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Pastimes : Hurricane and Severe Weather Tracking -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Kern who wrote (13319)	6/28/2012 5:32:56 PM
From: Drygulch Dan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 26017

There was a smart young guy down in one of the islands and he kept track of the waves as they come across. I picked up a few pointers from him. Sometimes they start coming in May. In a typical year there are about 60 waves, of these about 10% or less will develop. So long as they don't develop before 40 West I don't sweat them much. I tend to get more interested in them as July progresses, by August it becomes an hourly obsession. I use the Central Atlantic visible loop from NOAA primarily to watch. Waves move at just a bit over sailboat speeds. So I can relate to their crossing speeds and the distances involved. The last one that really had my attention became Igor. Benny and I were chatting about it as it was targeting me and my boat for three days straight. I was losing it, but Benny kept me sane and sure enough it finally turned a day or so from reaching me. I owe a lot to Benny for that support. I sure miss that guy.