Liberty Schooner Rounding Cape Hatteras
18 May 2008 | Cape Hatteras
Small Craft Warning
Despite a very favorable forecast yesterday when the Liberty Schooner left Charleston, SC for Cape May, NJ, the weather has deteriorated and they are in for some nasty weather. The graphic is the actual weather data from the sea buoy on Diamond Shoals, Cape Hatteras.
At the time of this blog, the pressure has started to rise, and they could expect improving conditions. Gusts were up to 45mph, and seas around 12ft.
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S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM- S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 831 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 7 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS THIS EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.