2008 Atlantic hurricane season

[adamh0903]

These things never get old to watch....

Anyone read the 11a Discussion from the NHC....They seem to have thrown their hands up and said....we dont know what she is doing...

STEERING CURRENTS HAVE REMAINED VERY LIGHT...CONSEQUENTLY FAY HAS
BARELY MOVED SINCE YESTERDAY. GLOBAL MODELS INSIST ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF FAY. THIS PATTERN
SHOULD FORCE THE CYCLONE TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
OR WEST...A MOTION WE HAVE BEEN FORECASTING BUT HAS NOT MATERIALIZED
YET. NEVERTHELESS...THE DEVELOPING STEERING PATTERN GIVES ME NO
OPTION BUT TO FORECAST A TURN TO THE LEFT WHICH SHOULD BEGIN SOON.

These guys know way more about these things than I do, but I am going to go out on a limb a say she wont travel as far south as they excpect. You can see on the Water Vapor loop that the High is building to the north but is building more the the SE than S and has not built as far south as expected at this point.

[jbm32206]

It's indeed, the weirdest of storms...and as long as this sucker sits below us, the more rain we'll have, for longer!

[jbm32206]

Schools in Duval will be closed again tomorrow

[gatorback]

The life just took, was that a surfer in Jacksonville or Flagler?

[jbm32206]

Jacksonville...Neptune Beach...21 year old girl

[gatorback]

it's 2 in Jacksonville now? They need to get out of the water.

[BridgeTroll]

it's 2 in Jacksonville now? They need to get out of the water.

Duh... WTF are they thinking??

[jbm32206]

Clearly, they weren't....so much for heeding warnings or using common sense. It's just a shame that a young life is gone because of that.

[Charleston native]

Take it from a beginner level surfer who knows novices and experts in surfing: many surfers love tropical storms and hurricanes because they create 8-10 foot swells that normally don't occur in the Atlantic. These swells create wave lines that are comparable to surfing at the Pipeline or around Malibu.

Unfortunately, it's a part of the surfer culture on the East coast.

[Doctor_K]

Natural selection at its finest.  I'll probably get flak for this, but I don't consider it 'tragic' if they went and put themselves in harm's way despite the wall-to-wall coverage and warnings to the contrary.  Idiots.

[gatorback]

３ more  more weeks till the height of the hurricane season.  Things should start to pick up now...

[Jason]

Take it from a beginner level surfer who knows novices and experts in surfing: many surfers love tropical storms and hurricanes because they create 8-10 foot swells that normally don't occur in the Atlantic. These swells create wave lines that are comparable to surfing at the Pipeline or around Malibu.

Unfortunately, it's a part of the surfer culture on the East coast.

I'm one of those that used to love the Atlantic storms because of the surf they created, however, surfing at the moment the storm was hitting was still a large blip on my stupidity radar.  The days leading up to and afterwards made for much better and cleaner lines and sets.  Surfing during a storm is like surfing in a washing machine.  Very tiring and very stupid, IMO.

[David]

Round two!



Hopefully this one doesn't stumble back & forth across the state like drunk b***h fay did, if it touches Florida at all.

[Jason]

Very similar track though...

[Charleston native]

I'm one of those that used to love the Atlantic storms because of the surf they created, however, surfing at the moment the storm was hitting was still a large blip on my stupidity radar.  The days leading up to and afterwards made for much better and cleaner lines and sets.  Surfing during a storm is like surfing in a washing machine.  Very tiring and very stupid, IMO.

You're right, the best sets I've seen usually have the TS or hurricane bypassing the coastline, usually about 10-20 miles from shore. Call me chicken or just a cautious beginner, I couldn't bring myself to go out there. Another very good point...it is incredibly stupid to think that you'll get the best lines with the storm making landfall. Indeed, all you get from this experience is a severe waterlogging...and unfortunately in this case, exhaustion leading to drowning.