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Started 6 years ago by Macatawa
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Macatawa
Member

So its time to start the theory and conjecture that is predicting the weather for EC2014...

Forcast today:

Posted 6 years ago #
RunsWithBeer
Member

Maybe a new record for starting the weather thread.... :-)

Posted 6 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

LOL... probably true... I'm not racing this year, so I have nothing better to do than sit back and watch things develop

Posted 6 years ago #
NorthernLight
Member

And its better than watching the weather here...snow day #4, windchill is -10 (which is warmer than yesterday) and the snow is still falling. The drifts are over the kids heads. One month to Florida!

Posted 6 years ago #
Coastie
Member

Sorry about the weather up north. I did just look at a picture of snow on the weather channel......got depressed....and then went outside, and ran 4 miles in the sun in shorts and no shirt. Another sunny day in Tampa Bay:) Only 32 days until the rest of the tribe can join us on the beach. Bring your sunscreen:)

Posted 6 years ago #
RunsWithBeer
Member

Be careful Coastie... you will jinx us...

Posted 6 years ago #
feralcat
Blocked

I’m predicting a “Freak” snow storm to hit the Tampa bay area 1 March. 5 to 8 inches, winds out of the south west at 30 Kts! At least my current training conditions will prepare me.

FeralCat, in a frozen jungle.

Posted 6 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

just a peak at what things are like in Michigan... this is one of the exits at my office...

granted, it is in a location that is prone to drifing and snow falling from the roof, but even so... we have a lot of snow...

Posted 6 years ago #
EchoFin
Member

Jeez...that's good fort making snow

Posted 6 years ago #
stripbuilder
Member

The forecast is that it will start snowing here in Augusta in about two hours, and I plan to be paddling in it. It's been a number of years since measurable snow fell in Augusta. See you on the water.

Posted 6 years ago #
NorthernLight
Member

Its great fort building weather - and check out the bright yellow foul weather pants as snow gear!

Posted 6 years ago #
RunsWithBeer
Member

I will be very careful about how much I complain about the "horrible' cold weather we have here in St. Pete...

Posted 6 years ago #
Sirtackalot
Member

Beautiful day for a motorcycle ride in Clearwater

Posted 6 years ago #
DogsLife
Member

They are forecasting a foot of snow in Virginia Beach by tomorrow. That is unheard of.

Chief needs to add a line in the DERBY training: ONE HOUR - SHOVELING SNOW...

Posted 6 years ago #
SwampMonkee
Member

If he does that I just won the Derby. South Bend sucks this winter.

Posted 6 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Looks pretty good for the sailors

Posted 6 years ago #
Sirtackalot
Member

Please be correct !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 6 years ago #
MisterMoon
Member

I've decided to not start looking at it until week before. Too much divergence from day to day, model run to model run to get excited about anything.

17 gusting to 32 is pretty sporty y'all. Be careful what you ask for!

Posted 6 years ago #
danceswithmullet
Member

Remember this is not the Marine forecast. Add 8-10Kts for wind. DWM

Posted 6 years ago #
BeastOarman
Member

Yeah, 25 to 40 sounds about right DWM. They just have the direction wrong, it will be blowing from the South.

Posted 6 years ago #
ClamCounter
Member

Hope we dont get fog like this during the EC. This picture was taken this weekend in Clearwater, Florida. Somewhere beyond our Hobie is an intercoastal waterway. Luckily, a breeze lifted the fog just at we finished rigging the boat.

Before launch:

One hour after launch:

Posted 6 years ago #
ClamCounter
Member

Days like this are good practice for paddling through the 10,000 islands at Chocoloskee. Not! :)

Posted 6 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

FWIW, the long term forcast has been holding fairly steady for the past few days...

S winds at the start with a front Saturday night bringing a wind shift to WNW:

Posted 6 years ago #
Katamount
Member

I refuse to even THINK about the weather (except for alternative route planning) until 7 days before launch. I'm trying the zen approach—if I can't change it and I've prepared for it, I'm trying not to think about it.

South wind gusting to 30? Lalallalalalalaa I don't hear you lalalallaalalallla.... ;-)

Posted 6 years ago #
danceswithmullet
Member

I think that fog would scare me more than anything else. Nothing like a shipping channel within the first quarter mile of the start and a hundred ft. visability. No way I would start in that. Hoping for sunny and clear. DWM

Posted 6 years ago #
Sirtackalot
Member

Sat Mar 1

Day Details

<dl>
<dt>
Hi 79°</dt>
<dd>
Increasing clouds with a touch of rain in the afternoon</dd>
<dd>
precip: 55%</dd>
 
<dd>
RealFeel®: 78°</dd>
<dd>
Winds: 14 mph S</dd>
<dd>
Gusts: 30 mph SW</dd>
<dd>
Cloud Cover: 22%</dd>
<dd>
UV Index: 8/10 (Very High)</dd>
<dd>
Rain: 0.17 in</dd>
<dd>
Snow: 0 in</dd>
<dd>
Ice: 0 in</dd>
</dl>

Night Details

<dl>
<dt>
Lo 52°</dt>
<dd>
Periods of rain</dd>
<dd>
precip: 64%</dd>
 
<dd>
RealFeel®: 43°</dd>
<dd>
Winds: 12 mph WNW</dd>
<dd>
Gusts: 24 mph WSW</dd>
<dd>
Cloud Cover: 86%</dd>
<dd>
Rain: 0.21 in</dd>
<dd>
Snow: 0 in</dd>
<dd>
Ice: 0 in </dd>
</dl>

Posted 6 years ago #
Sirtackalot
Member

Posted 6 years ago #
Puma
Member

Accuweather just changed the forcast , check it out . It is to early to check but I can not help myself . Can you here the drums?

Posted 6 years ago #
WindWalker
Member

This reminds me of a saying my dad was fond of; "only a damn fool or a damn yankie would try to predict the weather in Florida".

Not sure which catagory I fall into. I always leave my windows open on my truck, thinking "It's not going to rain"....

Posted 6 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

Well this doesn't look too bad...

Posted 6 years ago #