Wave height of Katrin - Ivan was as high as 90 feet

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Wave height of Katrin - Ivan was as high as 90 feet

#1 Postby Florida_brit » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:39 pm

The biggest ever recorded wave height ever recorded worldwide was in Hurricane Ivan last year over the GoM (not at landfall). Does anyone know what the heighest height has been for Katrin yet? Anyone got any readings from any buoys/radar images?

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/research/2005-08-04-giant-hurricane-waves_x.htm
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#2 Postby EmeraldCoast1 » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:42 pm

I saw bouy reports earlier today that were recording 22 ft. waves. I would seem that Katrina has the potential to generate 60-80 ft. waves too in the open GOM which will only make the storm surge worse closer to shore.
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#3 Postby photoguy » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:09 pm

My first post and I make it a double. Sorry.
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#4 Postby photoguy » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:10 pm

Actually, I seem to recall that the highest open ocean wave ever recorded was just over 110 feet - near Madagascar, I believe.

The highest tsunami was over 250 feet in Japan in 1971.

Neither are things that I would want to see - at least from the water or near water.

91 feet for the GOM, though, is enormous - there isn't much of a fetch. That boggles the mind.
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#5 Postby MKT2005 » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:17 pm

Actually the highest Tsunami recorded happen in 1958 in Alaska and it measured more than 1500 feet.
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Re: Wave height of Katrin - Ivan was as high as 90 feet

#6 Postby Steve Cosby » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:19 pm

Florida_brit wrote:The biggest ever recorded wave height ever recorded worldwide was in Hurricane Ivan last year over the GoM (not at landfall). Does anyone know what the heighest height has been for Katrin yet? Anyone got any readings from any buoys/radar images?


Data bouy 42003 is located northwest of the center and was reporting 22 foot waves at the time this post was written.

Here is the link to the bouy reports:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003
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#7 Postby nequad » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:21 pm

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/index.shtml


This is the link to the National Data Buoy Center. You can look at current winds and waves over the GOM here.
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#8 Postby nequad » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:23 pm

oh...cosby beat me to it.
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#9 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:24 pm

sorry about triple posting this computer problems! lol
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#10 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:25 pm

highest wave reported from Station 42003 - E GULF 260 nm South of Panama City, FL was 25.6 feet!
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#11 Postby Steve Cosby » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:28 pm

Look at the generated graph too - that pressure is dropping like the proverbial (or biblical) rock.
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