Title: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: Donna on 28-Jul-14, 07:08:36 PM
:scaredblue:MONSTER WAVES:
Check out this photo of waves crashing around the Charlotte Pier - almost taking two people with them!
Photo courtesy: Jim Montanus WHAM ABC 13 News, Rochester
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: patsy6 on 28-Jul-14, 08:31:10 PM
I looked at the Charlotte pier and the Summerville pier when I got home from work today and saw some of the same type of waves. The first thing I thought of was that this storm is a nor'easter, the only type of storm that will create whitecaps like that on this portion of the lake's southern shore. Nice that I can now think of a cute little falcon while we're getting pounded with wind, rain or snow from the northeast! :D
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: Donna on 28-Jul-14, 09:08:16 PM
I looked at the Charlotte pier and the Summerville pier when I got home from work today and saw some of the same type of waves. The first thing I thought of was that this storm is a nor'easter, the only type of storm that will create whitecaps like that on this portion of the lake's southern shore. Nice that I can now think of a cute little falcon while we're getting pounded with wind, rain or snow from the northeast! :D
GO NOR'E!!! LOL
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: MAK on 28-Jul-14, 09:13:25 PM
I looked at the Charlotte pier and the Summerville pier when I got home from work today and saw some of the same type of waves. The first thing I thought of was that this storm is a nor'easter, the only type of storm that will create whitecaps like that on this portion of the lake's southern shore. Nice that I can now think of a cute little falcon while we're getting pounded with wind, rain or snow from the northeast! :D
I've seen the waves on the eastern end of Lake Ontario bigger than these at times throughout my childhood when my parents owned a summer place on the shore near Pulaski,NY. We had a lot of fun diving into them and trying to jump over them! Good times they were!! :gum:
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: valhalla on 31-Jul-14, 01:46:48 PM
How shallow is the water along that shore? Shallow meaning less than 50 feet?
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: patsy6 on 31-Jul-14, 02:23:55 PM
As you can see from the map at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/bathy/ont_bathy.gif (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/bathy/ont_bathy.gif) Lake Ontario drops off fairly quickly. Bear in mind that 20 metres is about 65 feet. While it comes in 4th of all the Great Lakes in maximum depth, it is second only to Lake Superior in average depth.
Title: Re: Charlotte Pier today! 7-28
Post by: valhalla on 02-Aug-14, 10:40:04 AM
Thanks - shallow enough to generate that short chop with a good fetch.