NWS Sez:
Pensacola to Destin & out 20 NM
TUESDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 6 TO
8 FEET WITH HIGHER SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST POSSIBLE. TIDES 1 TO 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS ROUGH. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TUESDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 9
TO 12 FEET WITH HIGHER SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST. TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS VERY ROUGH. SQUALLS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING.
WEDNESDAY
TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
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There's going to be a world of hurt with this one. Pray for your neighbors down south. Was looking at photos of the devastation in Jamaica and Grenada- those folks just lost everything.
Mobile forecast as of Wed afternoon:
This afternoon. Cloudy. Becoming very windy. Widespread showers and thunderstorms. East winds 15 to 25 mph increasing to 50 to 60 mph. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Tonight. Hurricane force winds. Widespread showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 55 to 65 mph increasing to 75 to 85 mph by midnight. Chance of rain 100 percent.
Thursday. Hurricane force winds. Widespread showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s inland. Except in the mid 80s along the coast. Southeast winds 75 to 85 mph becoming southwest 45 to 55 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Thursday night. Mostly cloudy. Very windy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds 35 to 45 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 60 percent.
This definitely is waaaaaay too much of a "good" thing. Hope they do all right down there.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_met.php?station=42040&meas=wvht&uom=E
wave height 60 odd nm offshore of Mobile. Wave heights around 55 ft.