[CP]

I have been watching this bouy over the last 24 hours and to my untrained eyes it looks like the monitor has passed through the eye around midnight.

Wind direction shifted. seas died in height. wind speed dropped to half before picking back up. pressure tendency dropped and now comes back up.

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot

What do you think?

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42001

 

[mastercylinder60]

good observation. i would say you are correct.

 

[fishingcacher]

I do not see a speed that is high enough for the eye. Am I missing something? I see about 50 mph.

 

[CP]

That is sort of my point

I am not saying I am a Doubting Thomas, but if this bouy indeed did pass through the ill defined eye, then maybe the storm is not as bad as everyone is saying.

The bouy reports with Gustav were much worse with multiple bouys showing 40 foot waves and 80+ winds. This storm does not seem as strong.

-CP

 

[Yams]

Yea this storm has, thankfully, underperformed.

 

[ANYBDYHERE]

Dont forget....it hasn't made landfall yet....its going to gain strength and waves will increase as it moves into shallower water.

 

[B2]

100+

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42361

 

[Pocketfisherman]

I would not down play the strength of this storm right now. That bouy could have been 100 miles from the center and still looked like those plots. There are 100mph winds at 105 miles from the center on the NE quadrant right now according to the hurricane hunter aircraft data. Look at the map here:
http://www.stormpulse.com/

At the top right, in the option box, click "More" and then turn on "Ocean Bouys". You'll see the position relative to the bouy. This storm is abnormal in that the field of strong winds is huge, even though the wind velocity is less than they anticipated.

 

[rodsnscrews]

Check out the wind speeds coming from the Shell Auger! 90+ knots- Ike is becoming stronger just like they expected! Probably weak Cat 3 at land fall! Prayers are with all that may be in harms way!

 

[Slim-N-None]

the fixed drilling platform, 42361 that is showing up on stormpulse is showing 101 mph winds right now.....

 

[hilton]

IKE

Howdy,
It is probable that the storm's eye passed over the buoy. The graphic enclosed shows the track based on NHC info, which tracks about 10NM northeast of the buoy. I'm guessing the eye is larger than 20 NM which would include the buoy inside the eye.

Looks like Red Hawk and Magnolia are getting slammed right now.

Keep safe yall,
Tom

 

[rodsnscrews]

Dat be the Auger!

 

[hilton]

IKE

Howdy,
It's coming up on Auger - it's about 22 NM southwest of Auger right now and has Tic and Dual in it's sights. I plan to update this every 3 hours today and tonight until I go to sleep or lose power here at the house.
Tom

 

[Pathfinder]

Keep in mind that the 100 is knots. Actually would be about 115 mph.

 

[WilliamH]

How far out is Auger?

 

[hilton]

auger

Auger is 164 NM @ 126 degrees from Galveston.
T.

 

[vinsp]

Thanks Tom

 

[t-tung]

LOL

Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): STEEP
thought that was funny