Still a little chilly, windy, today

The day after a small nor'easter' passed by the ocean is still a bit rialled up. There is a steady breeze from the north putting a little nip in the air but not too much for a couple of hardy beachwalkers all bundled up.



Another of the ocean up close:

Windy and wet

The weather is surprising nasty already here today. It is raining, sometimes pretty hard and steady, and the winds are gusting to about 24 mph. The low pressure cell has already developed right off the Hatteras coast on the north end of the front which picked up Wilma. The outflow clouds from Wilma are linked up with this front all the way up past NC.

Cooler tonight and a little cloudy

We have had the far outer most cloud bands of Wilma actually reaching this far today. It is cooler today, but so far has been dry. There is a rainband from the storm showing up on the local radar just offshore of Cape Hatteras but that is not an unusual place. Hopefully it will stay offshore. Also hoping the storm center passes well east of here and does not stir up too much wave action!

Cooler today but still pretty clear

It was much cooler today (around 60 degrees) most of the day, but still not too bad on cloudiness yet. We are experiencing the further outlying bands of clouds being pulled north from Wilma already. There are rainbands offshore showing on the local radar. We just hope they stay offshore. It is deadly still as far as the wind. Tomorrow promises to be wetter and darker. Let's just hope this stays far enough offshore that the wave action is not too great.

Nags Head one step closer to beach nourishment

In its Oct. 5th meeting the Nags Head Board of Commissioners approved a proposal by an engineering firm to prepare the final design and permits for nourishing 10 of the 12 miles of its towns beaches. The nearly $27 million project will require a general obligation bond to finance it, which will have to be approved by voters in the town. The earliest construction could begin will be spring 2007.

Another beautiful day

It was another really beautiful day here on the Outer Banks. Nice and warm wonderful fall weather. There doesn't seem to be a lot going on lately that's news around here so I haven't been posting much. If any of you have any topics you would like to see covered please leave me a note in the comments. Always looking for new ideas.

Finally a beautiful sunny day!

It was a totally miserable week on the Outer Banks as far as the weather goes. Rainy, misty, cool, cloudy, some breeze, you name it. But today the cloud pack has finally moved offshore and we have gorgeous sunshine, and a little northwest breeze. It is 70 degrees currently and promised to be just a magnificent day.

Catching air on the Outer Banks

Kitesurfers found the conditions wonderful this weekend on the Outer Banks, as the northeast winds kicked up the surf and produced 15-20 winds. This surfer was enjoying the day at Pea Island.