Keep a Weather Eye on Bill (Bar Harbor, Eastport: how much, land, trees)

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Hurricane Bill is growing in Strength. He is due along the maine Coast Sunday night into Monday. So far it looks like the heaviest winds will be east of us, but we will certainly see very heavy waves and unusually high tides. Be careful along the shore if you go to look. Rogue waves do occur when wind, tide and swells combine to make super waves. People get washed off the rocks at Bar Harbor all the time. Some don't survive. The time needed to recover the body depends on body weight, water temperature and how much beer and fried clams the victim has in him at the time he goes into the water. Out of consideration for our families we should therefore have lots of beer and fried clams in us if we approach the shore when Bill is in the area.

Sunday's forecast by the NWS is below. Look for it to change between now and Sunday.

"Sunday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 70%."

It's the 75 degrees that concerns me. Hurricanes need heat to grow. If Maine is warmer than the ocean the hurricane will steer toward the heat source.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

Hurricane Bill is growing in Strength. He is due along the maine Coast Sunday night into Monday. So far it looks like the heaviest winds will be east of us, but we will certainly see very heavy waves and unusually high tides. Be careful along the shore if you go to look. Rogue waves do occur when wind, tide and swells combine to make super waves. People get washed off the rocks at Bar Harbor all the time. Some don't survive. The time needed to recover the body depends on body weight, water temperature and how much beer and fried clams the victim has in him at the time he goes into the water. Out of consideration for our families we should therefore have lots of beer and fried clams in us if we approach the shore when Bill is in the area.

Sunday's forecast by the NWS is below. Look for it to change between now and Sunday.

"Sunday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 70%."

It's the 75 degrees that concerns me. Hurricanes need heat to grow. If Maine is warmer than the ocean the hurricane will steer toward the heat source.

Warm water fuels them (maybe, the jury is still out on this) Though they always break up and go sub tropical just hours after landfall. Hurricanes ALWAYS end up turning to the east when they get up to these latitudes. It has to do with the rotation of the earth and is the reason weather in general moves from west to east. The ocean is much colder here than it usually is due to the cold spring and summer. Bill is supposed to become a category one storm and be well off shore by the time it gets here. I wouldn't panic.

[ClownShoes]

Very good, thnanks for the info.
I'm heading up, I'll bring Bill with me....

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Not quite always, Mainah. I remember Diane and Carol. I almost remember the 1938 hurricane, but I sure remember the broken off trees and hearing about all the flooding right up the Connecticut River Valley and through Maine.

[SailorGirl2001]

Offshore.....hmmmm....isn't that NOVA SCOTIA!

Since we've been here during the past 7 years, I can't tell you how many named storms or remnants thereof that have made land fall here. We watch them very carefully, especially with our boats and customers' boats in the water.

Here's a good link to follow it's predicted tracking. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3...daynl#contents

[corgis]

The NOAA tracking model today shows Bill clipping Eastport and surrounding areas sometime Sunday night.

[mensaguy]

They don't always go sub-tropical. Last year Hurricane Hannah dumped six inches of rain on Eastport overnight.

[retiredtinbender]

The nice thing about here is that the coastline usually beat the heck out of any hurriicane coming this way. The winds are the least of it but the rain gets bad. They arew usually played out by the time they reach us.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by corgis

The NOAA tracking model today shows Bill clipping Eastport and surrounding areas sometime Sunday night.

Really??? We'll keep our fingers crossed!

[CoastalMaine]

Nothing to worry about this time around:

Hurricane BILL