Lookout Giu!!

[camaraderie]

Giu...have you every been in a hurricane? Check out Sunday's' weather!! Yellow = Category 1 hurricane!!

[TSteele65]

That's a pretty damn straight track.

[Bardo]

And nowhere near Portugal. Is Alex traveling?

[Valiente]

Shh... he is omnipresent....shh...

On topic, you don't see too many tropical storms turn hurricane that far north. Usually it's hurricanes that turn into extra-tropical storms.

[sailortjk1]

Originally Posted by Valiente

Shh... he is omnipresent....shh...

On topic, you don't see too many tropical storms turn hurricane that far north. Usually it's hurricanes that turn into extra-tropical storms.

That was my question.
Is it typical for a Huricane to reach that far North?

And by the way,
what is sthe damage report in the Bahamas?
We are going on a long weekend cruise (Royal Caribbean) there next weekend.

[Insails]

I suspect this storm will have a large wind field as it transistions from a warm core low(tropical) to a cold core low(extratropical)..The maritimes will have a fit with this one,lets just hope we dont see another "Perfect Storm"...the mix to the soup is there...

[Zanshin]

I've been watching this one and some of the forecasts I've seen have forecast tropical storm strength winds going into the Arctic Circle! The line is a nice straight one up the coast, but I think once the storm hits a given latitude this time of year the track tends to become linear so this shouldn't be too strange. Glad I'm on the other side of the world from this one right now.

[max-on]

For those around Rhode Island Sound / Block Island / South Eastern Massachusetts and Islands, here is the latest from NOAA:

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
446 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2007
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI OUT TO 25 NM
ANZ255-020830-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-071102T2200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
446 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2007

FRI
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

FRI NIGHT
NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...
INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT... BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SAT
NE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT...BECOMING N
45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT...BUILDING TO 13 TO 18 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. S AND E OF NANTUCKET...SEAS 12 TO 17 FT...BUILDING TO 18 TO 23 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...BECOMING
NW 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. S AND E OF NANTUCKET...SEAS 20 TO 25 FT... SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM IN THE EVENING.

SUN
NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT... DIMINISHING TO
15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. S AND E OF NANTUCKET...SEAS 8 TO 13 FT... SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.


TB, are you sure you don't want to take the girls sailing Saturday; it could be fun!!

[kwaltersmi]

A strike right up the ol' Gulf Stream. That map makes me realize just how far offshore Bermuda really is. Looks like the boats hanging out in St. George are safe.

[TrueBlue]

TB, are you sure you don't want to take the girls sailing Saturday; it could be fun!!

Max, I know fer sure the girls won't be going out - their threshold is 15 kts.

I would be crazy enough to do it in my barge, if: 1). I didn't take the sails down already, and 2). I have a design presentation on Saturday. For sure though, that 70 kt episode would be a hair-raising experience, even for Giu.