Post by Waterauthority Rick on Jul 18, 2010 20:37:37 GMT -5
We are all excited when a promising forecast comes across the net however with more & more sites to choose from at best they are contradictive. Different level sailors look for different wind speeds. That's why it's important to know who's telling the fish stories.
Here are some data points on Saturday's Lake Erie conditions
* Forecast IWindsurf color charts 22mph
* Marine forecast 15 to 20
* IWindsurf Daily Briefing " Crystal & Hamburg strongest in the mid 20's
* Thermo-nuclear was never part of the forecast
* There are no local windsurfers that are meteorologists
* A Jeep in the parking lot had 38 stickers on it
* One overly excited sailor used a 4.7m while 3 confidant others rigged 6.3m
Not the best day to drive to Buffalo unless you wanted to put your SUP to use.
I had a very wise engineering manager tell me while I was explaining to him a situation " data, data bring me data".
Remember this is Windsurfing NOT fishing so let's not get "blown off the water" with the size of the actual conditions, " data, data bring me data".
H2O (realistic) Rick
Here are some data points on Saturday's Lake Erie conditions
* Forecast IWindsurf color charts 22mph
* Marine forecast 15 to 20
* IWindsurf Daily Briefing " Crystal & Hamburg strongest in the mid 20's
* Thermo-nuclear was never part of the forecast
* There are no local windsurfers that are meteorologists
* A Jeep in the parking lot had 38 stickers on it
* One overly excited sailor used a 4.7m while 3 confidant others rigged 6.3m
Not the best day to drive to Buffalo unless you wanted to put your SUP to use.
I had a very wise engineering manager tell me while I was explaining to him a situation " data, data bring me data".
Remember this is Windsurfing NOT fishing so let's not get "blown off the water" with the size of the actual conditions, " data, data bring me data".
H2O (realistic) Rick
