Published by Ocean September 5th, 2007
in General and Ocean's oasis.
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Well it looks like we may be in for an actual hurricane in the Carolina’s. Disturbance 99L is shaping up quite nicely. The GFDL model shows a little circulation and tropical storm development for tomorrow. Once the high pressure moves off the North Carolina coast, this makes room for the disturbance to develop and become organized and head on a more westerly direction. The high has kept the storm from moving towards the east coast.Some of the models show the storm “fishing” which means turning away from the coast and heading out to sea. This one bears watching because all of the models have it developing at about 96 hours out. The GFDL has it becoming a Cat 2 and nailing the Carolina’s. As usual, we just have to wait and see if we have Gabrielle coming to visit. I may be paddling out to my special place well off the coast sometime this weekend. The seas will be on the rise through the weekend. It’s going to be messy unless you know where to go for cover to avoid the strong NE winds. And there is more than one place in Southern NC. Regardless of the surf, we should keep our eyes on it just in case we have to make any last minute preparations. I’ll update tomorrow after one of the later model runs unless anything significant happens overnight.
There is another system that should be falling off Africa in the next few days and it appears that a tropical depression will form off the Cape Verde Islands. So far the models show this one going along the same path as Dean. It’s way out and the models don’t do so well when systems are this far out. It’s good to watch them though. The African Wave Train is alive and well right now and September could blow up.
Published by Ocean September 5th, 2007
in General and Ocean's oasis.
Well I had started a blog about the 11th annual Wahine Contest, however,something ironic happened which caused me to change my mind. Don’t misunderstand me,the contest was great and I had a really good time. It was so nice to see everyone and make some new friends. It was what happened the day after that made me change my mind about writing a blog dedicated to the contest. Many of you know why the contest began in the first place,and many of you probably think it’s just another contest. The contest began as a way to bring girls and women together due to the loss of a surfer girl. She committed suicide and fortunately something great came out of her death, the East Coast Wahine Championships which is an awesome way to fellowship. It’s too bad Jamie Lynn Melbon wasn’t able to grasp another type of fellowship and hang on just a little longer in order to let the darkness pass. I guess she just couldn’t go on and it’s ironic that she killed herself the day after the Wahine contest. She was 39 years old and loved by many.
Published by anne September 5th, 2007
in General.
Hey Wahines- we are looking for a few women interested in blogging. It doesn’t matter where you live, if you surf and wanna talk about the waves, the crowds, the industry, or whatever we’d love to have you on here. You’d make posts, just like this one, maybe add a photo or two and voila! It’s fun, it’s easy, and hey people want to read this stuff. If you’re interested and serious, drop me an email. Please, only if you’re serious- our last bloggers have pretty much disappeared- except for Ocean, she rocks!
