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Maine

jpak

(41,780 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:25 AM Aug 2019

Please keep an eye on Hurricane Dorian

Last edited Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:12 PM - Edit history (1)

The long range Euro Model has it in the Gulf of Maine as a strong *very fast moving* CAT 1 hurricane (max winds 94 mph) making landfall near Eastport Sat night / Sun morning (Sept 8).

https://www.windy.com/?2019-09-08-06,42.852,-69.741,6

Eastport low tide Sat. night is at 12:22 AM and the next high tide is at 7:07 AM Sunday morning - fortunately, its a neap tide

https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/maine/eastport-me/tides?tide=2019-09#monthly-tide-chart

This is expected to be a very fast moving storm with little time to react to changes in track or time of landfall (high or low tide).

The Bay of Fundy is a funnel, with the world's highest tides - how this might influence any potential storm surge is ???????.

Hope I'm wrong, but right now I'm a bit spooked by this...