Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA15990; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 19:09:06 -0700 Return-Path: <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Received: from uucp9.netcom.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (16.6/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA01856; Mon, 18 Apr 94 19:10:13 -0700 Received: from localhost by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.4/SMI-4.1) id TAA05566; Mon, 18 Apr 1994 19:06:26 -0700 Received: by usc.com (NX5.67d/NX3.0M) id AA01736; Mon, 18 Apr 94 19:04:07 -0700 From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9404190204.AA01736@usc.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Coyote 4/17/94 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 19:04:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9404190146.AA02683@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> from "Matt Yamamoto" at Apr 18, 94 06:47:08 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2182
'Matt Yamamoto says:'
> Admiral Kirk writes:
> >
> > Matt writes:
> > > ....................................................., I also found
> > > the wind to be stronger going North. The only times I have heard
> > > reports of more wind at 3rd than Coyote or Tigers is when the fog has
> > > moved in and covered Tigers and Coyote but not 3rd. My strategy has
> > > always been to go north when the wind looks weak at 3rd or Coyote.
> >
> > Agree with the thread 'till here. Often if the fog in
> > encroaching on the hills South of Coyote I've found 5.1/5.6
> > sinker wind at Palo Alto while Coyote is a tough 6.2/6.9 day.
>
> I think Palo Alto and Tigers/Coyote/3rd are fueled by different
> wind streams. I seem to remember the Windfinder publication showing
> several peninsula gaps fueling different wind streams.
If anyone is really into the topography of this stuff, The Nut Tree near
Sacramento (corner of Hwys 80 and 5) has an awesome 3D plastic topological
map of the entire Bay Area. Everything is in proper proportions, so that
mountains actually rise above the surface of the map, etc.
I have one of these in my office, and it's pretty interesting trying to
guess at what forces come to play in making some of the windiest sites as
windy as they are. Sherman Island, for example, is out in the middle of a
vast flatland that is well away from the channel where all the wind comes
in through the Bay. Apparently there is some sort of centrifugal force at
work as the wind winds around the bend in the Sacramento river and gets
channeled by the low mountains on the north side of the river.
One thing that's really clear from the map is that the whole vicinity north
and south of the airport is really a unique place in the Bay. The depth of
the San Bruno gap combined with the relative lack of gaps on either side of
it make me really wonder about the IQs of the people who built Candlestick
Park. Looking at the map, if there is one place you wouldn't want to stick
a Summer sports arena, I'd say Candlestick is within 1000 yards of ground
zero.
-- Thanks, Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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