« st. patty's day | Main | good stuff »
March 18, 2006
sunday the 19th
SUNDAY...surf will come up as a new northwest swell starts to fill in. a storm system set in the far northwestern pacific wednesday into thursday. the system formed off the coast of northern japan and spun quickly northeast toward the aleutian islands and intesified. the system then sat stationary for most of thursday while the system deepened. winds of near 50mph set up over a captured fetch of nearly 700nm which should prove strong enough to produce a moderate swell arriving sunday. as of this writing ghost imaging of the swell is starting to apprear on the buoy one swell spectrum in the long period energy bands. these are likely the first waves of the swell. tomorrow should see waves start off small and then build to near 4ft by the afternoon. the swell will arrive out 305-325deg with initial energy near 17sec. as the swell fills in primary energy should move in the 14-16sec energy bands. winds will be favorable for shorelines other than the south shore.
Posted by megaprober at March 18, 2006 08:48 PM