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OBX Moment of Zen: 1.9.12 – Rainy Day on the Beach

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Outer Banks: 1.9.12 - Rainy Day on the Beach

Outer Banks: 1.9.12 - Rainy Day on the Beach

Good morning. Here’s your OBX Moment of Zen for Monday, January 9, 2012.

This video was shot just north of the Avalon Pier at the Hayman St. beach access in Kill Devil Hills at 8:30 AM.

Gorgeous weekend weather has given way to a rainy start for the week. The week looks mild with temps in the 50′s, but there may be a few spots of rain.

No surf to report. Maybe some clean surf at the end of the week when the wind switches offshore.

Outer Banks fishing is slow, but we should have a good striper bite any day now, and we’re getting some reports of rock fish in the Sound.

Hope to see you soon. Have fun!

OBX Pic O’ the Day: Summer in Kitty Hawk

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Outer Banks - 7.7.11 - Summer in Kitty Hawk

Outer Banks - 7.7.11 - Summer in Kitty Hawk

Great summer day in Kitty Hawk. We enjoyed some great thunderstorms last night. Lightning, thunder boomers and some much needed rain. Great cleansed feeling at the beach this morning and a beautiful summer day ahead; 80′s, sun, light southwest wind. The beach is quiet but getting busy – surfing, fishing, hunting shells, walking dogs, and setting up shop for the day. The offshore wind is cleaning up some fun waist high surf. Fish are biting

OBX Pic O’ the Day: Clouds Roll In

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Outer Banks - 3.24.11 - Rain Clouds in KDH

Outer Banks - 3.24.11 - Rain Clouds in KDH

Rain clouds have rolled into the OBX. The sun is trying to fight through, but it seems like it will be an overcast day. Temps in the upper 50′s. The wind should be switching to the north, but it is still blowing out of the west this morning, and cleaning up the ground swell coming in. A fun little wave in the water. Blue fin tuna and puppy drum are biting.

@ Oregon Street Beach Access

OBX Pic O’ the Day: Soggy & Foggy at 5th St.

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Outer Banks - 1.25.11 - Soggy & Foggy at 5th St.

Outer Banks - 1.25.11 - Soggy & Foggy at 5th St.

Soggy and foggy start to the day. Very little wind. Head high surf tomorrow and Thursday? And temps in the 50′s! Stripers still biting. @ 5th street beach access

Outer Banks Beach Report – 10.4.10

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Good morning. Here’s your Outer Banks Beach Report for Monday, October 4, 2010 in Kitty Hawk, NC.

It’s overcast and chilly. No rain today, but it looks like it could rain at any point. Unfortunately, it’s been rainy and overcast for about a week on the OBX. Hopefully this weather pattern will loosen it’s grip soon, and we can get back to the usual great fall weather on the Outer Banks.

A lot of swell and water moving around, but no surf. Winds are out of the north, and chopping up the surf.

Beaches are pretty empty with a few fishermen dotting the shorline.

Hopefully we’ll see the sun soon.

Enjoy.

Outer Banks Beach Report – 9.30.10 Winds are here. Storm on the way.

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Good morning. Here’s your Outer Banks Beach Report for Thursday, September 30, 2010.

Winds are howling! The wind is pretty much muting my intro to the video. You can probably make out a few of the words, but you may want to zip ahead to the 1:13 mark to take a look at the beach.

A tropical depression is moving up from the Caribbean, and the OBX is going to get hit with high winds and heavy rain today. Winds should be in the 30 MPH range. The swell is building, and the surf should be in the double overhead range today and big for the next few days. Unfortunately, the wind is not forecasted to match up with the surf.

The good news is this system should move out pretty quickly, and gorgeous fall weather should be back as early as tomorrow.

Enjoy.

The Outer Banks Continues to Push Enviromentally Friendly Ideas

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Outer Banks Rain BarrelThe pristine natural environment is one of the Outer Banks’ hallmarks that attracts visitors year after year.   A wide array of wildlife, long stretches of gorgeous beaches, protected conservation lands all offer a connection to nature that is rare in today’s world.  It is crucial to keep these attributes protected, and the OBX continues to pursue ideas that offer an increased awareness and protection (ban on plastic bags and possible wind farms to name a couple).

As the old saying goes, “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.  Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is.”…or something like that. 

The town of Kill Devil Hills is now offering a program to residents that not only offers some great environmentally friendly products at great prices, but also helps residents understand how to build and use them on their own.

The Outer Banks Voice points out that, Kill Devil Hills’ “[c]ommissioners gave the go-ahead for the town’s ‘green challenge’ in 2008 with its mantra, ‘to live green you’ve got to save the blue in Kill Devil Hills,’ placing an emphasis on conserving water, which is not always abundant on the Outer Banks.”  And, “[l]ast year, the town demonstrated how to plant ‘upside down tomatoes’ near the entrance to Town Hall.  Holes were cut in the bottoms of hanging buckets and the tomato plants grew downward. Visitors could help themselves.”

This year, the town is taking this program a step further and offering a workshop, including needed materials, that instructs participants on how to build and use rain barrels and composting barrels, extremely effective ways to conserve water and improve home gardens.    

 

Outer Banks Compost Bin

Outer Banks Compost Bin

Kill Devil Hills’ Water Conservation Education Program
How to Construct and Use Rain Barrels and Composting Barrels

  • Workshop on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Buildings and Grounds Shop, inside the Public Works Complex, off Colington Road & Bermuda Bay Boulevard.
  • Space and materials are limited, please pre-register by calling 252.449.5300.
  • All materials will be provided at a total cost of $30 per barrel.
  • Limit is one rain barrel and one composting barrel per person.
  • Payment required at time of workshop.

Nor’Easter Headed to the Outer Banks

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Nor'easterForecast
The set up Wednesday through Friday is somewhat grim. The perfect ingredients for a strong nor’easter are forming along the OBX coast.

A strong high pressure system to the north of the area is pumping in strong winds. Mix in the remnants of Ida stalling out east of the Georgia coast and wind is pumping in from the north and the south.  It’s the perfect set up for a rather large, long nor’easter for the local area. Winds are expected to reach speeds of 40-50 mph.

This would be less of an issue if it lasted 10 or 12 hours; it would most likely only generate some minor tidal flooding and rain. But these systems are creating a much different scenario.  Forecasts have the pattern stalling out, bringing terrible conditions for 72 hours, leading to more significant coastal flooding, beach erosion and possibly causing some homes perched too close to the ocean to collapse.

Most coastal flooding will occur during high tide cycles and get increasingly worse Wednesday through Friday.

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What is a nor’easter?
A “nor’easter” is an intense low pressure area that forms in the winter along the east coast of the Unites States, producing strong northeasterly winds and sometimes heavy snowfall and rainfall. This is a favored region for winter storm formation, where the warm ocean water and airmass along the coast meets cold air pouring down out of Canada.

These storms often travel up along the coast, eventually affecting the entire eastern seaboard. Persistent strong winds with these storms can cause beach erosion and damage to houses along the coast from large waves and high water levels that result from the ocean water being piled up against the coast by the wind. The nor’easter is usually followed by unusually cold weather as the cold high pressure area that helped create the strong winds moves into the region.

Interesting facts:
THE PERFECT STORM – The movie “Perfect Storm” was based upon the true story of a swordfishing boat, the Andrea Gail, that was caught in an intense nor’easter in October 1991.