DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT RISK
Dangerous Rip Current Risk Through Labor Day
Hurricane Gaston continues to send waves west northwestward to the Long Island south shore coastline. Long Beach saw closings after 1 drowning on Tuesday. Between the waves from Gaston and Tropical Depression 8 moving northeastward over the next 2 days, Rip current risk is high and surf will build to 7 feet or higher.
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-311000- /O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160901T0000Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 449 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF KINGS...SOUTHERN QUEENS... SOUTHERN NASSAU...AND SOUTHERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 7 FEET. * LIGHTNING RISK...NONE * TIMING...THROUGH 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
With respect to weather conditions on Wednesday we look for a good deal of sunshine for much of the day. It will be warm and more humid ahead of the next cold front. No showers are forecast until overnight Wednesday night until about day break on Thursday. Wednesday’s highs will be in the low to mid 80s. Then on Thursday once the front moves offshore a big high builds in from the north. Thursday will be warm but with dropping humidity and developing sunshine. Highs in the low 80s. Then Friday and Saturday look good with lots of sunshine. Highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the 50s to near 60.
Sunday we will see some question marks because by then a tropical storm will be offshore based on the latest weather model runs. At this stage it appears that the system now known as Tropical Depression 9 will be offshore by several hundred miles. This will add to rough sea conditions. As to the weather on land there could be cloud issues depending on the wind. Highs will be in the 70s. Right now it DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A DIRECT THREAT TO LONG ISLAND…AND THIS IS NOT JUST LIKE SANDY!
The map above is the GFDL model at 2am Monday when the system makes its closest pass to Long Island. Again this is only an issue regarding high surf and rip currents if this model is correct. There are still some variables to consider and we tackle that on our latest JOESTRADAMUS post.
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