Hurricane Lee is in the same location as Hurricane Bill and will take a similar route as the storm did 14 years ago.
Hurricane Lee is on the same path and intensity forecast as Hurricane Bill in 2009 and many surfers remember the perfect swells along the coast. Next week could be even better since we won’t be in the full moon cycle that caused super high tides when Bill passed 14 years ago.
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Sand bar waves could reach 8-10 feet with models predicting seas to 7-8 feet peaking at 16 seconds.
Long waits with waist high long swell lines first show from Lee Monday late in the day.Swell fills in Tuesday and builds to 5 feet Wednesday.High tide 7:48 AM Wednesday Low 2 PM. Thursday they will be 20-30 minutes later in the day. Seas build to 6-7' Thursday.Storm swell still 2 days out by Saturday.Swell fills in Tuesday first thing in the morning at 14 seconds.Two Hurricanes with Margot behind Lee sending deep energy at 17 seconds into our swell window. Swell lasts into the weekend ensuring solid swells for next weekend. Hurricane far enough offshore keeping local winds light from the east south east under 10 kts.
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After covering the weather from every corner of Florida and doing marine research in the Gulf, Mark Collins settled in Jacksonville to forecast weather for The First Coast.
