As Herni, now downgraded to a tropical storm, is +/- 50 miles south of Montauk, the current track shows a wider shift to the northwest. In addition, rather than that abrupt right at Albany, such as a guest almost missing the turn into Friend’s while texting, current projections now show the track exiting over Portland Maine which of course puts the outer bands much further away during departure.
The current marketing red meat in our neck of the woods is of course storm surge and the networks are already using shocking waves in the present. To be sure, in addition to the tidal moon and onshore winds, we also have a mid-day high tide schedule leaving little doubt that skim boarding in the Nauset Beach parking lot is probable. That said, anyone joining the annual pilgrimage to any area beach armed with libations and brimming with curiosity write there own story.
Unless conditions deteriorate beyond the forecasted increased winds and intermittent rain, I will issue an update at noon.
Be well and be safe,
Jon
As a lifelong resident of the outer Cape I was the third generation to pick up the mantel in the family construction business. In my early twenties, I called the Cape my home on weekends as I spent several years working for a variety of off-Cape commercial construction companies. My site supervision resume includes two supermarkets, two HUD projects, a funeral home and a handful of steel industrial buildings as well as various restaurant and office remodels.