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Hurricane Earl – Final

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620 days
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Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Tropical Storm shortly before making it’s Cape Cod brushing, and actually steered away from Maine as it got into the gulf. Tropical Storm watches were in effect for our area but were dropped before the storm approached, and we saw no gusty winds or extremely heavy rain that night.

Saturday morning all was normal.

Although the storm turned out to be a near miss with no impact, preparations were made just in case. This is an excellent opportunity for those in Amateur Radio to check their gear and make tests to verify their rigs, gear and emergency power all function within specs. The last thing anybody wants is to get into the heart of an emergency and find out their equipment doesn’t work.

Until the next one,
73
WX4WTF

Hurricane Earl – 4

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625 days
by in Amateur Radio

Hurricane Earl has weakened quite a bit but it still maintaining hurricane status. It is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it nears cape cod. The tropical storm watches south of Cumberland County have been lifted, however, tropical storm watches are still in effect from Casco Bay northward, where Tropical storm warnings have been posted.

Winds are currently at 80mph.

More details to come.

-J

Hurricane Earl – 3

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627 days
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The forecast track for Earl hasn’t changed much. But the forecasted strength has been lowered a bit.

The forecast track moved slightly eastward taking Maine out of the 3 day cone. But we are still expected to receive tropical storm conditions and a tropical storm watch has been posted for the coastline of Maine to nova scotia Canada where a hurricane watch is in effect.

More to come.

Hurricane Earl – 2

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629 days
by in Amateur Radio

Latest advisory on Earl shows the storm is holding it’s strength at Category 4 with 135mph winds. The forecast track is also holding steady with the western 3rd of it taking the storm over Maine.

-Jay
WX4WTF

Hurricane Earl – 1

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629 days
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Today I’ll start blogging about Hurricane Earl and it’s potential to impact the New England area.

As of the latest advisory from the NHC, Earl is impacting the areas in and around the Leeward Islands, winds are at 135mph and it is classified a Category 4 storm.

The latest forecasts take Earl right up the East Coast between Thursday and Saturday. It has the potential to make a direct hit on Maine Friday into Saturday depending on track.

It is forecast to be a Category 2 at that time.

-Jay
WX4WTF

I Want To Go Back

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643 days
by in Amateur Radio, Personal Life

I miss Florida so much. Words can’t describe the importance of having good friends, and those friends are the ones who made me a ham radio operator. It wouldn’t be so bad if I could contact them via radio, but I can’t. Of course returning to Florida brings back terrible memories of Tori and Ellen… I don’t know that I could ever overcome those..

I miss you..

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