"*JimH*" wrote in message
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wrote:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/WestGulf.shtml

These are the weather bouys. 42001 is right in the path and about 50
miles away (when I typed this note)
watch "Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure" and see
the storm build. I bet it goes down in the few hours.

I watched Kartina come ashore on the east gulf bouys and saw them
start dropping offline.

Cool! At 1550 GMT, waves at 42001 were 32.5 feet, barometer falling
rapidly.


What is so cool about that?


Actually they were swells.

Bill McKee wrote:
"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...

wrote:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/WestGulf.shtml

These are the weather bouys. 42001 is right in the path and about 50
miles away (when I typed this note)
watch "Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure" and see
the storm build. I bet it goes down in the few hours.

I watched Kartina come ashore on the east gulf bouys and saw them
start dropping offline.

Cool! At 1550 GMT, waves at 42001 were 32.5 feet, barometer falling
rapidly.


What is so cool about that?


Actually they were swells.

Actually they are listed as "wave height". Wrong yet again.

wrote in message
ups.com...

Bill McKee wrote:
"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...

wrote:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/WestGulf.shtml

These are the weather bouys. 42001 is right in the path and about 50
miles away (when I typed this note)
watch "Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure" and see
the storm build. I bet it goes down in the few hours.

I watched Kartina come ashore on the east gulf bouys and saw them
start dropping offline.

Cool! At 1550 GMT, waves at 42001 were 32.5 feet, barometer falling
rapidly.


What is so cool about that?


Actually they were swells.

Actually they are listed as "wave height". Wrong yet again.


They may be listed as wave height, but the underlying wave is a swell, and
the waves are considered wind waves on top of the swells.

Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Bill McKee wrote:
"*JimH*" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...

wrote:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/WestGulf.shtml

These are the weather bouys. 42001 is right in the path and about 50
miles away (when I typed this note)
watch "Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure" and see
the storm build. I bet it goes down in the few hours.

I watched Kartina come ashore on the east gulf bouys and saw them
start dropping offline.

Cool! At 1550 GMT, waves at 42001 were 32.5 feet, barometer falling
rapidly.


What is so cool about that?


Actually they were swells.

Actually they are listed as "wave height". Wrong yet again.


They may be listed as wave height, but the underlying wave is a swell, and
the waves are considered wind waves on top of the swells.

Thank you for making my point, that you were once again WRONG.