jpuris
09-11-2001, 01:46 AM
I have been reading about HURRICANE ERIN.....and was wondering what effect this might have on the fishing. Good/Bad....any thoughts? Will it put fish on the beach or move them out a bit?
JP
HURRICANE ERIN...LOCATED OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC AND PACKING WINDS OF 120 MPH...IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WHILE ERIN WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE WEATHER IN THE LOCAL AREA...SWELLS GENERATED BY THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND TONIGHT. THE SWELLS FROM ERIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE SWELLS MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 6 FEET AND WILL COME IN FROM A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE WAVES WILL CRASH ON THE SHORE AT AN ANGLE AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION.
THE SWELLS WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOATERS. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME PARTICULARLY ROUGH IN AND AROUND THE INLETS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE.
THE SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...AND ARE EXPECTED TO END ON THURSDAY AS ERIN HEADS FARTHER EAST OUT INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC.
JP
HURRICANE ERIN...LOCATED OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC AND PACKING WINDS OF 120 MPH...IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WHILE ERIN WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE WEATHER IN THE LOCAL AREA...SWELLS GENERATED BY THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND TONIGHT. THE SWELLS FROM ERIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE SWELLS MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 6 FEET AND WILL COME IN FROM A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE WAVES WILL CRASH ON THE SHORE AT AN ANGLE AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION.
THE SWELLS WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOATERS. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME PARTICULARLY ROUGH IN AND AROUND THE INLETS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE.
THE SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...AND ARE EXPECTED TO END ON THURSDAY AS ERIN HEADS FARTHER EAST OUT INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC.