Any weather guru's here???

[tmack92]

Weather channel is saying wind are 84 MPH cuurently, 11 states are in a start of emergency... As I watch the reporters on the beach they say 15 foot waves crashing behind them, I then see the waves and there 6 foot tops... Roofs ripping off is a couple shingles, tree flying down the street are branches... Is this thing way over hyped? I say yes, but why? Who benifits from a hyped storm besides certain retail buisness's?

Anyway I've been watching the wind and the highest I have seen is 41 MPH.. Update the link and check this out, then look at weather channel... Am I reading this wrong? Its usually right on the money..

http://www.usairnet.com/weather/maps...nt/wind-speed/

[TommyFishTales]

while it is certainly being overhyped, you can take a look at the bouy reports down off NC and virginia and that shows well above 40kt winds, up to 70, with waves at over 20 ft

[tmack92]

Virginia beach right now... BUt weather channel is saying 78 MPH


Air Temperature: 76° F
Humidity: 90
Wind direction (W Dir): SSE (155 - 164 Degrees)
Wind Speed (W Spd): 40.8 kts (47.0 mph)
Wind Gust (W Spd): 50.6 kts (58.2 mph)
Dominant Wave Period (DWP): 12 sec
Dominant Wave Height (DWH): 22.31 ft
Dominant Wave Range (DWR): exactly 22.3 ft
Wind Wave Period (WWP): 8 sec
Wind Wave Height (WWH): 13.12 ft
Wind Wave Range (WWR): 12.30 - 13.94 ft
Wave Swell Period (WSP): 12 sec
Wave Swell Height (WSH): 18.04 ft
Wave Swell Range (WSR): 17.22 - 18.86 ft
Atmospheric Pressure (AP): 28.65 in
Pressure Tendency (PT): -0.17 in
Decreasing, then steady; or decreasing, then decreasing more slowly

Updated: 7:50 PM EDT on August 27, 2011

[clt_capt]

The weather channel and the local and national news media are the real beneficiaries. It's the way they can get their viewership up...

In NC there is almost a law that you have to buy 2 gallons of milk and a couple of loaves of bread - every time a storm is declared - even if you are lactose and gluten intolerant...

There will be lots of power outages - mostly from downed trees and some flooding - but the hype is way too much.

[tmack92]

So weather channel reporters still say 80mph, but on their site it says this:

[gmoney]

go to the national data buoy center website. the buoy at oregon inlet had winds at 50 gusts to 65 earlier today. buoys don't lie, is what it is.

I think the city of New York is over re-acting ten fold though....by the time it gets up here ill maybe be blowin 35-40 at the worst of it.