Thread: Tropics 2018...

I took a peek at the seas from the beach and with the short reach and WNW direction of travel the waves coming ashore are not that bad as far as something that might damage the pier. The waves are not very organized - really choppy. That may change in a few hours when the south wind hits, but I hope not.

I may be wrong, but I think the pier should be fine.

Edit: 8:00 pm - Ouch. Winds are dropping, but moving to the south. Wave heights are still building and the surge is increasing at Perdido Pass.

Prayers sent for nothing torn up any where

Ya'll guys stay safe..Prayers coming from North Ga

It looks like we dodged a bullet-not meaning that there isn't damage but it could have been much worse. Here on the east side of Foley there are a lot of smaller limbs down and a fair amount of ponding water, Wolf Bay is what looks like 1 1/2' above high tide.

7:30 am Wade Dunn reported:

Talked to pier. Lost 6 -7 boards/panels. Going to open soon to the octi, and shouldn’t take long (today) to fix the remainder.

Hiya fellas. Was considering planning a trip to the pier next weekend (15th and 16th), driving down from Birmingham. Just wanted to know if the weather will be cleared out by then. Any suggestions? I'd hate to make the trip all the way down and get rained out.

Glad you all made it out ok. Looks like it is our turn to get a blow this week here in the carolinas

Originally Posted by Striperlover

Hiya fellas. Was considering planning a trip to the pier next weekend (15th and 16th), driving down from Birmingham. Just wanted to know if the weather will be cleared out by then. Any suggestions? I'd hate to make the trip all the way down and get rained out.

It already has.
Back to typical summertime weather pattern with a fair chance of rain part of any given day.
Probably not a whole lot different from B'ham ;-)

Here we go again...


Now a 'high probability' of development by early next week!
And most of the computer models show a TS moving northward to the north-northeast by mid week.
This MAY be more of a Florida panhandle problem, but too early to tell for sure...

Marine Weather Forecast Pascagoula to Pensacola out 20 nm

Sunday

East winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 13 to 18 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Dominant wave period 6 seconds. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

East winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 18 to 23 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Dominant wave period 6 seconds. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Monday

East winds 18 to 23 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Dominant wave period 7 seconds. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Monday Night

East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Dominant wave period 7 seconds. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Tuesday

East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas around 6 feet building to around 8 feet. Dominant wave period 7 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms likely.

Tuesday Night

Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 10 to 12 feet. Showers and thunderstorms likely.

Wednesday

Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 11 to 13 feet. Showers and thunderstorms likely.

Wednesday Night

East winds 13 to 18 knots. Seas around 6 feet subsiding to around 4 feet. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.