A rather strong gale will form off of New England on Friday. We could get a bit of snow out if it, but the real story will be Saturday's surf.
A north wind will do little to knock down some big waves generated by the low pressure area.
We watched every local channel this morning, and saw no mention of surf. Some of our other resources felt differently.
We double checked with the National Weather Service. Here's what they told us:
"We expect dangerous surf conditions during Saturday. On the Outer Cape we are forecasting surf height around 17 feet, and for the South Shore a surf height of around 13 feet."
That is significant wave height, meaning the average height of the highest third of the waves. It is what you would observe at sea. Roughly one half of that will be the wave that hits the shore.
High tide Saturday morning should be in the 9s, and the tide should be pushing 10 feet. If this storm were a week from today, tides would be 11.7.
We'll have some of our people out with the camera checking the surf in various spots.
National Weather Service Facebook Page
US Harbors Tide Information
Ventusky Wave Forecast
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