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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004
Shouldn't be any lack of power to head into the Gulf Stream today and tomorrow! The Ashley River in front of my house looks like the open Atlantic! Man the wind is blowin' across the Southeast....and during a RACE WEEKEND? Who screwed up?! Race weekends hardly have any wind at all...(c; One of my buddies at NOAA Charleston said he saw many 50+ knot gusts at the airport. Great time to practice those C-17 touch and gos. Haven't heard a single USAF plane all day....grounded. Rock 'n Roll at the marinas. Better add some more lines and make sure that damned roller furler is all wrapped up tight. Larry -- |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
Larry wrote:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004 Shouldn't be any lack of power to head into the Gulf Stream today and tomorrow! The Ashley River in front of my house looks like the open Atlantic! Man the wind is blowin' across the Southeast....and during a RACE WEEKEND? Who screwed up?! Race weekends hardly have any wind at all...(c; One of my buddies at NOAA Charleston said he saw many 50+ knot gusts at the airport. Great time to practice those C-17 touch and gos. Haven't heard a single USAF plane all day....grounded. Rock 'n Roll at the marinas. Better add some more lines and make sure that damned roller furler is all wrapped up tight. Larry Looks like Donna Lange is heading into it. Gordon |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
"Gordon" wrote Looks like Donna Lange is heading into it. Yes, and as she said in her last report, she could have been sipping beer in Bermuda. She thought about it but evidently wasn't able to reach her weather advisor so relied on the Gribs and faxes. Hopefully all she'll get is a sound thrashing. The North Atlantic near the stream can be as rough this time of year as anyplace she's been. -- Roger Long |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
"Roger Long" wrote in
: "Gordon" wrote Looks like Donna Lange is heading into it. Yes, and as she said in her last report, she could have been sipping beer in Bermuda. She thought about it but evidently wasn't able to reach her weather advisor so relied on the Gribs and faxes. Hopefully all she'll get is a sound thrashing. The North Atlantic near the stream can be as rough this time of year as anyplace she's been. -- Roger Long The wind has risen since I posted. It's blowing straight across the river, now from the West so hard my monitor on this desk is wiggling on its plastic base. Something big hit the roof about 20 minutes ago, probably off the oak tree overhead, but I can't find out what it is. Must still be on the roof I can't see. If this keeps up it'll blow off by morning. In the past hour, the wind rises to a peak, somewhere around 40 gusting 50, then slacks to 25 for a few moments and starts rising up that peak, again. It's just like an offshore hurricane is headed to Charleston, making the locals very nervous who were here for Hugo in '89....like me! Larry -- |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
"Roger Long" wrote in
: "Gordon" wrote Looks like Donna Lange is heading into it. Yes, and as she said in her last report, she could have been sipping beer in Bermuda. She thought about it but evidently wasn't able to reach her weather advisor so relied on the Gribs and faxes. Hopefully all she'll get is a sound thrashing. The North Atlantic near the stream can be as rough this time of year as anyplace she's been. -- Roger Long http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004 41 mi SE of Charleston is showing a good, solid 40 knots for the past hour. Navy Tower M2R6 off Savannah is over 51 knot gusts! http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SKMG1 Looks worse S of Charleston than N of Charleston... Larry -- |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:46:34 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote: She thought about it but evidently wasn't able to reach her weather advisor so relied on the Gribs and faxes. The Gribs I get via Sailmail have been predicting it for 5 days. |
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18' seas, 50 knot gusts from west!
Wayne.B wrote in
: On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:46:34 -0400, "Roger Long" wrote: She thought about it but evidently wasn't able to reach her weather advisor so relied on the Gribs and faxes. The Gribs I get via Sailmail have been predicting it for 5 days. Wind has dropped considerably, now that the temperature has dropped 30 degrees. If any of you know of Global Warming, would you send some of it to Charleston, tonight to save on the electric bill.....(c; Larry -- |
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