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Signs in Nature that Wind is Coming

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:14 am
by Bob
The chairs on Yuris deck are flipped upside down.

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:34 am
by windhorny
Bob, they are also bungeed down along with the BBQ. Of course George and Sheryl are gone so we had to listen to their plastic storage bin lid bang against the railing every 2 minutes. it's been a LONG LONG night!

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:39 pm
by kitecrazy
The wind talker at SI was blown into submission. It's been down since about novemberish...started working today.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:34 am
by Greg
LoudMouthGreg calls in sick...

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:16 am
by davewsail
Was it me or did the entire bay look like it was having a windy summer day yesterday? The ikite wind map looked like it could have been July 4th for a few hours anyway.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:19 am
by CdoG
very up and down yesterday.. :roll:




SAN FRANCISCO SAN PABLO SUISUN BAY AND THE WEST DELTA- 316 AM PDT TUE MAR 11 2008
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...W WINDS INITIALLY 15 TO 25 KT...THEN DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. .
WED NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:48 am
by windhorny
I was surprisingly LIT on my 14 rhino yesterday at alameda. that kite has so much rediculous low end I always forget. It doesnt depower much though so when it hits 20, it's all edging. Loved it! Oh, Bob, I made a steel/ipe bench, so no flipped chairs anymore. :)