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Originally posted by tw
When in the hurricane eye, does the ocean go flat? I too was watchng 41025 hoping to learn what happens to ocean surface as hurricane winds stop.
Suddenly waves in the high twenties rose to high thirties. Then the wind speed and direction data stopped. Then at somewhere between 2:30 and 2:40, the data buoy went silent. 44 foot waves were the highest when the data buoy failed.
Nearby data buoy 41025 is the Diamond Shoals Light tower. Unlit because it is too unstable to put maintenance people on. Did DSL survive those 44+ foot waves? And what happens to 44 foot waves when they hit a bottom that is only 70 feet down?
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it's my understanding that the seas won't have time to calm down in the eye. too much going on around it to settle. only the wind calms down due to the center. in a low pressure system the winds are rotating counter-clock wise and up so all it's doing in the warmer waters is feeding itself......i'm rambling again. as far as the 44+ and 70 foot depth? one helluva jacuzzi!
