danielw
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| Tue Sep 14 2004 03:35 AM |
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Re: Storm Surge and Waves
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The east Gulf buoy, 242nm North of Ivan, reported 11.2ft waves, wind 25kts gusting to 29kts at 0250Z.
This is only the wave height. The storm surge will be in addition to this. I would say 10-20 feet surge on top of 11ft waves. That's 3 stories of a building!!
BTW-the wave ht was 9.8 ft an hour earlier. That's an increase of 1.4ft in an hour, at 200+ miles out!!