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Surfers Enjoy a Kyle miss, Looking For Laura Waves..

Posted by Tim Kelley September 29, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Kyle passed 150 miles east of Nantucket Sunday. As the center passed the Buoy over Georges Bank, the wind gust to 70 mph and wave height spike to 36 Feet!
The storm then weakened a little and made landfall at New Brunswick. The image from space shows the long shadows off the clouds around Kyle.

Surfers were happy with the left over waves on Monday.
We have a few photos.. Read more

Latest on Kyle

Posted by Joe Joyce September 28, 2008 at 5:52 pm

AT 500 PM ESTTHE CENTER OF HURRICANE KYLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 42.7 NORTH…LONGITUDE 66.1 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES…
225 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF NOVA SCOTIA AND
ABOUT 180 MILES…290 KM…SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.

KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH…41 KM/HR…
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR
SO WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER
OF KYLE WILL MOVE OVER OR NEAR SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT AND
OVER OR NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND EARLY MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH…120 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KYLE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS…AND KYLE IS
EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.

The threat of any impact from this storm is over for coastal Maine. Sure, there is plenty of rain which is causing flooding, but the wind is calm along our entire coastline. Amazing. Especially as a hurricane churns only 200 miles away from us. I would not be suprised to see winds pick up to 30-35 mph for Down East Maine…but the fear of hurricane conditions is over ..as the path is too far east and the core of strongest wind & waves is on the east side of the track which is directly into Nova Scotia.
Still there will be some rough surf at the beaches, as well as a few lingering downpours before we can put this weekend in the books.

Hurricane Kyle stays offshore…Downeast Maine Impacted

Posted by Joe Joyce September 28, 2008 at 8:37 am

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KYLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH…LONGITUDE 68.4 WEST OR ABOUT 165
MILES…265 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS AND
ABOUT 440 MILES…710 KM…SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.

KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH…39
KM/HR…AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS TRACK…THE CENTER OF KYLE IS FORECAST TO
PASS EAST OF CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS AND THE COAST OF MAINE LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND BE NEAR OR OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES
TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.

Kyle has undergone some slight strengthening, but is approaching much cooler waters off of New England which will eventually help to weaken this into a tropical storm before it makes landfall Later today/tonight somewhere near the Bay of Fundy….Between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia. These areas will suffer the worst from this storm in terms of Tidal Surge, wind, and rain. Seas are 15 to 25 feet with this storm and there is a concern of this water piling into the bay of Fundy which will cause coastal flooding for these Canadian Marine communities. Read more

Tropical Update on Kyle

Posted by Joe Joyce September 27, 2008 at 1:30 pm

The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Barnstable County and Nantucket. They have also issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Cape Elizabeth to Stonington, ME.
This means that tropical force conditions with winds over 39 mph are possible within the next 36 hours.
A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Stonington, ME to Eastport through Tomorrow
Night. Downeast, ME has the potential to see hurricane force wind gusts during this time. Read more