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"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 |
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