds.
I was wondering if you were posting here giving updates from your area in Cape Cod.
Everyone, she is up there because her daughter has a garden wedding in Cape Cod for evening.. and now Noel is trying to wreck the plans!
Peace, we are all praying that this will blow over soon for the wedding!
I love Chatham...especially the Cranberry Inn.
My brother has a place in D-port.
Is it you whose daughter has a garden wedding planned for tonight?
Hoping all good things for you all, and for all your guests.
Any contingency location possible, just incase?
Take care! All weddings have glitches, but sheesh.
Talk about memorable. ♥
Gamma; Thanks for the good wishes! The garden wedding ceremony is definitely out, but hubby & I got back from decorating the Inn where the wedding will take place a little while ago and the ceremony has been moved to a large indoor room, in front of the fire place.
Unfortunately, I think the storm will be at it's peak about the time we have to leave to make the drive from Chatham to Brewster (from the south elbow of the Cape to the north bay-side) to get to the wedding. I really hate to leave the pets a lone in the motor home while we're gone, but we don't have much choice. Noel's timing is horrible! We can only hope that he's merciful!
The Nantucket Harbor II CAM looks dang spooky now:
http://nantucket.net/live/newharbor.php
Going to get interesting yet again, though the season is over ROTFLMAO...where is the guy that said 91L was a bulge in the ITCZ?
We're talking with daughter in Cape Porpoise now.
Last we knew her very expensive kayak was still tied up alongside her place...near the harbour.
Gosh, I really dislike my kiddos being in harm's way.
I'd much rather be there myself!
http://www.lau.chs-shc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showFrameset&zone=30&language=english&r egion=5&stnnum=170
LOL! As my mom-in-law used to say about one of hubby's sibbies:
"He's brilliant but not too bright."
...the left side of the storm as it moves up, traditionally the weaker side.
Apparently Noel is a non-conformist.
The west side has the heavy rains with this, and is the worst in general.
Halifax Harbor (44258)
Local Time: 4:49 PM ADT on November 03, 2007 Location: 44.5 North -63.4 West
Updated: 4:00 PM ADT on November 03, 2007
Air Temperature: 49° F / 10° C
Wind direction (W Dir): East (75 - 84 Degrees)
Wind Speed (W Spd): 31.1 kts (35.8 mph / 57.6 km/h)
Wind Gust (W Spd): 38.9 kts (44.7 mph / 72.0 km/h)
Dominant Wave Period (DWP): 9 sec
Dominant Wave Height (DWH): 12.14 ft / 3.70 m
Dominant Wave Range (DWR): exactly 12.1 ft / exactly 3.7 m
Atmospheric Pressure (AP): 29.95 in / 1014 hPa
Pressure Tendency (PT): -0.25 in / -8.5 hPa
Decreasing
Link
Yeah, that would put me off lightning too!
My biologist son once found himself on a tiny island near Cape Hatteras between a huge lightning storm and a waterspout.
He was very grateful he had an ATV along...and got out of there fast.
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