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Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
Time: 0800 EDT

Today our overnight sail with Charles River School is canceled for today and postponed.
The images shown to the right below are from Intellicast and the National Weather Service (NWS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Northeast/NewYork/NewYorkCity/Radar/
and
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/satsfc.gif and http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/box/maps/sfc1.html

As you can see from the images, a low pressure center is coalescing off the Carolina Coast (Cape Hatteras is known for this) and moving NE generating up to gale force winds from the NE ahead of it.

The second chart shows the precipitation generated at this time and finally, the surface winds and isobars around the low pressure system.

We can see that the winds will soon diminish for a transit to New Bedford tomorrow.

The National Weather Service Forecast follows:

National Weather Service Taunton MA
315 AM EDT Tue Sep 26 2000
From the Merrimack river MA to Watch Hill RI, out to 25 NM


Synopsis-
315 AM EDT Tue Sep 26 2000

Synopsis: Low pres along the North Carolina coast this morning will move north-Eastward today and intensify into a gale center. The low will pass about 150 NM SE of Nantucket early this evening. It will continue north-Eastward to E of Nova Scotia Wed. Weak high pres will build S of the Southern New England waters Wed, while a cold front approaches from the NW late Wed.


Cape Cod Bay-
Coastal waters from Merrimack river MA to Chatham MA, Out to 25 NM-
315 AM EDT Tue Sep 26 2000

Small craft advisory

Today: NE Wind increasing to 20 to 30 kts. Seas building to 4 to 8 Ft. Vsby 1 to 3 miles in rain and fog.
Tonight:
NE Wind 20 to 25 kts shifting to N and diminishing to 10 to 15 kts around midnight. Seas 3 to 6 Ft. Vsby 1 to 3 miles in rain and fog early.
Wed:
NW Wind 10 to 15 kts shifting to W. Seas 2 to 4 Ft.

Captain: Sophie Morse
Program Coordinator: Crista Mellican

We would like to thank Lotus and IBM for donation of software, hardware and funding to enable regular electronic updates from the ship.

NOAA Chart is provided courtesy of Maptech using Cruising Navigator 4.3 and grabbing the image using Grabit Pro 6.02.

 
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