Good Job, NWS

[TommyTuna]

do u even bother to read the buoys?

COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM-
830 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

TODAY
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...WITH A DOMINANT
PERIOD OF 7 SECONDS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS LATE.


Conditions at CHLV2 as of
(9:00 am EDT)
1300 GMT on 06/27/2008:
Wind Direction (WDIR): SW ( 230 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 17 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 18 kts
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.93 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY):+0.03 in ( Rising )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 77.4 °F
Dew Point (DEWP): 76.8 °F
Heat Index (HEAT): 78.8 °F
Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure Continuous Winds TIME
(EDT) WDIR WSPD 9:00 amSW ( 227 deg ) 17 kts 8:50 amSW ( 224 deg ) 18 kts 8:40 amSW ( 227 deg ) 18 kts 8:30 amSW ( 224 deg ) 18 kts 8:20 amSW ( 223 deg ) 17 kts 8:10 amSW ( 223 deg ) 17 kts
Previous observations MM DD TIME
8:00 am SW 17 18----29.92+0.02 76.3- 75.9--- 0627
7:00 am SW 17 18----29.91+0.00 76.3- 75.9--- 0627
6:00 am SW 15 16----29.90+0.01 76.5- 76.3--- 0627
5:00 am SW 18 19----29.90+0.00 77.7- 76.8--- 0627

[Magic Moment]

It never blew more than 8 to 10knts at Massey today. Good SW swell, but not bad at all. I'm wishing I had a crew ready for tomorrow. It looks like it should be fine in the am.

[Magic Moment]

7:30 am, sitting on the balcony drinking a cup of coffee at the condo, looking over a calm ocean! G@*D@&*$ forecasts! Good luck to those who didn't pay attention to the weathermen. I know the fish are biting and they should have good conditions through early afternoon.

[Reel Draggin Tackle]

We ran Friday down to Lumpy. I was on the Muff Diver, departing OC it was not NEARLY as bad as I expected after re-reading the forcast at 2am. About 1 hour out it picked up, LARGE swells and about a 4 foot chop on top. It was a rough ride, at about 18kts the rest of the way down. All day we were in 3 to 5 and the wind had died down and the seas got BETTER not worse as forcast!!! I know several boats that did not go due to the forcast, bummer. But, it was sloppy out there. Several 25 foot range boats out there getting tossed around fairly good. Who was the small Hydro Sport out there Jigging??? Any luck?? Sloppy, but fishable.
We went 0 for 1 on a big BFT (line broke @#$%) and had a hook pull after about 20 min on what we think was probably a big blue. We did manage one small bull mahi. The bite was early.