Hatteras Weather Update
Posted in OBX Sports Reports | By Dawn |
Although the winds are still fairly strong today, the worst seems to have passed off shore. With gusts reaching upwards of 50 mph yesterday, Hatteras Island experienced a late-in-the-season, but not so surprising low pressure system yesterday afternoon. At its peak around 2:30 on Tuesday, waters had submerged the low lying areas of Hatteras Island in sound water. We frantically waded in calf to knee deep waters underneath our house to get as much off the ground in our garage in possible and relocated the cars to slightly higher ground. Almost as quickly as it came, the waters receded, and by evening most of the water had fallen back into the the sound. Winds have died out quite a bit today, gusting north up to 23 mph. Tomorrow looks even nicer as the temperature should climb back into the upper 60s, and the wind should switch NW blowing in the teens. That could be good news for surfers on the south side of the island. It looks like Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras might be a good place to find some decent waves tomorrow!
Check out the wind and wave forecast here.
