Perspective:
Bill S., could you tell me where your camera is perched from? A property address or geographical coordinate would let me know your perspective. I am tentatively planning to set a few flags in two weeks and I could use your perspective to try to set them as orthagonally to your viewline as possible.

Perspective is interesting as the excavator is still on the beach. It is probably in Hammatt's driveway, the arm is just visible from Scatteree.

I am trying to plan the best locations for the flags. I have 5 different colors of cloth and I was thinking of setting two lines running east to west. The first being south of the camps of the north village and the second being north of the camps of the north village. The line to the north would have three flags in a row. Anybody with additional thoughts?

Edited by author 09-30-2008 01:11 PM
September 30, 8:52. Inletcam back online. If you compare the two shots on the first page of the website you can see that the Hammatt move is safely underway. Yesterday was such a beautiful post storm day I took a long swim in Pleasant Bay! North Beach also appears to have weathered the storm well and grew. Blue flag to inlet wrack line about 250 feet. Thanks CWR!

Looks like the excavator can't get on the beach because of trail conditions, but should have time to complete the relocation. Waves and 5.1 foot tide dont seem to be affecting the move, despite probable oceanside erosion.

Can anyone identify the posts and the distance between them on the southernmost extension of North Beach. Thanks!

TS Laura, turning more eastward and heading for the Emerald Isle for Saturday.

Clearing skies as seen on the Fish Pier Cam, half-a-dozen fishing boats off mornings this morning and 'gone fishin'. I have seen local rain fall reports of between 4.5 and 5.0 inches of rain Chatham - Orleans area.

Coupled with the higher tides I would guess the inside trail has standing water in the usual 'deep' spots, in the range of 12 to 24 inches.

Use caution before driving through those spots, and stay off the dunes.

By Tuesday conditions should improve some what, but this time of year it takes longer to reduce the standing water depth, through evaporation and absorption.

NOAA reports sub-tropical storm Laura, 60 mph winds, slightly SEbE of the cape moving off to the north west than to curve NNE, current track model indicates it will come no closer than 50W to the Cape (Cape is 70W)

The 1:30 p.m. images from the Fish Pier Cam, shows a change in current direction, but still very few ripples on the water. Skies still brightening, and drying. Along with clearing I can now make out the breach and see the waves there.

Bill S. I'm off Cape on Tuesday, or I would have been glad to chauffeur you down the beach.

September 28, 1:28 PM. Good news, I understand almost no wind to the west of Kyle.

Can anyone give me a ride to North Beach Tuesday?

12 Noon web cam pictures at the Chatham Fish Pier, show brightening skies with breaks of blue in the over cast to the south, very placid water in Aunt Lydia's Cove and around Tern Island, and very little rain and wind. All boats at anchor show very little shift from the 11 a.m. positions.

http://www.telecamsystems.com/fishpier/index.htm

NOAA Weather : 1115 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008
 
.SYNOPSIS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...

 HURRICANE KYLE WILL PASS ABOUT 140 MILES EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD
 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
 THE EASTERN OUTER WATERS WHERE GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SEAS UP TO 15
 FEET ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST
 WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL 3 PM.

FOR MORE SPECIFICS ON THE TRACK OF KYLE...MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS MON INTO TUE. A LOW PRES AREA WILL LIFT NE OVER THE WATERS WED AND HEAD TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES THU.

Edited by author 09-28-2008 12:06 PM
September 28, 6:45 AM. KYLE: Flights and dropsonde data shows Kyle is "convectionally challenged" but is still expected to remain a Cat 1 hurricane and is still on track to pass over georges bamk within a hundred miles of Cape Cod. This is explained and updated with more detail and a 5 day cone projection by clicking on the website's upper right hand box. Expect 9-15 foot waves with oceanside erosion, potential overwash at 5 foot high tide around noon and possible North Beach growth. Thanks for your updates C.R. Rice.

Inletcam still down. Can someone give us a visual report from Scatteree and trail report when you can get out there?

Can anyone from the town of Chatham give us an update?

12:05 PM. Kyle tracking East of Nantucket. 5 foot new moon high tide.

