Re: Question re wind_afternoon sites

From: emanon (randlecl@pacbell.net-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Jul 09 1998 - 17:42:38 PDT


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Ken Poulton wrote:
>
> > Didn't this mailing list (actually wind_thresh) contain wind report
> > entries for Candlestick and Coyote Point earlier this summer, or was I
> > dreaming?
>
> No dream, but they were from Call of the Wind, which is no longer free.
> http://www.windcall.com/ to subscribe.
>
> I'd love to be able to put them back in, just so there was one place for
> both COTW and NWS data, but COTW has to make enough money to pay for
> their instruments. Maybe we can hold a PBS-style pledge week - when we get
> 100 new subscribers, COTW can make the data free again?
>
> > In their absence, how can one make an educated guess about
> > these 2 popular locations from the wind speed and direction listed for
> > sites nearby?
>
> SFO is actually placed much better for sailing at Coyote or 3rd than
> COTW's Coyote Point site. The only downside is that it is only updated
> hourly.
>
> For Candlestick, I understand that you want a direction of 280 or less
> at SFO. There is also a windtalker, for which you will get the number
> if you join SFBA.
>
> Ken Poulton
> poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
>
> "Sorry to interrupt the festivities, but we have a problem."
> -- Hal, 2001

unfortunately the candlestick windtalker seems to be suffering the
effects of its advanced age.

larry

-- 
I was beginning to feel like a machine. That's no way for a man to feel.

John Shaft



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