August 22, 2010 - Today's weather is dreary with light rain for the entire day and a high of 73F. Tomorrow will be downright nasty with a high of 70F, occasional downpours, thunder and wind gusting to 35 mph. The waves will be building to a double overhead froth. It will be a great day for feeling the forces of nature.

August 19, 2010 - What could become Hurricane Danielle is now forecast to turn northwards into the mid Atlantic next week and stay well away from the US coastline. The forecast low pressure system that might have formed into a storm off Georges Bank is fading. 

August 18, 2010 - A powerful, tight, low pressure system is forecast to form in the tropical mid-Atlantic this coming weekend and arrive just off Antigua next Wednesday (8/25) at hurricane strength. Also next Wednesday, a different low pressure system coming out of the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to be entering New England's offshore waters with seas in the 20'+ range near Georges Bank.

- Surfers: There's good potential for solid surf as August comes to a close.
- Fishermen: This would be a good time to consider alternatives for that late August offshore fishing trip.
- Trans-Atlantic sailors and rowers: You should have left two months ago.

August 14, 2010 - Research being published in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters has found that a change in the color of ocean waters could have a drastic effect on the prevalence of hurricanes. In a simulation of such a change in one region of the North Pacific, the study finds that hurricane formation decreases by 70 percent. That would be a big drop for a region that accounts for more than half the world's reported hurricane-force winds.  Chlorophyll, the stuff that makes plants green and enables them to convert sunlight into energy is also used by the ubiquitous tiny single-celled organisms known as phytoplankton.  Chlorophyll-filled phytoplankton are the reason the world's oceans are more green than blue.  When they are present they help surface waters retain heat - that helps to create conditions that turn low pressure systems into hurricanes. Here's more from ScienceDaily.com.

March 13, 2010 - A powerful gale with offshore waves exceeding 25' will be hammering Cape Cod this weekend. Sustained easterly winds reaching 35-45 mph will blow from Saturday night through Monday night accompanied by heavy rain. Forecast tides are two feet lower than they were during the Nor'easter two of weeks ago so damage from erosion will be mitigated. The sun is forecast to appear again on Tuesday and continue through next weekend.