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Summer trade winds?
I rode 4 days last week, once so far this week, and maybe today. It would be sweet if this pattern holds for a while. Anybody else been getting out?
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Yeah.
It's been pretty decent for a summer here. I think maybe it's because the high pressure hasn't moved (and stayed) over on the east coast yet. My bet is that once the Bermuda High sets in that it will start to rain again and the wind will shut off around here. Might make St. Augustine better though.. who knows. It's been nice with the NW sea breezes. Not so common this time of year, usually. Going out now, it's white capping. |
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I see it hitting around 14 on clearwater beach some days, but not ridable IMO.
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I keep missing them. By the time the seabreeze is kicked in, I'm either at work, or immersed in some annoying project that takes precedence. Any secrets to picking the right day that the seabreeze will be rideable that you want to share. It seems the days I'm blowing off as not likely rideable are actually the right day way too often. I should become a meteorologist
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these have been some of the best summer sea breezes we have had. Rode the 12 speed II everyday but Sunday. Blowing in the high teens right now gusting to 20. Headed out.
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It blows different depending on where you are. I have seen it blowing really good at PaG and only be blowing 8 knots at Treasure Island. Also, the sensors are meaningless for Wests/NWs, imo. Most of them along the beach don't do a good job of reporting wind, or report it 2 hours too late. I haven't looked at a sensor for NW in over 6 years. Chris Moore knows that
You have to be at the beach or use the beach cams. I live close and use the beach cams. It just blew solid 17+ plus at least (probably hovering around 20) from the NW to NNW for a few hours and is still blowing at PaG/Upham. I was actually overpowered (in terms of unhooking) on my 13m 'Roo. That happens right at 20. I would have been better on an 11m or even 9m for unhooking. Obviously you could hold on to anything hooked in, but why? . The cam is better with moving pics, because you get a feel for how many whitecaps there are. But here is a single frame. Last edited by Unimog Bob; 06-17-2009 at 03:50 PM. |
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