Sea level is at elevation 0. At normal high tide maybe its at about elevation +1. At low tide, maybe its at about elevation -1. Storm surge in Destin is predicted to be 3 feet. I take it that this means it will rise to 3 feet above normal high and low tides. So if it hits at low tide, the sea level will rise to about elevation +2. If it hits at high tide, the sea level will rise to about elevation +4. Is this true?
Simultaneous to the storm surge of 3 feet, I read that seas will be 25 feet.
Does this mean that, where the depth to the bottom of the seafloor is deep enough to accomodate the 25 foot waves without themcollapsing ont themselves, the peak of the waves will rise to elevation 12.5 and that the nadir of the waves will be at elevation-12.5?
What will keep the 25 foot waves from hitting the shore and creating a surge much higher than the predicted 3 feet, and how do you translate the surge into an actual elevation.
Why I ask: A friend owns a condo on Holiday Isle, whose parking level is at elevation +7. The marine forecast calls for 25 foot seas in the "near coastal" waters. The predicted storm surge is 3 feet. Assuming the seas do in fact get to 25 feet, and the storm surge is in fact 3 feet, will the parking level at elevation +7 remain dry?
Thanks fellow nerds...
Simultaneous to the storm surge of 3 feet, I read that seas will be 25 feet.
Does this mean that, where the depth to the bottom of the seafloor is deep enough to accomodate the 25 foot waves without themcollapsing ont themselves, the peak of the waves will rise to elevation 12.5 and that the nadir of the waves will be at elevation-12.5?
What will keep the 25 foot waves from hitting the shore and creating a surge much higher than the predicted 3 feet, and how do you translate the surge into an actual elevation.
Why I ask: A friend owns a condo on Holiday Isle, whose parking level is at elevation +7. The marine forecast calls for 25 foot seas in the "near coastal" waters. The predicted storm surge is 3 feet. Assuming the seas do in fact get to 25 feet, and the storm surge is in fact 3 feet, will the parking level at elevation +7 remain dry?
Thanks fellow nerds...