“From my experience, when it’s really warm in April and May, that pattern will break down during the summer and things should be cooler and more seasonable," he said, adding that waves usually come along with these kinds of patterns due to low pressure activity.
I was beginning to have my doubts as the hot and wave-deprived weather pattern persisted, but this week looks to be extremely active on the swell front.
A surface low brewing southwest of Bermuda is churning up the Atlantic as we speak, and by tomorrow, there should be plenty of waves reaching our shores. Finally.
It looks like Tuesday and Wednesday will be on the choppy side with northeast winds, but Thursday is currently looking like the day to call in sick and feast on solid swell and offshore winds. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Hopefully, the swell will stick around long enough to get us through the weekend, which will also insure that the Steel Pier Classic has contestable surf.
But let's not get too greedy! The fact is that we can all get stoked on the pulse that's headed our way. And now that the water is easily in the 3/2 range, the fun level is exponentially raised.
As I was cruising the web for info on the conditions surrounding this system, I found an interesting synopsis from Weather Channel expert Tim Ballisty. He gives some great insight on what's going on out there and why this system promises to send a solid round of swell our way. Check it out:
“An ocean storm developed over this past weekend near the Bahamas and it is slowly gathering some strength as it approaches the United States Southeast Coast.
The low pressure area is working in tandem with an area of high pressure centered over southern New England.
With both pressure centers involved, a tight pressure gradient has developed between the two areas.
Why is the pressure gradient important? It comes down to this - synoptic scale winds are produced by pressure differences between high and low pressure.
The stronger the pressure gradient (the more tightly packed the isobars are), the stronger the wind speed.
Clockwise flow around high pressure along with counterclockwise flow around low pressure means that easterly winds will be on the increase along the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coast as the ocean storm draws closer.”
But as the storm pulls away, offshore winds should blow as the swell will remains.
Hopefully we will have plenty of post-swell content to share with y'all. Until then, peace out and have fun.
-- John Streit.
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