• Sailing is all about the Weather.

    Big into the exploration of Atlantic Hurricanes since Katrina came uninvited into his world, James (Jim) Gurley (JamesG161) has followed every Tropical Storm birthed in Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters since. Being a boater, he knows that we often need more time to prepare than we get from the TV weather folk. Jim relies on the science of storm development to share early warning info with friends and fellow boaters.

    Early in 2018, Jim and John Shepard, (JSSailem) started to chat about the weather data available. John asked Jim to help forecast Pacific NW storms, and this morphed into discussions on weather forecasting.

    For John, sailing in the PNW is sometimes hit and miss. One day is ugly, then a string of beautiful days but no wind, followed by a series of blue-sky days and 12 knot breezes. Being ready for those great sailing days means you need to look to the Pacific Ocean and what is brewing. John has been into Pacific NW Weather since the 1970’s when his first PNW November storm hit bringing more than 40 days and 40 nights of continual rain.

    Together we want to share information, new APPs, safety, and thoughts about letting the weather help you. Identify some of the resources for sailors and help prepare you for your next sailboat outing.

    It is far better to go out on the water knowing what to expect in weather terms, than to be out on the water and see dark ominous clouds suddenly appear, unprepared.

TS Kyle and Crazy

JamesG161

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Feb 14, 2014
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Tropical Storm Kyle and it is simply Crazy [not a TS name:facepalm:]

I posted about a series of LOWs spinning off North Carolina and Virginia that have been flowing across the Mid-USA.

There is another one soon to follow TS Kyle.:oops:

These are NON-Tropical storms forming as they hit the Atlantic.

One, last week, even formed an "Eye" over dry land!!!

John and I are still trying to understand this, but it appears to be associated with the Jet Stream and its unusual Summer behavior.
Jim...
 
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shemandr

shemandr

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Jan 1, 2006
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I can understand people learn to speak Russian. I can't understand how you learn to write it! That looks like my Safari secure passwords.
 
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