Good morning Bay Islands. Our video of the day comes from Megan Mitchell and shows the waves pounding Sandy Bay Beach. My peak wind gust on Jonesville Point was 46 mph and Ron Ohm picked up 48 mph. Waves reached 8 1/2 feet but I’m sure they were probably 9-10 feet at some point (around 3 meters). Some voiced concern about beach erosion.
These temperatures are close to our lows for the morning. Almost everyone got to 68 or 69 degrees, just two degrees from our all-time recorded low of 66 in 2020. We will continue to be cool for the next couple of days.
Rainfall is getting lighter this morning after a day of steady rain yesterday. Rainfall totals generally get higher as you go further southwest, as is typical with a norther, where rain is heaviest closer to the mainland.
On satellite you can see that the front has moved to our south. On the back side of the front we will have partly to mostly cloudy skies today with an occasional light shower. Winds will turn from north to northeast at 10-15 mph. Seas are starting out at 5 feet this morning, but should calm to 3-4 feet by evening.
For the first day of 2024, we will have partly cloudy skies, a 40 percent chance of a shower, mostly in the morning, and northwest winds 12-17 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
Tuesday winds start moving from northeast to easterly at 15-20 mph and seas around 4 feet. Rain chances Tuesday through the end of the week will be low. Wednesday and Thursday look calmer for wind and sea. A cold front will stay north of us, pushing strong east winds our way for Friday and Saturday.
Don’t forget to check out today’s lobster special at Ikigai. You can’t beat it!
All our tides have been fairly low, with high tide only 4 or 5 inches above low tide. Have a great last day of 2023 and stay safe on the roads tonight!
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