WEATHER
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
Lili has gone through some notable changes overnight. Her projected track
has been adjusted to a more northerly one placing the Bahamas squarely in
the forecast track. Her wind speed has dropped to 40 mph and gusting.
Little change in wind speed is expected in the next few days. Her current
position is near 14.1N 68.4W and she is moving W-NW or 285 degs. at 12 mph.
If nothing changes, we can expect her here over the weekend and we would be
wise to expect winds around 50 mph and gusting upwards of that. The winds
will start from the E but back quickly into the N and NE as she passes.
Isidore is getting all of the attention as he approaches LA as a tropical
storm so the information on Lili is sketchy and varies between the
different agencies. I will be staying with their forecast more or less
constantly until she passes and giving progress reports as things change. I
will notify you on VHF CH 68 when the next report will come but it will
probably be in the early afternoon and evening. Now is the time to start
preparations for a Tropical Storm expected over the weekend.
More locally, we can expect E to SE winds at 15 knots with 4 to 6 foot seas
through Thursday night. For Friday through the weekend the forecast is up
for grabs until we know more about Lili. I recalibrated my barometer
yesterday and am reading 1016.1 mb. or 30.01 in. and steady. The tide will
be high at 11:21 and 3.1 feet above datum, low at 5:23, 0.7 feet above
datum and high again at 11:28 tonight, 2.7 feet above datum.
The FL coastal waters forecast has recognized the probability of a Tropical
Storm coming. Crossing is not advisable until the storm passes.
Courtesy of the Abaco Cruiser's Net
On daily at 8:15 AM on VHF CH 68
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