A ship reported 23-foot waves & 53 mph sustained winds west of Tropical Storm Karen at 2 PM.. according to forecasters, this could be associated with the large outflow boundary moving out from the storm though..
We are told it will weaken as it approaches land..
we are told..
The government may be shut down, but there are still observations being reported here: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?storm=at2
And this is the map of where the wave was reported:
