"katysails" wrote in message ...
The meteorology is the thing....it is so changeable that it is difficult to
get an accurate forecast...the Great Lakes region is known by NOAA to have
some of the most challenging meteorological problems in the world....there
is one section of Lake Michigan, the Little Pointe Sable area, that defies
forecasting...the rest of the lake can be perking right along in a normal
fashion and you get within a mile of this area and all hell breaks
lose...the topography of the land does a lot to make this happen, as does
the corresponding topography over in WI....confused water, freaky wind
patterns...our own little "rounding the Horn"...add to that the windstorms
that we get off the great plains and the humidity levels that produce huge
convection storms, it can be a real picnic out there...one year we were
toodling along quite happily and all of a sudden this black roll cloud
appeared in the west...there had been no forecast of any violent frontal
movements and the sun had been shining. We ran for our foulies and reduced
sail. Ever been pelted by 1/2 inch hail? Was not a fun experience....and
within 10 minutes of winds leaping from a lovely 10 to 35 ...and then it was
over....summer squall...


Oh my! Thirty-five mile per hour winds! Surely winds such as that will
strip the flesh from one's bones. Bwahahahhahahahhhahhhaha aha ha hahh
ahah ah hah ah ha ha hah ha ha hh aahahhahah ah hah aah !

C'mon, Katy. Thirty-five mph winds are fair winds for us Trade Wind
sailors. Learn how to reef your sails quickly and carry on.

CN