Close call....

Well, exactly as advertised by the GFS two weeks ago, a big hurricane has come up the coast. Fortunately, the model was a bit off on just how close it'd get. As of now, it's racing north at 23mph, still packing 100mph winds with gusts to 130mph. Huge waves to the tune of 18 feet are expected this afternoon and swells up to 25 feet are expected just off shore tonight.

The far outer band is currently visible on radar, about to make landfall on Nantucket Island and eventually Cape Cod later this afternoon. We won't be getting anything here. At least not directly from the hurricane. Though if it keeps getting closer before turning away, we may get nailed by that outer band. Big storms are expected to fire up once again. In fact some already have over NYC and points north towards Boston. It's going to be interesting dynamically later as the front continues to draw the hurricane ever closer. The set-up is definitely there for some seriously nasty storms, but it's a question of is the shear too severe to allow storms to fire up like they did yesterday.