Hurricane Bill - interesting path

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by likwid

Make sure to check how many bottles he's gone through first.

Will do - on my end down this way, I'm hoping it won't be more than a 2 bottle storm...

Maybe Karl F will pipe up with a prediction for you guys on the Cape - he's usually right on the money...

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Will do - on my end down this way, I'm hoping it won't be more than a 2 bottle storm...

Maybe Karl F will pipe up with a prediction for you guys on the Cape - he's usually right on the money...

... ...

we are due... been 18 years since Bob....
week without power...except at our store... only cold beer on lower cape for a week... man we was swamped... scored lotsa free firewood... but... I digress...a bit... the t-shirts... "I got Blown By Bob on Cape Cod"...guy that did those up that year made a killin... i ran into him tonight at work...asked him if he started on the "I got Blown By Bill on Cape Cod" t-shirts yet... ... he said he already had the art work done, and is gonna wait a day or so... to see the track... he know he has to blast them out before NSTAR pukes....IF we get it....

we is selling tons of bottles, regardless....but it will be at least a 2 bottle storm, no matter where it makes land fall... and I am making sure I have a full tank of chainsaw gas, atleast two extra sharp chains... and that the motorhome has a full load of gas, propane, and water, and made sure the generator is in good working order today.... plus the wife , I am sure, will load up on provisions.....just in case... ..

Just walked out of work a bit ago...it is a helluva lot more humid now, than earlier in the day...and the air is stagnant...no breeze...

my Mom would call this past weeks weather... a "weather breeder"....
an 83 year old I know told me tonight, his bones tell him it's coming..
and says it will pass right over Falmouth... ...

who knows???



Only Time will tell....

[saltwateredge]

Hey Guys and Gals, chris here.

Just looked this up on wikipedia and thought it was interesting. Path of the '38 Hurricane. What caused it to straighten out there at the end when it looked like it would curve out to sea? I'm still learning and trying to understand how these troughs and ridges "steer" these massive storms.

[Crafty Angler]

Yeah, Karl if I was gonna trust anyone it'd have to be someone old enough to have lived through the '38, '44 and '54 storms - I only qualify on one out of the three and my memories of Carol are still pretty vivid considering I was only 5 at the time

In all seriousness - which is fairly rare for me - can't say I like the predicted track going inside of Bermuda and now the high to our west looks to be stalling......gotta check a couple of weather maps

Worst case would be the cold front to our west slowing down allowing Bill to pass in between that one and the one responsible for our hot weather off the coast, funneling it this way

At the very least they're calling for swells between 12-20' by Sunday

I'll listen to the NHC morning report, but I may be moving up to DefCon 2 as of now for the storm - thank God we had a long-overdue new roof put on the house last week, just hope it stays there...

If nothing else at this point, it's at least worth making sure you're prepared - better safe than sorry

You've gotta admit, it's been a strange summer weather-wise...

[Raven]

SIGN on the old Indian's house

left town because of hurricane

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Raven

SIGN on the old Indian's house

left town because of hurricane

Hmmm...I noticed the old greenhorn up the street was out early this AM doubling up the lines on his tomato plants...

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Hmmm...I noticed the old greenhorn up the street was out early this AM doubling up the lines on his tomato plants...

[likwid]

Originally Posted by saltwateredge

What caused it to straighten out there at the end when it looked like it would curve out to sea?

Probably a Low that was sitting there pushing it out to sea fell apart and let it go thumping along. The ridges are the boundaries between systems.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by likwid

Probably a Low that was sitting there pushing it out to sea fell apart and let it go thumping along. The ridges are the boundaries between systems.

If you get a High way out over Bermuda as well, it can ride the west edge of that, coupled with a dip near the coast in the jet stream... it will ride up, and come fast, typically forward speeds in new England are 40-60mph. makes the east side of the storm that much worse.

Updated runs still show it out to sea the closest model is the NGF model....