Outer Bands of Hurricane Marie Produce 30-Foot Waves in Southern California. Hurricane Marie which was headed towards the coast approaching from the central Pacific Ocean. Waves could swell to 30-feet by later Wednesday. The National Weather Service warned swimmers and surfers that Southern California beaches will have large waves and rip currents. The hurricane has weakened but has been generating large, dangerous swells that were nearing the beaches of Southern California. After rapidly intensifying to a Category 5 hurricane on Sunday, Marie has weakened to a tropical storm, and continues to pose dangerous and potentially life-threatening conditions from the Baja on north through Southern California. The large circulation from Marie will be generating increasingly higher waves and significant, potentially deadly, rip currents Tuesday into Tuesday night and remaining high into Thursday, Western Weather Expert Ken Clark said. The high surf advisory remains through 6 p.m. Friday, Clark said. The threat will peak Wednesday into Wednesday night, before slowly diminishing on Thursday and Friday. Excerpts from: Sky News, AP, and NASA GOES Satellite. For Daily Tidbits and Weather, Like or Subscribe to: facebook/FultonWeather ®
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 04:28:30 +0000
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