Local waters forecast:
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
 OUT 20 NM-
 556 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008
 
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
 

 TONIGHT
 SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE
 OF TSTMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN
 SHOWERS LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

 SUN
 E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS
 UP TO 45 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
 BECOMING N 25 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT EARLY IN THE
 AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN THE
 AFTERNOON. S AND E OF NANTUCKET...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...BUILDING TO
 11 TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
 SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

 SUN NIGHT
 NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT...
 BECOMING W 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT IN THE LATE EVENING
 AND EARLY MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP
 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT
 AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

 MON
 W WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING NW IN THE LATE MORNING AND
 EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING N EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.

 MON NIGHT
 N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

 TUE
 NE WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING E EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
 SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

 TUE NIGHT
 SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS.

TS Kyle is now a hurricane, but just barely, winds over 75 but less than 80 mph. Current predicted track takes it due east of the Cape at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Increasing waves and winds with associated rain bands heavy at times.

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
556 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI OUT TO
25 NM
ANZ200-280815-
556 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

SYNOPSIS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS
TROPICAL STORM KYLE IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES EAST
OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN OUTER WATERS. FOR MORE
SPECIFICS ON THE TRACK OF KYLE...MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD OVER THE WATERS MON INTO TUE. A LOW PRES AREA WILL LIFT NE
OVER THE WATERS WED AND HEAD TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES THU.
FOR INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS WEATHER BEYOND THE 24-36 HOUR
FORECAST PERIOD...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON AND FOLLOW THE
HAZARDOUS OUTLOOKS LINK AT THE TOP OF THE BLUE BAR ON THE LEFT.
ANZ250-280815-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
556 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT

TONIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SHOWERS EARLY
THIS EVENING...THEN SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS LATE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

SUN
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP
TO 35 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
SHOWERS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS...
INCREASING TO 1 TO 3 NM IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUN NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN
BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

MON
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

Edited by author 09-27-2008 06:41 PM
September 27, 6:42 AM. Thanks Tim! You can see the excavator behind John Shea's camp in Bill Mc's 9/26 photo. Also see Kyle 5 day cone projection. Kyle be off Cape Sunday. So far unable to pick up North Beach image.

KYLE: Expect it to declared a Cat 1 hurricane after flights today and for NOAA to post storm warnings for Cape Cod after flights this afternoon.

9:57 AM. My web browser is having trouble picking up camera today. Will keep trying. Bill Mc's pic, also faintly shows how much North Beach has grown both before and during this storm.

1:55 PM. Bill Ryan reports that we will have Easterlies until KYLE arrives at noon on Sunday, then winds will switch around to the north the northwest as it passes by Nantucket area. Seas 9-11 feet. Still just under the 74 mph threshold of becoming a Cat 1 hurricane.

Still unable to connect to camera, does anyone have information on the beach and Hammatt move?

6:15 PM. TROPICAL STORM WATCH: NOAA has declared KYLE a Cat 1 hurricane and posted a tropical storm watch for Cape Cod. 40-50 mph winds expected, 9-15 foot waves. Strongest winds will be to the N and E of the storm which is expected to track less than a hundred miles off Chatham. Inletcam is down, working to get it back online..

Please email photos directly to me for the time being. I'd forgotten that the contribute form got messed up and I neglected to fix it. Will do so as soon as I can, but please email me pix for the time being. All are welcome!

Edited by author 09-26-2008 06:02 PM
I just sent both Kyle track and Inletcam shot to Tim. At 6PM can still get pretty good light and image but have lost details.

I know that Tim's reads this, so I'm sure he will weigh in. The last time I just emailed him directly with the photos and he posted them.

Most likely a CCD camera, they give better image quality in low light conditions.

Also use a MAC! I think I'm capturing OK, seems to be a problem submitting on contributor's page.

By the way truck is still in front of Thayer's but I haven't seen the excavator moving so I assume work has stopped. The camera uses LED's so it has better night vision than I do. It keeps getting an image for about half an hour after there is not enough light left for human vision. A little spooky actually!