Data Buoy 42003 wave height over 36 feet!!

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Data Buoy 42003 wave height over 36 feet!!

#1 Postby Burn1 » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:31 pm

Going Large......100 miles Northeast of Center
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#2 Postby Sanibel » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:40 pm

Wind speed 62 knot gusts. 29.31


We'll have monster waves here tomorrow...
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#3 Postby Cid 98 » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:55 pm

Gotta link Burn1?
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#4 Postby isobar » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:05 pm

Buoy 42003 link:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003

Also and interesting graphic showing BP taking a nosedive, winds increasing: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_wind_pres.php?station=42003&uom=E
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#5 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:07 pm

Looks like the buoy may have failed already. The last report is over 2 hours old. :-(
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#6 Postby isobar » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:12 pm

Try refreshing the page Marshall. :) Looks like it just updated ... now says 9:50 CDT, 71.9 kt gust.
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#7 Postby Burn1 » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:13 pm

Could be, and I don't think it quite looks like the nice calm picture on the buoy web page 8
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#8 Postby Chilly_Water » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:14 pm

Just got a new report from 10:50pmEDT:
Wind speed:54.4kts
Gust:71.9kts
Wave height:35.8ft
Pressure:29.38in

Whoa.
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#9 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:19 pm

I'm glad it's back to updating. The last report I saw was from 7:50 C.
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#10 Postby frankthetank » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:12 pm

looking at the coords...almost in the eye...ivan nearing 26n soon or there now...
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from Hou/Galv discussion

#11 Postby Houstonia » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:14 pm

Buoy 42003 reporting 35 feet seas right now. It could eventually break
the record for the highest wave height measured by a ndbc buoy in
the Gulf (40 feet at 42041 of the la coast---Hur lili).
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#12 Postby Chilly_Water » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:18 pm

Buoy Station 42003 (26.01N85.91W)
11:50pmEDT
Wind Speed:48.6kts(56mph)
Gusts:60.2kts(70mph)
Wave height:34.1ft
Pressure:29.36in

Calmer?
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why are the pressures rising at station 42003?

#13 Postby Houstonia » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:22 pm

Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.02 in ( Rising )

Does that mean the air pressure is rising?

Shouldn't it be falling?
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#14 Postby Sanibel » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:24 pm

We are 350 miles from Ivan and our winds are picking up in gusts.

Feels like a steady solid airflow up to 20 knots...
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#15 Postby frankthetank » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:28 pm

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html

ivan at 247N 870W....the buoy at...
260N 859W

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003

i guess it depends on how big the eye is, right? it looks like hes a little too far west...correct?
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#16 Postby Chilly_Water » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:10 am

While not waves over 36 ft., still informative...

12:50pmEDT
Wind Speed:52.4kts(60mph)
Gusts:68kts(78mph)
Wave Height:34.1ft
Pressure:29.36in.
Pressure Tendency:+0.02(Rising)
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