Coastal Kiting this week?

[Pablito]

It looks like Alameda is the right call again! Wind on the coast is going SE. We'll just have to watch for the lightning.

See you there?

[charlie]

ill post when i see wind

[charlie]

the trees are starting to sway
not sure its southie enough.

[mayhem]

Hello all, I'm interested in braving the cold today if any of you guys are out there at Alameda... Is anyone out there today, I think the cams are down for the winter.

Thanks,

May

[kitekarl]

You didn't miss anything at Alameda, cept maybe some sushi. Pablito and I waited there for a few hours and decided to go play in traffic. Grrrrrr.

[BayAreaKite]

Oh man, that explains the tone of Paul's post about the forecast. That really, well, sucks. Has the cat's belly fur grown back?

[mayhem]

bummer... I'm love to go out on Thursday, how do I read the windspeed report for pillar point in HBM:
http://www2.labs.agilent.com/Ken_Poulto ... #forecasts

Do I look at this section "point arena (nr Ukiah) to pigeon point (S of Half Moon Bay) to 20 nm-
point arena (nr Ukiah) to pigeon point (S of Half Moon Bay) 20 to 60 nm offshore-
304 pm pst tue dec 20 2005"??

If so here is the forecast:
.wed...s winds 15 to 25 kt. wind waves 2 to 5 ft. w swell 17 to
21 ft at 14 seconds. showers and scattered thunderstorms.
.wed night...s winds 15 to 25 kt. wind waves 2 to 6 ft. w swell
14 to 17 ft at 13 seconds. showers and scattered thunderstorms.
.thu...s winds 15 to 25 kt. wind waves 2 to 5 ft. w swell 13 to
16 ft. showers likely.

Thanks,

May

[Pablito]

Pretty much the same forecast as today. Make sure not to let your jones get your hopes up if the sensors are reading nada.

[Sander]

Your forecast is the offshore forecast, up to 60 miles out.
Sometimes that wind will reach shore, sometimes it won't.
Check out the SF Bay forecast too:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/getcwfzone. ... zone=PZ530
It says winds 10 - 20 for the bay with a chance of thunderstorms (gusty, holey, maybe lightning, come up fast, or not reach your spot at all).
It's not the typical storm, warmer than normal, more tropical, supposedly has a moisture tap heading all the way to the Phillipines.
By the way, the wave forecast for 4 days from now (yes it's a long way off) is off the color scale.

[BayAreaKite]

So that would be Saturday then?