Re: Wind alert!

From: Gregg Holtmeier (holtmeier@llnl.gov-DeleteThis)
Date: Mon Oct 12 1998 - 08:46:34 PDT

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:46:34 -0700
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From: Gregg Holtmeier <holtmeier@llnl.gov-DeleteThis>
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The National Weather Service was right on the central coast winds last
Friday. I was packing up Thursday for a camping surf trip to Jalama with no
intention of sailing. Before I left that evening, I checked the weather
service and they had gale warnings out for Friday on the central coast, so
I changed plans and packed up the sailing gear also.

Friday I sailed on a 4.7 (200#) and 8'6" board. The waves were head high
with about 6 people out. The wind was very consistent all afternoon.
Saturday was a little lighter, 5.2, with variable direction and speed. I
didn't stick around Sunday afternoon, but it looked like a bust.

The surfing sucked all weekend due to the wind. However, I almost violated
a cardinal rule for Jalama trips by nearly leaving my sailing gear at home.
Never go to Jalama without sailing gear no matter how late in the season.
Friday night was so windy that we didn't even try to cook outdoors.

Gregg Holtmeier.

At 10:08 PM 10/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Since we no longer get mike's forecasts I would like to tell this list that
>tomorrow (Friday) has a high probability of good winds on the coast and on
>the Peninsula. A weak cold front is dissipating in Central California,
>with a high pressure building behind it - a classic set up for good
>sailing. Catch those good pressure gradients tomorrow, because the
>prognostic for the week-end is bleak with high pressure moving inland.
>
>Pierre St. Hilaire
>Interval Research Corp.
>
>SYNOPSIS...A 1031 MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA WAS CENTERED 920 NM W OF
>POINT SAL. A RIDGE EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN
>OREGON. A THERMAL TROUGH EXTENDS W AND NW FROM SW ARIZONA. THE FRONT
>THAT PASSED THROUGH COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING IS DISSIPATING JUST S
>OF SANTA BARBARA. COASTAL WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT
>TONIGHT AND SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PREVAIL TOMORROW
>AFTERNOON AS WELL.
>
>
>
>

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