Gabrielle On The Way?

Invest 99, soon to be a named tropical storm, probably Gabrielle, is consensus forecast to hit the Hatteras area just in time for opening day of GP2K7 (being weather it is always subject to change). Directly below is the buoyweather table forecast and below it are the modeled storm tracks and at the bottom is a NWS WW3 track for Saturday (wind model). Please monitor this development as it could possibly result in a day's delay into the GP house (depending upon whether Hatteras Island evacuates, floods, or permits new arrivals). Buoyweather is showing VAS on Saturday and a nice clean-up on Sunday with strong offshores.

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SURF SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
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9/6 8am 2-4 E 85 5.9 6.2 14-20 ENE 58
9/6 2pm 2-5 E 85 6.7 7.0 13-18 ENE 61

9/7 8am 4-8 E 94 8.1 8.5 15-21 ENE 71
9/7 2pm 4-8 E 96 8.1 8.3 16-21 ENE 61

9/8 8am 5-10 ESE 109 10.8 8.3 20-27 E 95
9/8 2pm 6-12 SE 130 12.1 8.9 18-25 ESE 105

9/9 8am 6-13 SE 147 12.2 9.2 17-23 SSW 200
9/9 2pm 4-9 SSE 157 9.0 8.7 18-25 WSW 235

9/10 8am 1-2 SSW 199 4.0 5.8 5-7 WNW 294
9/10 2pm 1-2 SSW 192 3.3 5.9 2-3 WNW 306