Hurricane Bill 45-Ft Waves, Photos, Radar

UPDATE:Buoy #44137 now has the highest waves, over 45 feet. Bill can now be seen on the Halifax radar (snapshot shown below).

Original Blog Entry: Buoy #44011 recorded 35-foot waves yesterday morning when Bill was a Cat 2, but Cat 1 Bill is causing 40-foot waves this Sunday morning at buoy #44150!

This is close to the center of the storm and the wind there is also gusting to 73.8 knots or 84 mph -- this is a canadian buoy so observations are limited to once an hour - conditions could have been worse in-between.

Here are a couple of wave photos from the Northeast coast, including this one that shows the Coast Guard offshore from a foolish surfer:

Unfortunately, many people have had to be rescued from rip currents - over 50 at Wrightsville Beach, NC alone yesterday according to this article. Here's a look at Bill this morning (still a Category 1 as of 8 AM):

He is starting to appear on the Canadian radars this morning. You can visit AccuWeather.com MapSpace™ to see a composite Satellite/U.S. Radar, or composite Canadian Radar (we also have Province & Local Canadian radars on AccuWeather.com).